Hi Mary
Its hard trying to find a compact camera that compares well to a dslr. There are quite a few about now though.
I went through the same thing. What I found was, the small sensors in most compacts don't compare well to the larger sensor in their bigger brothers.
After a few bad choices, I now have a Sony nex c3. It is a lot smaller than my dslr, has interchangeable lenses and a large sensor, (the same size sensor as a crop dslr). It performs as well as a dslr in most situations although sometimes a little fiddly at times, due to its smallness.
There are some stunning small cameras out there now, but they do tend to be pretty expensive. A couple that spring to mind are the Sony RX100, Fuji x100s, Sony Nex series.....and many more.
I think the small sensor compacts are a dying breed due to camera phones now matching them or being even better.
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