Nice site, Nick
Redshoe... check this site out for digital cam info.
http://www.dpreview.com/
One thing to concider is the memory. Sony uses proprietary memory and therefore is more expensive. The cam you mentioned is very nice.
Take a peek at the Olympus line... you might be very surprised with what you find. I recently bought and Olympus E-10 and love it.
Was also able to purchase a couple 256MB Compact Flash cards for under $100 each.