replacement for S40? fuji, sony or other?

Hi all, I'm looking to replace my canon S40 with something a bit more capable.

My biggest complaint with the S40 is that I mostly get pics of fish a$$ swimming away from me since the camera is really slow at focusing and even slower at recycling the flash for the next shot. There isn't any way that I can find to reduce the on camera flash to a reasonable level just for triggering so the flash ends up going off full blast or close to it so the recycle time is way too long even though my external flash is ready to go pretty quick.

I would consider the slr route but I have a pretty big collection of minolta lenses so I doubt that I'll find a housing any time soon unless I get something custom.

Back when I got the S40 a few years ago the choices were mostly the canon or olympus models. Now it sounds like the fuji 810 and some sony models might work. I am tempted to trade up to something faster but I'm more than a bit concerned that I'll be disappointed yet again.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Alex.

Go to a camera shop, and play with the Fuji 550. It is essentially the same camera as the 810 (which is hard to find locally). That will give you a feel for the speed of an 810. I still use a 5050 Olympus, which is also a very slow focusing camera.