around 15k cannon powershot 720 IS is good model ...
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canona720is/page12.asp
AFAIK picture quality is better than competing sony and nikon models ....look around for more reviews thats the only and best way to choose one camera ...also look for user comments too they are often very helpful and could sometime relate to the issue u are looking for !
also i will suggest u to go through that website(
http://www.dpreview.com/) it will give u a wealth of information ...which i feel is necessary when u are buying 15k camera