A New Used Camera

Think I'll try a new used camera. For a thousand and some change, I can get much more like what I want. But I'm hard on cameras, so nice (and new) is not part of the program. Canon G12 that's been around for a few years. I want an optical viewfinder. Don't care about big zoom, and I can live with a smaller image chip and fewer mpxl. This will be my first trip into the country of proprietary lithium batteries instead of AA. Have to see.