Honestly, the Pro, according to her, has good bit
of noise above 100 and the vignetting was
unacceptable. I'm not going to argue with her
about it.


Well, it all depends on how you're shooting and where. I rarely set above 100.
The new crop of cameras certainly do better with that. If she wants to avoid
lens issues, she'd probably like a SLR like the Canon 20D, but overall it's
probably best to wait another year or so rather than spend a small fortune.

RB