DPReview have just reviewed the Fujifilm S8000fd digital compact camera, which offers an 18x zoom lens equivalent to 27mm-486mm.
“In all, the S8000fd an interesting attempt at a do-everything camera - with a lens that is usefully wide-angle as well as incredibly long, a good flash and everything from useable manual controls to ‘auction mode.’ And it does everything reasonably well, even if it doesn’t excel in any particular area. It is actually a very easy to use ‘point and shoot’ camera, and for normal print sizes the output is going to be more than adequate.”