I think I'll love it.

I've had this camera for a week now, and I'm very pleased with it. It's my second digital camera, after an Olympus Camedia 2040 that I've used for several years. I was looking for a small camera with a viewfinder, 5-8 megapixels, a good zoom, manual overrides, and AA batteries for travel. This camera has it all.

The Pros (in addition to the above):
- Great looking point-and-shoot photos indoors and out, generally excellent color and saturation. As noted in reviews, in high-contrast situations, Canon by default allows overexposure of highlights to maintain detail in darker areas. If you have other preferences, it's easy to change.
- Reasonably intuitive menu system
- Video mode that takes real videos (VGA 640x480 @ 30 frames/sec)
- 6X zoom — great for this size of camera
- Ability to adjust flash strength
- Extremely close macro mode
- Accepts large, fast SD cards (I've tested 2MG 150X).
- Good grip. Feels very solid in your hand. Can operate just about everything with one hand (better for right-handed people).
- The LCD is nice and big while still leaving room for controls.
- Color accent and color swap modes are fun, though I don't know what I'd really use them for.
- Add-on lenses and flash available

The Cons:
- Some green tones a little off. Grass is fine, but a green metallic bike turned out blue no matter what setting I used. Not a big issue unless you require this accuracy.
- The manual is on thin paper and a little hard to read.
- There's a lot of noise at low light levels. I noticed this with Canons when buying a video camera last year. Still, I'm quite happy with the photos. Indoor photos with a mixture of daylight and incandescent light were very pleasing and didn't need a flash. Software is available that can clean up the noise if necessary.
- No image stabilization
- Flash is slow to recharge

I got at semi-hard-shell case to protect the LCD better than a nylon case (www.ritzcamera.com HS7).