Great Camera

This is a great little camera if you learn how to use it and understand its limitations. The lighter a camera is the harder it is to get a steady hold as the tiniest muscle twitches can cause a blurred picture. You are much better off if you use the optical viewfinder because it puts you in a more stable position. Get the largest memory card you can and use the highest resolution with the lowest compression. And keep in mind that lower light means more noise and small CCDs gather less light than large ones so if pictures in dim lighting are really important go with a DSLR but if just having a camera at the right moment is important this is a great one. And for those that want to take movies be aware that canon does not use very much compression and movies take up a lot of memory (4 gig will get you 33 min.) but because of this playback on my 27" TV looks much better than my old 8mm camcorder. I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 only because I would like to see a shutter and aperture priority mode or a better description of the scene modes.