I have a Sony Cybershot as well, about 3 years old now. When we were shopping for cameras and researched them, the two we came down to were Canon and Sony. Reading further reviews, we found out that the Sony model and its counterpart Canon model (both 3.3 megapixels at that time) had the exact same lens (from the same manufacturer), zoom, most of the same features, etc, but Canon had a higher price tag because of the name, so we went with the Cybershot and I've never regretted it. The reviews I read gave them identical ratings.

A few recent pics from mine: