Also go for as many megapixals as you can afford. The higher the megapixals the clearer the pics usually.

Mine is a 5 but now I've seen them as high as 6 megapixals. They may even go higher by now.

By the way, my Kodak Easy Share has a 10x optical zoom. Deffinately go for a zoom no matter what camera you get. (I agree Canon's are great cameras)!