Not even a year ago I bought a Canon Powershot SD550.. I did a ton of research on it and had a fair amount of confidence in the Canon brand since I've owned before, however, I don't think I'll be buying from Canon again.. my camera suddently stopped working with a lens error (it doesn't work at all) and apparently Canon does not take care of it under warranty even if it's not from misuse.. there is a whole website devoted to the error (its called e18 or something?) and a lot of people have had dead on arrivals while Canon refuses to fix it. Something to consider when buying from Canon.