Am I the only one with this kind of luck? *Canon Powershot A550*

[shais_mom]

qvc has a limited return policy, I think its 30 days.
I got a Nikon S50 for less than $300 - at best buy.
This is the Nikon S51 very similiar - it has a HUGE viewer on the back - its like 3". At the last PT meeting Anna and Robin were both saying they wanted my viewer...
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1184768166370

[Giselle]

Personally, I feel that Nikon is for very skilled/professional photographers. Canon is more user friendly and they have a lot of easy-to-use lines. I so wish I could get another camera, but you know how expensive the first year of puppyhood always is. *sigh* If only!

[cloverfdx]

If you are after a smaller P n S Panasonic have quite a few different models in their Lumix range .

[Freedom]

I got the Canon A560 in June and I LOVE it. At least 2 others on here use it as well.

You can go to the Canon web site and they let you pull up as many as 3 models to compare side by side. I did that when I had narrowed it down to 2 models; and I discovered that one needs FOUR AA batteries, while the other needed only TWO. I had not realized that before the side by side. So that should help you.

Also, dpreview.com is excellent when searching reviews for a new camera.

[Anita Cholaine]

I got a Canon A460 about a month ago. Enven though it is a pretty cheap camera, it still takes such high quality pics. I'm so in love with it When I got it, I was between the A460 and the A550 (which is bit more expensive) It was the 1cm macro that made me go with the A460.

You can never go wrong with a Canon. I wanted a cheap camera so that I wouldn't mine if it got stolen or broken, but since you don't have a price range, you have a pretty big variety!

[Alysser]

Thanks for the replies guys! I really appreciate them all. Also, Freedom thanks fro the site. I was looking for that URL but I couldn't seem to find it or remember it lol.

I am looking into the Nikon Coolpix S10:


http://nikonimaging.com/global/produ.../s10/index.htm

I'll definitely take a look at the Canon A460! Sounds like a cool camera.

[shais_mom]

Another thing to keep in mind that my S2 has been taking some screwy pics- Its just over a year old- I bought it in June of 2006 and in August of 2007 I emailed Canon to ask them about it and they said b/c its out of warranty it would cost $170 to LOOK at it plus parts and labor!!!
When I sent my Fuji in to have it looked at it was over the warranty and the first look and fix was free. But when I sent it in the 2nd time a couple months later it was $170 to fix it.
But I remembered on my canon I paid $60 for the extended warranyt thing so I sent it back thru best buy for that and that was for 5 years! so for $12 a year..