Canon PowerShot SD1100IS 8MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom (Pink)

Canon PowerShot SD1100IS 8MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom (Blue) I bought this camera from Amazon.com for $164.00. It is a real nice little camera, mostly made of metal with a couple of plastic doors to its outputs & Battery/memory card compartment. I also bought the PSC-1000 Blue case & a Hi capacity SD Memory card, ScanDisk 2GB Extreme lll SD Card. I wish I had bought the PSC-55 case which I feel looks a lot nicer.
I have owned this camera less then a week & so far no problems.
I wish it had a rubber feel on the edges, like most cell phones have. It's real easy to stick in your pocket & not have to drag around a camera bag.
The Menu is easy to use but takes practice to see what all the icons stand for. Don't bother calling Canon's Help Desk at they are useless. They only read from the Book you are looking at.
The Battery charger is nicely made & takes 1-1/2 hr to charge.
I set the camera in the Auto mode (which I am sure most people who buy in this price range use) Flash to Auto, anti shake On, face detection On and resolution at L & compression at super fine. Those are the top settings & if you want to Email any of your pictures after downloading to your computer you can always knock down the resolution.
I did not install the Canon computer Software since I download straight from the Memory Card.
When turning on the camera you need to be careful that you do not interfere with the lens extending.
I think this subcompact camera is the way to go unless you are a pro or think you are a pro and want something like a $1000 & up SLR.

I've had the Canon Elph cameras on and off for years and they are great. Good price, lots of features, and it's nice to get used to the Canon menu system as it is pretty much standard across all of their cameras. Overall hard to beat for the price...and the memory cards are dirt cheap.

Very pleased with this purchase. Used as a gift and they were very pleased also.

This is a great little point and shoot. It's small enough to easily fit in a pocket and takes fine pictures. My one gripe is its default to crank up the ISO automatically in low light. Unless you switch to manual mode and specify your desired ISO, the camera will switch to 800 ISO and you'll get a very grainy image (assuming you've turned off the flash). That complaint aside, the camera takes outstanding pictures in daylight, captures good videos, has very good battery life and has places the controls where they're easy and intuitive to access.

This was an update for my old Powershot and its great. Couldn't ask for more from a camera!