I am on my second Canon, which I bought in August. I have the Canon s400 and love it. It is small enough to put in a pocket. I would very strongly advice against a camera that uses alkaline batteries. These cameras are very power hungry. The S400 comes with a small charger and I have different plugs for different countries so I am always able to charge it. All of the pictures from Ecuador, Galapagos, Paris, Italy and Chile I took with this camera. They can be viewed at http://www.clubphoto.com my alias is Fanny. If I was to do it over again I think I would have bought a Canon with manual controls as well. Fanny in NYC