Strengths: Beautiful pictures, lots of great features, easy to use, compact.

Weaknesses: None!

Summary: This is the perfect camera. I bought it for myself for Christmas and absolutely love it. I already had the Canon Digital Rebel xti, but I also wanted a small camera to fit in my purse that would take excellent pictures on the go. I am an avid photographer, digital scrapbooker and blogger. This camera is perfect in every way. Not one thing I would change. Even though I meant for this to be used more for "emergencies" when I didn't have my big camera, I find myself using this camera most of the time because it is convenient and takes pictures just about as good as my Rebel.

Strengths: Compact size, good image quality, long battery life, manual shutter and aperture controls

Weaknesses: Controls still not fully manual (no Av or Tv), video res on the low side, high price

Summary: Overall, this is a good point & shoot camera with good image quality, long battery life and the first ELPH/IXUS with some form of manual control, although a little pricy.It has a new DIGIC4 processor which is supposed to provide faster processing and better image quality. However 15 mpix is a little overkill, considering the noise level on such a compact CCD. Photos produced by this camera are generally high quality with natural looking colours and very good for a P&S camera (close to a low-end digital SLR), but they will still be noisy. The manual controls for aperture and shutter are useful but still are restricted to certain selections and are not fully manual compared to the G-series or some of the higher end A-series Canon cameras. The image stabilizer and other neat features such as face timer and face auto-focus come in useful.

Strengths: Very sharp pics.According to tests, less noise that the Canon 9 Megapixel models.New Processor.Has manual controls.

Weaknesses: Video is only 640x480.Small 32MB memory card.A bit expensive.

Summary: Well I bit the bullet and paid up, and I am pleased I did! The camera (I got the all-black model) is very sharp-looking and takes excellent pictures and video. It focuses fast and red-eye is almost non-existent. I stitched a panorama with Photoshop and it came out well too. I am using only the 9MP setting though.

Strengths: Excellent image quality, Battery life, Image Stabilizer, Beautiful and hefty metal body, Many manual modes for a subcompact, DIGIC 4 processor, Made in Japan

Weaknesses: Very slight purple fringing, No wide angle lens

Summary: After using a cheaply-built Samsung S630 for the past year, I decided it was ready to step up to a quality camera that I could hold onto for a long time. I was set on purchasing an SD950(this camera's predecessor) until I found this on sale at Dell. Fortunately, the extra pixels do not translate to more noise, presumably due to the new DIGIC 4. Images are always crisp and very detailed, even when blown up on my 20" monitor. Colors are the most natural I have seen from a non-SLR. Every picture I take in manual mode requires no post-processing. I thought I would have to improve something, but I never do. Think of this camera as a bargain G10. Unless you really need the few extra manual options or wide angle of the G10, save your pennies and go with this camera. Another winner from Canon!