I bought the Elph (at about twice the current price) for my wife and one for each of my three daughters! My wife's worked at first and then would work inconsistently (usually NOT just when you wanted the graduation picture, prom picture, etc.). I sent it into the company three times. The first time they couldn't find anything wrong, the second time they fixed something and charged me, the third time they couldn't find anything wrong. In the mean time my daughter's cameras started having the same problem--sometimes they would work and other times they wouldn't! I don't know what to do about it--I don't feel like shipping them in again as this didn't help. We now have four relatively expensive cameras that are undependable!!