This is the second cannon digital camera I have purchased and twice, immediately after the one year warranty expired, the camera failed.Canon has a policy that, after warranty, the camera will be repaired at a flat cost of either $150 for a minor repair or $300 for a 'more extensive' repair.I find it outrageous that, after spending $900 with Canon in the last 3 years, their products 'die' with 'memory card errors' immediately after warrantly expires (at 14 months!)Canon was totally unhelpful and unreasonable about performing the repair free of cost despite the fact (from other web reviews) this seems to be a common issue immediately after warranty expires.A Canon employee actually told me that she "usually expects a product to fail after the warranty expires and would just throw it out". I think that is a pretty high cost of $450 for one year use of a camera.Beware!