I bought this camera from amazon in May 2005. It was GREAT until I got the E18 error on Halloween. (That's why I gave it 2 stars instead of 1.) Then I started googling and found it seems to be some sort of design problem with these cameras. That wouldn't bother me much if Canon was willing to work with people but I was quoted the same roughly $100 repair price as an earlier reviewer with the short 3 mo. warranty on the repair. If I trusted that the camera would actually stay fixed, I'd do it because otherwise I really like the camera. But I don't trust it and I'm not impressed with Canon's customer service. I previously had problems with a Kodak digital camera and Kodak was good about repairing it free of charge even when the warranty had expired.So I'm staying away from Canons now.