Absolutely *love* this camera. My favorite digital camera of all time (it's my 7th one since 1999). The image stabilization is great, so are the colors, but for me the biggest surprise has been how useful the wide-angle turned out to be both indoor and outdoor, hence I'd recommend the SD800IS over the SD850is anytime.For those of you interested in a little 'experimentation', search google for a 'CHDK wiki' and you will discover a very interesting group of Canon enthusiasts who have unlocked a bunch of hidden features, including shooting and downloading RAW images, 1/40,000 shutter times, camera programming tools, remote control, etc.