I had a S50 before that wore out. I bought another brand due to the urging of my wife. Well the other brand at 12 mega pixels did not compare to my old S50's 5 MP.I contacted the other manufactor and expressed my complaint. I never heard back from them. I wanted a good camera that would take the kind of pictures that I wanted, so I went after another S50 and it is giving me great photo's. You just can't beat Canon.