I've had an Olympus camera (1.3 MP, those were good ol' times), a Sony Cybershot (4.1 MP) and a Canon Powershot A520, but this one beats all of them and more.The screen is great, it takes great photos and the autofocus comes very handy (especially for us lazy guys who do not want to take manual pics).The only drawback this camera has, and this is a negative feature for all Canon cameras (Canon, can you hear me?), is that it doesn't show battery status but only when it is almost done with batteries. I guess you can live with that (I've had), but it would be nice to have a battery meter so I know what to expect.