Got this a few months ago, and it has not dissapointed - our last digi camera was an olympus and I was hesitant to switch brands as that served us for years (2.1 MP) - however, after reading reviews and talking to canon users, we went with this one for the 4X optical and 7.1MP. The face focusing technology is cool (a little creepy how the box follows faces) and ensures that your focus is on the person and not an object. One minor dissapointment was the 16 MB MMC card - literaly only holds 9 photos - might as well not include it and knock a couple of bucks off of the camera or give a bigger SD card (512 MB or so) for a few more since it is WORTHLESS.