I loved this camera . . . while it worked. It broke the day the warranty expired (the screen went blank), thankfully I called canon and they fixed it under the warranty. Six months later it is broken again. My friend has the exact same camera, and hers broke after 18 months too. I have since done more research online and found that many Canon digital cameras break right after the warranty expires. I have 35mm cameras from the 70's that work as well as they did 30 years ago, yet I have had two digital cameras completely self-destruct in the past three years. I don't understand why companies can't make quality products that will last.