Hi carol. I remember your first post. I highly recommend this camera. It's not quite as compact as cannon's SD series nor as point and shoot but if you still have aspirations to own a SLR some day this camera will allow you to experiment with some of the controls.

You should look for something simple, durable, and compact. I have an Elph S300 I purchased from 7 years ago and it hasn't fail me. The Canon PowerShot SD700 IS is a very strong, compact digital camera that produces great pictures. Its price is a bit high compared to that of its little brothers, the SD600 and SD630, but its great image stabilization and subsequent blur-free photos are worth the extra few quid. Good luck shopping!

I bought the Canon Power Shot a few months and love it. It's simple to use and produces great pictures. My last camera was a Kodak Easy share. I find the Cannon SD600 takes pics faster, the zoom is much better, more manual feature (to adjust for various lighting), and the camera itself is sleeker.