William
We take a lot of vacations and many photos for family albums. Our two previous purchases were of Nikon Coolpix. These inexpensive cameras tend to last just 2-3 years (which is fine, given how affordable they are). When our Nikon died on us, we decided this time to upgrade and purchase the Canon because Canon has a good reputation. But we are severely disappointed. For one, the only flash control this camera has is automatic. This means that if the camera detects light it will not use the flash, and you have no way of manually using the flash to override the automatic sensor. Let us say you are taking a photo of someone and there is light in the background. The camera will detect the light and not use the flash. But you would want to manually have the flash go off so as to light up the face of the person. The Nikon Cookpics were MUCH less expensive than this Canon yet did have the manual flash control. Second, the picture quality is poor - surprising, it is of less quality than the cheaper Nikon. And finally, we realize that these are cheap cameras but nonetheless, this Canon feels flimsy and "plasticky" compared to the Nikon. You may as well buy the Nikon - you will be spending less money and have more quality.