>I just baught a Canon PowerShot S5-IS. What a nice camera. I love the ability to shot a avi file at will. Great pictures, and the zoom is fantastic.
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>I shot my son's piano recital in its entirety with great result.
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>I highly recommend it.

Hopefully they've taken care of the dreaded E18 error. Canons have, in the past, been very susceptible to the E18 lens error, and there have been a number of horror stories of people trying to get the company to fix their cameras.

Google the words 'canon' 'E18' and you'll get an idea. The S5 is fairly new I think, so it might be that they've elimiated the problem.