I have owned mine for over two years now and I would have to say that it has performed up to every task I have asked of it. The cameras size was important to me and this camera fits well in a pair of khakis or cargo shorts. Things that are a must buy are the kit with charger and at least a 64 MB CF card, I have a 64 and a 128. I love that fact that I can display pictures on the TV with the cables provided. Make editing away from home much easier. Also I bought a second battery and carrying case. All these thing have ensured me of lots of photo ops. This camera does not perform well at sporting events or in low light, but any time the flash goes of it works great. Canon has better software on-line than what came with the camera. Worth every cent.

We are currently stationed in Misawa Japan. I bought this camera for my fathers birthday so we can e-mail pictures back and forth of family and my son. The quality is great, and its picture quality when I go to print it out.

This camera is wonderful. With two kids I take pictures all the time and because they are digital I can delete the "bad" ones later. I have had the camera for over 6 months and I love it. We took the camera to Disneyland and the battery never ran out. (we recharged it nightly) Plus the storage card is interchangable with my HP Pocket PC. The picture quality is amazing. I have ordered prints as large an 11X13" and they are flawless. I higly recommend this affordable digital camera.

I got this camera over two years ago. (...) I agree that it's kind of annoying that you have to pay extra for an AC adapter, but I think Canon learned from their mistakes. I am now looking for an S110 for even more compact size.

Pros:
- Solid metal body.
I dropped it on concrete floor (unintentionally),and I really thought the camera is not going to work any more. I was wrong. Except for the dent at the corner, the LCD just came back up and I continued to take pictures.

- Good Camera Lens quality.
Maybe this is not a Carl Zeiss Lens but it's a decent glass multi element lense from Canon. Fairly decent picture quality for a 2.1 megapixel machine.

- retractable lens.
This keep the form factor compact.

- Fast usb transfer of images.
I used the serial connection for images transfer from camera to pc for over a year until I purchase a computer with USB connection (yes I had an old old machine). The performance difference was dramatic when I moved to USB.

- Slide show, video out to TV
The basic on function is pretty intuitive. Video out is convenient cause I can show others the picture on TV right after I took the picture. (not everyone have a computer)

Cons
- The software that comes with Cannon, although it works, it's not the best.

- Short battery life.
I have to turn off the LCD most of the time to conserve electricity.

the overall experience with this Canon product is good. That's why I bought a Canon ZR25MC for video and may replace my S10 with S110.

I would have to disagree with some of the other reviews. I have owned other digital cameras and none have worked and have been as fun as this one. I am not very good at computers but with this camera and the programs to print and download photos are very simple even for people who have no clue. Just read the instructions and everything will be ok. I printed out photos on some glossy paper and they look better then any photo i have seen straight from a normal camera including the professional photos that i just had done for my nephew. So this would be a great investment, and is the best camera I have used in a long time. I can spend hours taking pics and printing them out. Its worth the money.