I have a Canon S30 and love it. I purchased the underwater case and can take it up to 100 FT under water, the best part about it is that I can upgrade to the Canon S50 and still use the same case. I've taken literally thousands of pictures with my Canon S30 and love it. My friend has the S50 and raves about it all the time. This is the best digital camera I've owned.

Some people complain about the rechargable battery over regular alkaline but I actually like having rechargable batteries then buying new batteries. I would suggest buying an additional battery like I did which will allow you to use one while the other recharges or have two fully charge in case you are taking many pictures. I also purchased a 512 MB CF card which gives me about 500 images, I also have (2) 128 MB cards as spares in case I run out of space.