Let me just say that after owning (2) Fuji's that I Love my Canon S30.

I've taken thousands and thousands of pictures with my S30 and absolutely love it. I even bought the underwater case that will let me take it up to 100 FT and let me upgrade to the S40, S45 or S50 with the same case.

The reason why I didn't like the Fuji's was because there always seemed to be too much of a shatter lag even when done manually and the FinePix 3800 almost always took poor pictures.

Just my 2 cents.