Recently bought here on Amazon me the camera. The look is always a matter of taste - I find it does not look bad. But what is much more important is the feel. And here the Canon makes a very high-quality impression. For example, the wheel of the settings is not that a little fragile but plastic particles made of metal and can be adjusted with a pleasant roughness. Only the gray frame around the camera seems to be rum from Platik. The operation is absolutely intuitive. Just turn it on and more or less get going. The Canon provides all settings small help texts - thus my opinion is a detailed manual almost redundant. Such is therefore not at first included in printed form, but is only in PDF format on CD-ROM case. The Quick Reference Guide on pages 30 is probably mandatory and explains Basic things such as how to load the batteries.
The optical zoom is for the size of the madness. Toll !!! Using the Bildstabilistors even distant things are photographed sharp even without a tripod. Only the here many times mentioned seat of the flash is a bit strange - reduces the Quatität the camera but by no means. Very much I love the small gadgets such as fisheye and Miniature Effect and the exchange of colors or automatic red-eye correction. For me an absolute buy recommendation !!!!