I have a Canon A75 and it has been an absolute AWESOME camera, especially for the money. The auto mode works great for just about every situation, and the scene selections allow you to easily get a slightly nicer pic for the conditions you are shooting in. Whatever you do absolutely get at least a 512mb or 1gb memory card. This will allow you to take long ass videos (like 2hrs even) and unlimited picture storage(like 5,000 pictures at full resolution).