i'm so touched that you remember that !although canon is my favorite brand, i really don't like the elph series. people like them because they're small, but i think that's mostly all they've got going for them. i much prefer the a70, if you want a 3.2 megapixel. most of the functions on the sd100 are hidden within menus, whereas, on the a70, the most important features are on a dial on the top of the camera. this is not only more user-friendly, but faster, and gives one a better chance of actually getting the picture (the photographer will be taking the picture instead of still fiddling with buttons and menus). the screen on the a70 has a durable plastic coating over it, and i believe that the sd100 does not. i'll check on that tomorrow, though, to be sure, and'll edit this if that's not so. and, even though the a70's bigger, it's got a grip that i like. then there's the compact flash v. secure disk argument, and although that's not all that important... more and more cameras are using sd these days, and i'm not sure what that means. all of the other canons and nikons continue to use compact flash. i prefer compact flash 'cause it's more durable, harder to damage, and, because it was one of the very first media, it's used on a lot of old equipment (like print-from-card printers and whatnot), which can come in handy. i'm asking for a digital for christmas/my b'day (dec. 27th ), and i'm having trouble deciding between a few canons and the sony v-1, which can focus in total darkness and then take color pics w/ flash, and even take pics in total darkness, without flash (they're green though, like night vision would be). that'd be useful for me, since i'd mostly be using the cam to take pics in clubs. i was waiting for the slrs to get cheaper, but that's taking too long .