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		| Originally posted by Tyrone_Slothrop I've been meaning to buy one.  Tips, anyone?
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 A few months ago I bought a Canon Elph S400.  The Elph series has always recieved very good ratings, both from consumers and groups like Consumer Reports.  It takes terrific pics, is small, and even takes 2 minutes of movies with sound, which are not choppy.
I would recommend immediatly purchasing a large memory flashcard.  I bought a 256 mb card and took almost 300 pictures plus some videos on a recent trip, and only used about half the card.
Shop around for prices, but check  
here .  (Just be careful about when you order so that you don't get camera-flavoured cardboard)