Picture this ... I've actually gone and bought the Canon PowerShot A80 ... and my initial reaction is that it is nearly the perfect camera for me and not a bad camera for just about anyone who's looking to be digital ... like I would really know after less than 48 hours ... but after returning the Spanish language manuals the camera came packed with for English ones I was quickly up and taking pictures of just about everything I could ... first stop yesterday was Mina's garden of delight.
 
Also picked up a cheapo charger and set of Ni-Mh batteries with the camera, then on the way home after the manual swap I found a case at a yard sale for 50 cents that was big enough for the camera, a set of backup AA batteries, some Deep Woods Off and a few other odds and ends.  I'm sticking with the 32 MB card that the camera came with for now ... seems to meet my needs so far.  I'm more than happy ... OK, I'm not so happy about viewing the LCD screen in bright sunlight today at Pardon Grey Trust with mosquitoes swarming around but otherwise things with the new camera are fine ... and I'm thinking I can't really blame the mosquitoes on Canon.