Even with all the trouble we had with the SD500, we decided to go with another Canon. Not the SD550 after all, we researched the E18 error and it seemed to be a problem specifically linked to the 500, but also to some 550s - and we didn’t want that to happen again!

I miss the 7 megapixels though. The SD700 has “only” 6, but it has other nifty things like a 4x zoom, better position of the on/off button over the top right corner of the huge LCD screen. I’m also discovering how to play with the Color Accent and Color Swap functions! That’s fun…

These show with blue and then green color retained, everything else turns black and white.

The other function I played with today is the Color Swap. I pick out one color and choose another one to replace it with. Not altogether successful… I guess these things can be done in Photoshop too, I haven’t played with that yet.

And I forgot to mention the best reason to buy this model: we got it from Costco! After our experience with a camera just out of warranty, we wanted something more reassuring. As with everything else we buy at Costco, they offer a 100% customer satisfaction guarantee, which translates to: if the camera stops working, I’m not satisfied and I’m returning it!