Is it time for me to retire my trusty PowerShot S110?

Fry's has a sale on the Canon SD1000 for $227 (including a free 1GB card).

DPReview doesn't say anthing bad about it.

Things I like:
GIANT review screen
movies!
thin!

Things I'm amazed at:
price!

I have the SD400, and I can't say anything bad about it. The SD1000 is in the same product line, and just looks like a better camera to me. I played around with one at a local electronics store and it seemed very similar to the rest of the SD line. The price looks right, too. I don't think you could go wrong with that price - I paid more for mine a few years ago!

From the review, it sounds like the SD750 is the model with the "giant screen" (3"),
whereas the SD1000 has "only" a 2.5" screen (standard on most cams nowadays).

It does look to be a nice, slim point-and-shoot-for-dummys camera,
though it lacks any form of image-stabilization.

Speaking of small digicams, I recently picked up a Canon Powershot A570-IS,
which itself is pretty small, but again with the standard 2.5" LCD.

This one has a larger optical zoom range, image-stabilization,
and uses ordinary rechargeable AA batteries. It also has a good "grip"
built-in, something I absolutely need when using it whilst dangling off
the side of a cliff. There are all of the point-and-shoot modes that
one could possibly want, plus *full manual controls*, including focus.

All in all, a great little cam for the creative photographer,
but one which can still play dumb for the masses.

And about the same price, or cheaper, than the slimmer, slippery ones.
Mine was CDN$260 when I got it, about a month ago.

Cheers

I got one for my mum last week in B&H, I paid $212+tax for the camera (not bad, since the absolute cheapest in the UK is about $70 more. It is nice and small, the image quality appears to be ok, although it's crap in comparison to my 300D, although I would expect that. The videos are suprisingly good, I some of the Macy's fireworks and it looked decent even on a 32" LCD.

Here are a couple of shots I took while testing it:

http://www.attrill.co.uk/photos/temp13072007/IMG_0010.JPG
http://www.attrill.co.uk/photos/temp13072007/IMG_0011.JPG

You can see there is a fair bit of noise in the Grand Central pic, I'm not sure if that is normal performance, I haven't taken many photos with it yet.

I just want to point out that your dpreview link is not an opinion, just the press release. The opinions are here, but I think its a little better to read reviews from people who haven't spent their own money on one.

Anyway, camera looks nice. It is a great price and really small looking. I remember a review I read a while ago which said the tiny 7MP sensor was a little noisy and the IS models are a better buy (and faster). I'm still looking for the link.

I ended up with the Fuji F31fd. The good points are its cheap, the sensor is excellent in low light, battery lasts for ages. Bad points are its slightly bulky (traditional camera size) and the exposure setting can be misjudged by the auto mode. Its good, but I wouldn't overly recommend it even though all the reviews out there love it.

how is the picture quality witn the Fuji?

Picture quality is excellent for a pocket camera. Its pretty fast too. I've only had it for a couple of months now, the only pics I have online from it are outdoor shots. Here are some: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. On the last one you can see the underexposed shot in auto mode on an overcast day. I'm pretty confident my old Canon G2 wouldn't do that.

These are on another day: 1, 2. The first one was taken at maximum zoom. I could wish for a little bit more zoom sometimes.

Here are just a few more: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. That lot has a few shots which I'm not happy with. Its terrible in auto mode on overcast days. The flash is excellent (see 5).

(EDIT) 1, 4 and 6 from the last 7 are (badly) corrected as they were so dark straight from the camera. Also it has an outstanding 640x480 30fps video mode.

I recently bought one as a wedding present for my wife (:)). She loves it! It's easily the smallest Canon point and shoot. She's been using it for our entire honeymoon (ending in a couple days) and has easily carried it around when she just takes a small purse with her. She informs me that:
- the zoom is good
- the manual features are limited - it's "one step above 'point and shoot for dummies'"
- not bad video quality
- short shot-to-shot time
- menus are easy to navigate with well-placed buttons
- basically it's good quality for such a small camera

Looking at the other Canon models, the SD1000 is the best way to go if you want good quality point-and-shoot shots from an extremely compact form.

Oh, and I've used it a couple of times and agree with her assessments. I also had the SD630 (with the 3.5" screen), and find the 2.5" screen to be plenty big.

So that's an endorsement from the wife and I!