My Canon S90 died on me during a short hike near the White Tank Mountains west of Phoenix over the Thanksgiving Day holiday. I started getting the "lens error" message. I had used the camera that morning successfully and hadn't dropped it during the hike. Perhaps it met an unexpected early demise.
Whatever. I am bummed. It cost me a pretty penny to get that camera for this hike. It survived a water dunking but perhaps it was that dunking that weakened its interior?
Amazon.com had the Canon SX210IS point-and-shoot camera on sale during Black Friday for $199 so I grabbed that model, but it's a heavier and slightly less dynamic machine than the S90. I'll know more once I take photos with it.
