Just read your story about new Ixus models Linky

I've got an Ixus 850 and swear by it. It's been great for capturing my nipper's first year

The Ixus 90 was good, nothing special but well built and solid

of all the compact point and shoot cameras around, i think the ixus series are the best in its class. the newer models have small increments of improvement, but usually produce similar quality results. i especially like the thought that i can buy a dirt-cheap dicapac underwater case for an ixus so that you can take pictures underwater for like 3 metres or so