This my newest technology purchase that we made before going to Alaska. A friend of ours recommended the Canon Powershot Digital Elph 850 series to us. It is a wonderful compact camera. I haven't learned everything about it yet, but learned enough to take some awesome pics in Alaska. Memory cards are a great invention too, as we had to download our card 2x when it was full. Not having to carry around film or disposable cameras makes the expense of a digital camera worth the money.