Guess what, I bought Canon Powershot again. Was looking for a good one so I could shoot during my Dec holidays. The salesman recommended Canon PowerShot 2000 IS to be good value for money. 6x zoom, face detection, big LCD monitor. The image quality looked good enough for me, but I was wondering why I was buying Canon Powershot again. And having to carry AA size batteries when I was out seemed raw.
As I browsed around, another new arrival caught my eye. Canon Powershot SX110 IS. 10x zoom, manual functions available, powerful flash. I guess these are all I need to make myself interested in photography for a while more. So I bought this.
Anyway my friend recommended a really good website which got my interest going. Reveals a lot about SLR camera photography, but it's good information to know. But for people who do not like Canon stuff, can ignore this link: http://web.canon.jp/imaging/enjoydslr/index.html