Wow! Canon completely blew me away today. Back in November 2003 I bought a Canon S400 camera. It’s been whitewater rafting in Colorado, to the frosty top of Pike’s Peak, zip-lining in Costa Rica and to every family gathering for the last 3 years. Just before Christmas this year, it failed. It just stopped reading the memory card. A couple of minutes with google and I found that Canon has a program to repair this problem, even for cameras like mine that are out of warranty. I sent my camera in.
I’ve been fuming lately because I got a message from them shortly after it went in saying it would be returned in 10 days and it was well over 10 days. Well, fume no more. Today I received via Fedex a PowerShot SD630 to replace my S400!
I’ve only had a few minutes to play, but it is smaller, captures 6 megapixels instead of 4, and has a 3 inch display instead of 1.5 inches. The operating software also appears much improved, easier to use and with more features.
Way to go Canon!