I bought this camera for around 100 pounds from E-Buyer. The Powershots allow quite a lot of choice of settings compared to other compact cameras. I've had quite good use of it, and it's been resistant to my mishandling. I damaged the closing mechanism to protect the lens by carrying the camera in a pocket whilst cycling soon after I bought it, but fixed that using some tweezers. I've probably dropped it a few times and it has survived being carried in various bags, although the outer is actually in pretty good condition, not many scratches.

Anyway after taking some pictures recently the camera just packed up working. This seems to be associated with the camera running out of battery whilst retracting the lens, although I have probably done this many times since buying the camera.

Searching the internet for "e18 canon powershot" I found this is a common error in many Canon cameras.

This is what my camera looks like now:

I currently have the camera sat on my desk with no battery in, hoping it's going to forget about this error and start working again. Otherwise it looks like i'm in the market for a new compact camera.

This was the last picture I took:

Here are some more shots of the moon from tonight. Sky was clear for about 20 min, so these were a lot easier to focus. Again, taken from Thomaston, GA with my Canon A75 point and shoot, with my brothers scope.

Moon, again from Thomaston. The pics are not that great due to cloud cover, which made focusing and detail much more difficult. The "halo is caused by the clouds, not so much the focus. These pics were taken with the Canon A75 and though my youngest brothers scope.

More "daytime" moon pics. They appear darker due to exposure times and enhancements, etc. The first pic is the smallest of the four, it is also the most enhanced.

Moon today from Thomaston, GA (we are back home this weekend). This was taken through my brother's (Josiah) telescope (SpaceProbe 3 Altaz Reflector 3") with my Canon A75 point and shoot. Hopefully it will remain clear and I can take some tonight.

Una de las grandes cosas que tenía mi antigua cámara (una Canon Powershot A75) es un modo especial para hacer fotografías panorámicas.

Prueba de ello es esta que hice de la playa de Morro de Gos en la que se pueden ver unos 180º de paisaje.

NOTA: Pulsad sobre la imagen para acceder a una versión de la fotografía a 1024 x 210 haciendo click sobre el icono de la lupa una vez dentro de flickr ;-)