I bought this camera to upgrade from a well-used and well-loved Ixus 430 (which still works perfectly well despite having been around the globe several times). In particular, the 7x zoom and good reputation of Casio led me to buy this camera. Having received and charged up the camera on a Friday, I took it out on Saturday for my mothers 70th birthday. Three shots in, an error message flashed up saying the image stabiliser had malfunctioned: the manual basically said this was terminal. Having sent the camera back and received a replacement (see below), I took the new camera out for my son's 4th birthday. Around 15 shots in - the same malfunction. Needless to say, I have given up on the Casio and have now purchased a new Ixus. It may just be that I have experienced a "bad batch" however I would urge potential buyers to research around before buying this camera in light of my experiences.

One further comment - for the pictures I did manage to take, the camera performed extremely poorly in low light. My old Ixus performed much, much better in the same venue last year. All in all, a bad experience, and I don't have photos from two important family gatherings.

On a positive note, the service from Amazon was excellent. Having notified them on a Saturday, the replacement camera arrived on Tuesday and returning the faulty camera was easy with the prepaid postage label. Definitely worth thinking about when considering whether to save £5 or so using a marketplace seller.