i think thats where i got the idea for this sucker... i wanted something with a powerful zoom. and i got a pretty good deal on it online (fuck that 499 shit at retail shops like best buy or circuit city)
here's me and my roommates kitchen table that doesnt fit us at all because my mom totally forced it on us despitethe fact that we are two totally straight guys in our mid 20'.
I finally decided against the Canon S1 IS because I couldn't find it under 670 Canadian $ (probably because it is still too new on the market) and I would have had to buy new memory cards for it, making it even more expensive for me.
The IS system was tempting and the movie capture was one of the best I had seen (and in AVI format which I prefer over Quicktime). Those were the big positives with the camera.