Beaver, eh?

having spot metering on my new camera is really nice for this type of

dark critter shot in intense sunlight on the water.

I definately recommend the P90. you can see the improvement in image quality in my portfolio from the s10 I started out with.

I found the 624mm Optical zoom amazing and when doubled with Digital zoom it boggled my mind what reach it has. Sure a "real" DSLR would have been nice, but you cannot beat the combination of price and features for an avid amatuer such as myself... and for less than $500.00 Canadian dollars in June of 2009.

The best new features to me were the ability to control Apeture and Shutter speed along with Spot metering compared to a pure point and shoot such as the s10 with no real control over anything. I learned a huge amount about digital photos with the s10 and managed to squeeze off a couple good shots with it ;)