Cracking review Ian. Pulling it back a stage though, what were the others in the shortlist and what made you swing towards the Panny? My old man bought my mum an FX07 a year ago (?) having never shopped outside of Canon previously (as they do good greens, so he says). She’s been chuffed with hers and its not suffered for being in her handbag all day long!

I’ve been toying with the idea of getting a new compact (my decrepit Canon Ixus v2 is never out of Oliver’s hands although we got him a Polaroid Pixie from the States for Christmas. Unfortunately that wasn’t quite as robust as we hoped. 😉