Good choice! Have the Canon A70 here.
When I found 2 friends had the same camera and they loved it, I was convinced. Turns out 2 others at work had it too.
Here's some with full auto mode... not bad for snow shots.
I did reduce the resolution by half for bandwidth
http://www.airmageddon.com/images/Feb2004snowatHQ.htmGet at least a 128MB expansion card. The standard 16MB is just too small.
Another nice feature is all the manual modes. Was dinking around and dad ( one of the purists that developed his own film when Kodachrome was still considered 'new' technology) showed me how to muck with the Aperture and Time settings to be able to take pics without flash. It really points out one of the benefits of digital by being able to test the settings and see what you're getting.. then trying correct settings..lol
Have fun!!!