There was a time when, in order to preserve that momentous event in all vividness and clarity, you got to have a really expensive professional photographic equipment set up to capture the moment. Without a doubt, you are familiar with these professional cameras, the ones with those humongous telephoto lenses that look like a bazooka from a sci-fi movie. It is a good thing that Canon came up with their Powershot line of digital cameras. Quality is not anymore synonymous with size.