Canon SD cameras are good as compact and good to take snap shoots. And have reasonable picture quality (of course, can not compare to those expensive ones).

The price are OK because even a "better" deal would be only 20-30 less than that usually, which you need to wait a long time. If you need one, just go ahead and buy it. But sometimes, Dell shipping cameras slow, may take 15-20 days.

You can see many reviwes from here: http://www.steves-digicams.com/hardware_reviews.html