This seemed to be a good year to replace my old, 1.3 mega pixels digital camera. With all these new compact zoomy models, I even thought I found a good one.
The Canon S400 Digital Elph was a pleasure to unwrap and play with. Compact. Full of little tricks like the image stich mode. A decent 3x zoom. Manual controls for exposure, speed and light correction. Things looked bright until I put it in my pocket and ended up with a scratched and therefore wrecked screen 
Why would they leave such a fragile screen without any protection is beyond me. How much would it cost to cover it with a layer of transparent plastic ?! What made it worse was the absence of warning about how delicate that screen is.... there were plenty of warnings about how toxic the batteries are if you open them (!!!) but nothing about how to protect the camera when you simply put it in your pocket.
Back to my old model until this one gets repaired. For some reason, that old camera survived my pockets for years without a problem....
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