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I shared a Powershot S3 with its 7 megapickels of fury beforehand (having a typical white-sneakers father who liked photography and loved zoom, but lacked the know how or budget for an SLR), but an SX130 was the first one that was my own. Loved that little thing, I carried it loose in a backpack daily for years until the screen got all sorts of scuffed and the metal ring surrounding the lens got a huge dent in it and somehow it still works great once you slap two AAs in. Typical late 2000s Canon that punched above where you'd expect it to in the price/size range and with really pleasing colors and surprising sharpness that made me a Canon fanboy for a long time, even without raw since 15 years later I don't think the CHDK build for it ever left beta.