Talk me out of clicking checkout for gods sake, I want it so bad but I can't afford it.
For $300, you could get a used digital SLR that would blow the S5IS away in terms of image quality.
There are better superzoom point and shoots and better non-superzoom point and shoots.
thats not an a-series
Fuck powershot. Save a couple hundred more dollars and get an actual SLR.
MAKE EVERY SHOT A P-P-P-P-P-P-P-P-POWERSHOT