I lost my beloved Canon SD1000 Digital Elph camera. It went with my everywhere, and subsequently fell out of my pocket on the metro en route to work yesterday.

I need a replacement. I want something small (pocket sized), preferably something similar since I have extra batteries and such for it and I like Canon’s gear.

What do you all use and love? My one major gripe with the SD1000 was the grainy photos, even in decent lighting. I know it’s a lot of task from a pocket sized camera, but is there a better choice?

Before you go offering any DSLRs, I know I want one but the time financially is not right to make that leap. So let’s keep it under $400 or so.

So tell me, what do you all love, use, drool over in store windows or online stores?