its a canon powershot d20 . i bought it for the same reasons vacations. its a really good camera .has alot of settings that are easy to use and play with .also has settings for different situations like underwater, underwater micro (to really get the hard to get details .like lets say with the corals) , snow setting ,auto setting , manual settings. its really great has alot more settings just cant name them off the top of my head .the only negitive thing i cann say is that the battery does die quick not like 2 hrs use then dead but yea so i bought a second battery . and thanks for liking the pics