Awesome features, but....

Author's Rating:

Pros: feature rich.  

Cons: apparent lens durability issues, and annoying motorized pop up flash.  

Author's Review
I just purchased the Sx200IS two days ago.  Last night when I was practicing with the features, which are exceptional, I received a “lens error, must restart” message.  I thought I must have done something wrong, however within the next hour, I had received three more of the same messages.  This camera was not taken outdoors, I only took 100 photos, never dropped it.  It was only 48 hours old, but didn’t even make it out of the box until it was a day old. 
I don’t know if I just received a dud, but after doing some quick internet searching on this error, I have lost my confidence in the lens durability of this camera and will be returning it.