@Cheify wrote:I purchased the Powershot 520 and after 15 months it failed to work. I did not purchase an extended Warranty because it was a Canon which I thought meant Quality. A Canon repair centre in Guatemala advised me that the fault was in the main PCB and is going to cost 40% of the original cost. I am a pensioner and in my younger days Canon were top Quality unless you had an accident with the Camera you would not need Insurance cover except for theft. Whats happened!!
The high humidity of sub-tropical/tropical environments is going to be hard on any camera regardless of the brand.
Those with higher end dSLRs go as far as to keep them in an electronics 'Dry Box' which use devices to keep the humidity at controlled levels.
If your home is air conditioned, while that controls the humidity during storage, taking the cooler camera outside into a warm humid environment causes condensation on all parts of the camera, even the internal electronics. Over time this can be as bad a submerging your camera in water. Ways to combat that are keeping your camera in a sealed bag / container until it warms up to match the outside air temperature.
These problems are not something that is unique to Canon, it affects all cameras regardless of brand.
