A650 flare

[claurianta]

Hi,

I recently got an A650IS and I'm finding the flare to be much higher than on the A610 or A630. See for example the attached photo with the flare of the two lights in the bottom left hitting the top right of the image with flare. I'm finding that pretty much any photo with a strong light produces this kind of flare. Could someone else with the same camera report if they're seeing similar flare, because I'm thinking there's a problem with my camera, as canon's older models (A75,A610,A630) would not have flared like that nearly as easily.

Thanks