I have a Kenmore purchased back in the 70's, has cams with it! It was a nice sewing machine, saving it for my granddaughter. I also bought a new Pfaff Creative 1475CD in 1986! That was and still is a good sewing machine. Am going to keep it around! And I have a Pfaff 2140 updated to a 2170 Embroidery machine. It is a great machine also! But, I just purchased a Baby Lock Ellisimo that is fairly new and should arrive tomorrow, so I am thinking about selling my Pfaff 2140 after I have it's yearly checkup! So excited for the Baby Lock Ellisimo for the automatic threading and the new embroidery machine that was never used! I went to a dealer to see all the features on this machine, which she showed me, but she never even sewed a stitch in my presence, but showed me all the great features that it has! So, guess I only have the word of what I seen of the machine on Baby Locks website and what the person told me that I bought it from! Good Luck in choosing, but get!