Product Description

Canon PowerShot A560 Digital Camera PictBridge 2.5in LCD 4x Optical Zoom 7.1 Mpxl Ref 1774B008AA

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #21813 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Canon
• Model: 1774B008AA
• Released on: 2007-07-24
• Dimensions: .36 pounds

Features

• Canon PowerShot A560 Digital Camera PictBridge 2.5in LCD 4x Optical Zoom 7.1 Mpxl Ref 1774B008AA

Manufacturer's Description
Capture stunning portraits with the affordable PowerShot A560. Natural, sharp faces are easy to capture with innovative Face Detection Technology and lowlight shooting is aided by High ISO 1600.

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Customer Reviews

Great for the money
I got several of these for my wife's nursery school and the staff were amazed at what a great camera it is for the price. One had just spent twice as much on a Sony that "doesn't seem nearly as good". It takes really good pictures even when left on auto and is really fast. It's also good having a viewfinder, 35-140 zoom and a strong flash, unlike with those expensive little shirt pocket cameras. OK it's jacket (not shirt) pocket sized but it's real quality. Even the video clips are excellent. Before buying, though, check out the A570 - the same but with image stabilistaion.

Value for Money
I bought this to replace my 3.1MP A70. My initial reaction was it feels a little plasticy compared to that. Although still good quality. It is slightly smaller in size but the screen at the back is massive in comparison. It has all of the standard features you would expect, although the biggest disappointment is the "stitch assist" feature is missing from A560. I use this extensively to take landscape shots, time will tell if my manual judgement and the Photo assist software supplied do the same job.

Canon only supply a 16mB SD card, which only holds 4 photos on the highest setting so be prepared to get a larger size if you buy this. The photos taken though all very good.

Overall for a 7.1MP camera at just over £100 this represents value for money.

Great for the money!
Build quality is great. Camera feels sturdy. Picture quality is fantastic for the price. Got this for my wife and she's a bit of a technophobe having used a 35mm point and shoot until now. She's taken to it like a duck to water.
This may not be of benefit to everyone but this camera takes two standard AA batteries. We use rechargables but if the batteries run out when we're out and about then we can just buy standard duracels etc.
The only downside I can see is that with a 2GB card you can take more than 1000 photos and this means that my wife is snapping pictures of everything.