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| Canon PowerShot A570IS 7.1MP Digital Camera with 4x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom | 
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| Brand: Canon
Category: Photography
List Price: $199.99
Buy New: $167.95
You Save: $32.04 (16%)
New (13) Used (2) Refurbished (2) from $124.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  528 reviews
Sales Rank: 819
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Floppy Disk Drive: None
Monitor Size: 250
Optical Zoom: 4
Digital Zoom: 4
Display Size: 2.5
Maximum Focal Length: 23.2
Minimum Focal Length: 5.8
Maximum Resolution: 7.1
Has Red Eye Reduction: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 3.5 x 2.5 x 1.7
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
MPN: A570IS
Model: A570IS
UPC: 013803078442
EAN: 0013803078442
ASIN: B000NK3H4S
Release Date: March 19, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Brand New in factory package! (Not refurbished)! Great gift. Package includes Camera, Memory Card (16MB), 2 AA Batteries, AV cable, Interface Cable, Wrist Strap, and Software/Manual. Fast shipping!
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| Customer Reviews:
Lightweight, easy to use camera August 23, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have an olympus camera that has a 10x zoom and takes absolutely awesome photos, but the thing weighs over a pound and is hard to carry around. I chose this camera because is weighs like 6 oz. and has a decent zoom feature. I love the fact that it auto-focuses on faces and all I have to do is push the button. The colors were fantastic and clear. The only down side was at night. It has a delay before the picture snaps. So if you're trying to shoot a moving object, you might miss it. It has lots of fancy features, but I just like to point and shoot. The SD card pops right out my camera and fits into the slot in my laptop, so its really easy to download. I don't have the super steady hand, and my photos come out great, so I would say the image stabilazation feature actually works quite well.
 Batteries Batteries and more Batteries August 23, 2007
9 out of 14 found this review helpful
I was so excited to get the camera and very let down after the first week of usage. I had to carry double A batteries every where I went. I was constantly replacing them. I missed some very important shots because of low batteries causing a delay in the shutter speed.
The zoom is extremely week and creates grainy pictures. A digital zoom is needed. I am returning this product and puchasing the sd870IS by canon.
 Reliable August 23, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Used in our recent vacation in Canada. Performed superbly. Zoom incredible. the IS worked fine, although in extreme "shaky" cases, there was still blur, but i expected that. All in all, we are extremely satisfied. I picked the right camera!
beautiful outdoor pics/good indoor pics August 20, 2007
14 out of 15 found this review helpful
I'm an amateur photographer, and bought this camera to replace my old HP Photosmart 850 that cost $400 4 years ago (and took fantastic pics until it died). This Canon fit all my requirements:
1) takes regular AA batteries
2) simple point-and-shoot, but with manual adjustments when I want them
3) image stabilization
4) takes an SD card
5) smaller than the HP, so I can carry it around easier
My initial pics were a little disappointing. In low light on Auto mode, the camera adds enormous amounts of noise in dark areas, and in some cases the pics were way too bright. I did get some pretty good pics by turning the flash off and playing with the manual controls, and it was clear that the image stabilization was helping. Still, that first night I considered sending the camera back for the much cheaper A530.
The next day I took some outdoor shots and was totally blown away by the quality of them. Unbelievable clarity for a point-and-shoot, with very true-to-life, vivid colors.
Now that I've spent a few days experimenting with the manual controls, I can say that I'm VERY pleased with the A570. If you're just hanging out with friends or family and want decent pics, go with something a little cheaper and smaller like the A530 -- you'll still get great pics in good lighting, and acceptable pics in low lighting. But if you are interested in photography and want more control (but aren't ready for to invest in a DSLR), this camera's a steal.
Pros:
* manual controls
* beautiful photos in good lighting
* image stabilization
Cons:
* unremarkable low-light shots on auto mode
* not as small as some point-and-shoots
* zoom control is not as easy to reach as most cameras
* battery/memory card door is bizarrely designed, and I'm not confident that it will last the life of the camera
* some convoluted picture mode choices, like not allowing users to control ISO settings when shooting on Auto -- you have to choose a different mode to get the noise down to an acceptable level in low light. It would seem easier just to make the Auto setting a little more configurable, and have fewer overall mode choices (this is how the HP was -- WAY easier).
Nice little bonus: I recently started scuba diving, and the underwater housing for this camera is much cheaper than for many others I've seen.
Uniquely awesome camera August 17, 2007
21 out of 21 found this review helpful
This is the perfect all-around compact camera:
* Just about the best image quality you can get from a compact camera (see dpreview.com's review of the similar A710IS)
* Full manual control over exposure, focus, white balance (usually only found on cameras costing hundreds more)
* Optical lens-shift image stabilization
* Pretty small (although not ultra-compact)
* Uses convenient AA batteries
* Great movie mode (640x480 at 30 FPS with IS until memory is full)
* Big screen (low resolution, but who cares?)
* Good battery life (with rechargeables)
* Good performance (quick startup, focus, etc.)
* Good optical viewfinder for a compact camera
* Can even get lens converters (zoom, wide-angle, etc.)
You can't get this combination of features from any other camera or company unless you step up to Canon's own [much larger] S-series. I like photography but don't want a DSLR because it would be too big and I'd never take it anywhere; this is the only other camera I would ever consider. Not that you have to be a photography buff to use it--it has a great Point and Shoot mode too.
The only disadvantage of this camera is the flash recycle time, which is typically 4-5 seconds but up to 10 (!!) seconds in my experience. This is the price you pay for using only two AA batteries instead of four (or a custom high-voltage lithium ion battery like the kind that come with ultra-compacts).
People complain in their reviews about high noise at high ISO settings. A couple years ago, compacts only went up to ISO 400 and took noisy pictures. Now Canon is simply giving you the choice of using a higher ISO (800 or 1600) and getting correspondingly more noise. If you don't like it, don't use these new settings.
ADDENDUM: After several days of use, I have noticed that the "Auto" mode almost always selects an unnecessarily high ISO (200) for indoor shots. I believe this is the cause of all the "indoor noise" complaints. This is easily solved by using the "P" mode instead and fixing the ISO at 80.
ADDENDUM 2: I may have been too hard on people complaining about blurry pictures. This may be a result of AiAF--Canon's "Artificially Intelligent Auto Focus" system--which occasionally focuses on the wrong thing. Again, set the camera in "P" mode and use the menu system to disable AiAF. Your pictures should be razor sharp.
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