Canon PowerShot A560

The Canon PowerShot A560 is comfortable to hold. Basic functions are straightforward and easy to use ie zoom, different settings for taking photos of kids, landscapes, back-lit subjects etc. Uses AA batteries so cheap to replace/re-charge. Picture quality is very good (especially close-ups) Macro close-focus is quite good though not quite as close as the old version. The more advanced settings are not always easy to find - some you get at with the menu button and some through the function button and I do not find it easy to remember which are where. The picture quality of landscape/ far-distance shots lacks impact.

Overall a very good compact camera, particularly good for taking photos of people, animals and wildlife. I have not used it much indoors so I cannot comment on how it functions there.

The Canon PowerShot A560 really great camera. Excellent picture quality. Great value for money. No bad points.

It's an excellent camera with the usual Canon quality, offers an excellent price/benefit ratio, showing all the amateur typical characteristics and some further pro-adds.

My dear mother wanted one of those new "digital cameras" She had heard people say they were getting them for $80 - $140. She said she had heard of one called "Easyshare" and was interested in that because it had "easy" in the name.(That was her sole reason, seriously) I said I would see what I could find for her. There are lots of cheap digitals out there, but I found in my research that this camera was actually pretty good.

Ordered it online. It came. Mom loves it! I was worried that it would be too complicated for her. No, the modes and uses of this camera are not difficult to figure out. I began to see that it was just as good as the Sony I bought 2 years ago, better even. Mom's taking pictures, movies and printing them up herself. I am jealous. I am now thinking of getting a camera in the Canon series for myself.