Canon PowerShot A530 5MP Digital Camera with 4x Optical Zoom - Canon makes an affordable, high-quality 5.0...

Canon makes an affordable, high-quality 5.0 megapixel, 4x optical, widescreen capable digital camera a reality with the PowerShot A530. Fast, powerful, and impressively compact, the A530 delivers beautiful images and high performance with its DIGIC II Image Processor. Best of all, this camera retains all the easy-to-use accessibility that has made the PowerShot A Series so popular. Auto and Manual Exposure/White Balance settings ISO range 80-800 for shooting high-quality images in a variety of lighting situations Shoot pictures in the Widescreen resolution option (2592x1456) to view them full screen on your widescreen TV or computer monitor! Built-in Flash with Red-Eye Reduction 16 Shooting Modes; 8 Photo Effects Self-Timer - 2-sec./10-sec., Custom Up to 2.1fps Continuous Shooting SD/MMC card slot A 16MB MMC Card is included, however we suggest purchasing an Optional 512MB memory card. It will allow you to store a lot more video and images, as well as take advantage of the camera's high Resolution abilities. Interfaces - USB2.0, A/V out (NTSC/PAL) Print directly to Canon CP/SELPHY Compact and PIXMA Photo Printers or any PictBridge compatible printer via included USB cable without a computer! Powered by 2x AA Alkaline or Rechargeable Ni-MH Batteries for on the go freedom! We suggest purchasing optional rechargeable NiMH batteries to be able to take approximately 4 times as many still pictures when compared to alkaline batteries with this camera Approximate Unit Dimensions - (WxHxD) 3.56 x 2.52 x 1.70; Unit Weight - 6.00 oz (Body only without memory card and batteries)

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Customer Reviews:

I LOVE IT!!!
This camera is great! The picture Quality is AMAZING, when i took a picture of a leaf with the macro mod and it came out looking like a professional photo!!! The compliant i have about it is "nothing" :D.

--2006-12-18

Fantastic Value
I bought this camera to supplement my DSLR. DSLR's are great but I have neither the need nor the desire to lug mine around to parties and such. Anyway, here's what I think about this one:

Pros:

Small, lightweight
Takes AA's, and only two
Fast start-up and operation
Fully manual mode, useful P mode
ISO up to 800
Great picture quality
Great menu system
Lots of options
Can't beat the price

Cons:

Spotty auto-focus (can tend to hunt quite a bit indoors)
Flash recycle time slow (because of only two AA's, but it's not that big of a deal)
Occasional lens flare inside with flash

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Overall though, if you're looking for a cheap camera, I think this one is tough to beat. 5 MPs give you quite a bit of detail; if you think you need more than that, think twice, because you probably don't. Excellent picture quality from this camera and it has a great feature set, especially for its price. If you want something smaller or a little fancier try the Canon SD series; however, be prepared to spend more. At this price range, this is an obvious winner.
--2006-12-15

Great buy!!
I recieved this camera as a gift about 6 months ago. I have had great experiences with it. The picture quality is amazing. The amaount at which you can zoom in on your pictures is amazing. For instance, we took a picture of a police car accross the street and kept zooming in just to see how far it would let us until it got blury. We could see what was in his backseat!! This camera never ceases to amaze me. It is a great gift! And an excellent camera for the price. I recently had the honor of taking my friend's engagement pictures with my camera...here is a slideshow of them....they look professional.

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--2006-12-15

I have it and I love it!
I got this camere for my birthday and I love it!
It has tons of cool features, and is really easy
to use. It is a great gift!
It is a pretty reasonable size, but it could
be a bit smaller.
--2006-12-10

I am a beginner...but this camera is in a lower level
I bought this camera mainly because of its fair reviews on the internet. Customer ratings were around 4 stars, so i thought it was very smart to buy this camera and become my first digital one.

What i found?
- The pictures are slightly darker than its competitors with the same specification.
- Usually marks you are shaken to take the picture
- In other ocassion you are not notify about the shaken status and even though the photos are blurred.
- Size is ok
- You have to wait about 6 or 7 seconds to take your next picture (too much time!)
- The outside photos are the better ones, but the one taken inside are too dark for my expectations.

I definetly think you may invest 40 or 50 extra bucks and get something better. As i will do right now.

--2006-12-08