This is an excellent small digital point and shoot camera with a good zoom. It fits easily in a pocket or purse, produces sharp images and handles a wide range of lighting conditions well. It is great for grab shots even when you or the or the object of photography is moving. The image stabilizer really works! My only complaints are that the two AA batteries are used up rapidly and that the cover of the battery compartment can be difficult to close properly. Since with heavy use, batteries must be changed fairly often, the latter can be irritating and also can result in the camera not operating until the cover is reopened and reclosed.

I have had this camera for a few months now. It take good pictures but the big problem is battery life. You can only get 1 day for shooting before you need new batteries. I think it is because it has such a large LCD. Make sure you always have an extra set of AA's with you. Also it does not have the panaramic mode that the 570 and all previous models have so if you want his get the Canon 570.

I received this camera today. I have not had a chance to use it yet as the "rapid" battery charger redc light has been on red all day. I have recently read this is a a very low rated battery charger. I highly recommend you do not buy the battery charger ( fofr half price, but worth nothing) offered with the purchase of the camera, a lot of problems with batteries running too low way too soon, also not charging right in the first place. It's a hassle. I do not know why Canon allowed Amazon to sell this Canon camera with a deal of a lousy half off battery charger that I will have to return as you never know when or whether the batterie are charged at all or if they are going to work one hour or many hours. Further, the camera is $4 cheapter than it was a few days ago. I wonder why. For a high rated camera on the internet, I am very disappointed.

I only purchased this camera a few days ago and am still learning how to use it, but I must say for the price that this is one awesome little camera. It's packed with features that include some very handy manual functions for more creative control over picture taking. These features aren't usually found on point and shoot cameras like this. Canon have outdone themselves with this model. Pictures are sharp, colour quality is excellent, comparable to a 10 megapixel camera, and it's very simple to use. It's quite small and lightweight, but has a grip on the right hand side that makes handling very comfortable and easy.

2 thumbs up from me. If I had more thumbs I'd put those up too :)

Overall this camera is great. It takes better pictures than my friends 10 megapixel Samsung camera. I bought this when the price was $200 and now that it's only like $120 it's an even better deal. Picture quality is the best thing by far but the thing that sets it apart is the features that allows you change many aspects of the shot. I'm not a professional and need the camera only for fun but found the features nice to just play around with... Great buy overall. Plus Canon is known for it's camera's.