| Has anyone besides me noticed that the quality of | | | | PowerShot A560 uses AA batteries is a good thing |
| digital camera seems to be getting worse over time? | | | | because you can get them anywhere. I think what |
| Canon (and others) seem be putting out a lot of low | | | | they really meant to say was that it's a good thing you |
| quality cameras in the under $200 price range. It's | | | | can get AA batteries anywhere, because your going |
| almost beginning to feel as if the definition of | | | | to need to buy a lot of them. I'm sure the battery |
| disposable camera has changed to any camera priced | | | | companies don't mind. The first company to come up |
| under $200. Low resolution LCDs, underpowered, | | | | with a reliable and low power consumption solar |
| image noise, and really slow flash recharge times | | | | powered digital camera is going to make a fortune. |
| seem to plague many digitals in this price range. If your | | | | And probably put the Energizer bunny on the |
| considering buying a Canon Powershot A560 Digital | | | | unemployment line. |
| Camera, you may want to be aware of its | | | | The other thing that seems to frustrate many |
| shortcomings. | | | | customer of the A560, is that it's kind of an in between |
| The LCD on the A560 leaves plenty of room for | | | | camera. It's not really an ultra-compact, so it's difficult to |
| improvement, especially when it comes to resolution | | | | slide into small places like your pants pocket to take |
| and color reproduction. If your indoors and just looking | | | | with you anywhere. Conversely, it's also at the bottom |
| to frame your subjects then the LCD is adequate. | | | | of the compact range price wise, so it appeals to |
| Outdoors can be problematic. The LCD is far too | | | | many in the ultra-compact demographic. Canon needs |
| grainy to help with focusing your picture, and unless | | | | to do a better job of positioning this camera in the |
| your shooting on a cloudy day, this PowerShots LCD | | | | marketplace to avoid so much buyers remorse. |
| will be pretty washed out. Fortunately, Canon had the | | | | I'd have to say, that the low build quality, and lack of |
| sense to include an optical viewfinder with the A560. It | | | | many features makes the PowerShot A560 a pretty |
| gives you a better option for those sunny days. | | | | disposable camera. Although for me, anything I spend |
| Battery consumption is pretty steep with this camera. | | | | 100 - 150 dollars on, I don't want to be throwing away |
| Turning off the LCD will help, but is a nuisance. In their | | | | in a year or so. |
| sales material, Canon likes to suggest that the fact the | | | | |