Canon PowerShot A570IS 7.1MP Digital Camera with ...- User Rating: 
Summary for Canon PowerShot A570IS 7.1MP Digital Camera with ...- Decent... barely
Notes on Canon PowerShot A570IS 7.1MP Digital Camera with ...- At first blush, I liked the camera a lot - pretty good quality overall. But after using it for a bit, its biggest drawback was apparent - the battery life is terrible. It uses standard AAA batteries, but they just drain down so quickly. In almost a year that I have owned the camera, by my rough calculation, I must have spent half of the camera price in batteries. And I really don't take that many pictures, we only used it on family occassions and other trips once in a while. I would not recommend this camera.
Canon PowerShot A570IS 7.1MP Digital Camera with ...- User Rating: Summary for Canon PowerShot A570IS 7.1MP Digital Camera with ...- Camera = Good, Batteries / Recharger = DooDoo
Notes on Canon PowerShot A570IS 7.1MP Digital Camera with ...- Canon PowerShot A570IS 7.1MP Digital Camera with 4x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom
Purchased camera for anniversary cruise photos, for which purpose the camera was quite satisfactory, with memory card holding over 500 images on the initial set of batteries [rechargeable].
Purchased extra set of rechargeable batteries, Canon batter charger, and Canon a/c auxiliary power setup.
After the first use of each set of new batteries, subsequent overnight recharges indicated "complete" -- i.e., blinking light on charger showed steady indicator. From that time on, the recharged batteries would only function to allow about 50 photos, before another recharge was required.
In addition, purchased AA batteries failed to produce more than 50 photos.
The recharged "rechargeable" batteries, both sets, will charge only to about 1.37 volts, and will not charge to a higher level.
This camera eats batteries, both Canon's "rechargeables" as well as commercial standard AA batteries.
If you plan to use the Canon A570IS as an AC unit only, then it is pretty good.
Canon PowerShot A570IS 7.1MP Digital Camera with ...- User Rating: Summary for Canon PowerShot A570IS 7.1MP Digital Camera with ...- Great pics, slow pictures, battery hog
Notes on Canon PowerShot A570IS 7.1MP Digital Camera with ...- My previous camera was a digital Canon PowerShot A70. Had it for 5 years and it was great. One day it just quit working. With the cost to repair vs. the cost to buy new, we figured we'd just get the newest iteration of the A70, which seemed to be the Powershot A570IS. At just over $100, seemed like a great choice for us! Well, it has more mega pixels, and an extra zoom feature the A70 did not. It also takes 2 AA batteries instead of 4, and that's all great. However, the lag time between the time you press down the shutter and the time the picture actually "takes" is way too long, especially with human subjects. Also, the thing hogs batteries, AND does not give you much warning before it dies. There have been several disappointing situations where we've had no pictures of various occasions because of this annoying problem.
This NEVER happened with our A70, so I know Canon can do better!!!
Canon PowerShot A570IS 7.1MP Digital Camera with ...- User Rating: Summary for Canon PowerShot A570IS 7.1MP Digital Camera with ...- Disappointed
Notes on Canon PowerShot A570IS 7.1MP Digital Camera with ...- After having my camera less than a year, the display screen no longer works. Yes, I can look through the view finder and everything still works. I can still access the photos after they are taken. I just can't see the picture on the screen as I take it. I feel so disappointed at the way things are made these days...It is disappointing that I need to start looking for a new camera AGAIN!!!
Canon PowerShot A570IS 7.1MP Digital Camera with ...- User Rating: Summary for Canon PowerShot A570IS 7.1MP Digital Camera with ...- Excellent camera -- video capture is good, too!
Notes on Canon PowerShot A570IS 7.1MP Digital Camera with ...- I bought this camera for just $[...], right here at Amazon! I suppose that was a promotional discount.
I have enjoyed every moment of owning this camera. The memory card provided with the camera holds only a couple of shots; the first chance you get, replace it with a larger-capacity card with a minimum of 1 gigabyte.
You can easily turn the autofill flash off. Hardly any flash is needed for outside photos anyway. This makes the cycle time (time lag between one shot and the next) shorter, and the battery last longer. Use the best batteries you can find; the lithium batteries (about $[...] a pair) are the best. A 1GB card can hold hundreds of photos.
Uploading the photos into your computer requires a card-reader (about $[...]), if your computer doesn't have a built-in card reader. They do not need to be installed if your system is XP or more recent (and something similar for Macs, no doubt). The photos live in a folder on the card called DCIM, or something like that. You simply select the ones you want, and drag them across to your computer. The included software will enable you to (1) resize the pictures, (2) crop them, (3) rotate them, and (4) print them. With better software, all sorts of magic is possible.
The camera EVEN TAKES VIDEOS. I have taken tons of videos, and even the sound is good. Here are some examples; the sound quality is simply because I'm using the tiny microphone on the camera, and not the microphones they're using; THOSE were to make a huge noise, which is apparently important for rock groups: http://xrl.us/Dinosaur2
It comes across as a AVI file, which can be made into a DVD with the software microsoft bundles in with their operating systems. I'm sure this capability is common in cameras, but I never expected to be able to make videos of this quality with just a still camera. NOTE: you must set the resolution to high quality on the camera beforehand. I can't remember how this is done; until I did this, I could only take low-quality videos, which invariably shut off after three minutes, and were of a small size. (Actually, I think I remember setting it that way without thinking when I took my first video. So it's quite possible that the default setting is to make high-quality videos.) The total length of time a clip can be depends on the size of your memory card; I remember reading somewhere how many megabytes a minute used up, but I forget. I think it was right in the user's guide.
Another Note: The user's guide has references to basic information and advanced information. These references are to the TWO GUIDES that come with the camera. The books are referring to each other. (I point this out because it didn't strike me that that was what was going on.)
In sum, highly recommended indeed. No problems whatsoever.
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