Canon PowerShot A2000 IS

Good – The camera is reliable, I have taken more than 10,000 photos since I bought it last year and covered many trips, eg to Fraser island , Carnarvon Gorge etc. Colour is always brilliant and the 2 AA rechargables 2100's always give more than 300 photos. I bought this camera after two Sony cameras zoom lenses failed to zoom anymore. Yes two of them and both different models and less than a year old. So it was time to try something else. Solid camera, good battery life, SD cards cheaper than some others, easy to use functions, good level of zoom at 6x and 3 inch screen good for us people with not so good eye sight to read. Price is very good. A little heavy but this is what makes it strong i guess. The dial is easy to bump on the top which can mean you accidentially use the wrong picture setting.

Excellent – i have only had this camera for 3 weeks and i am already very impressed. camera takes a beautiful photo compared to my old camera. it fits very nicely in to your hand and because it's a bit thicker than other cameras, it's easy to hold & especially for my husband who has "man" hands, he can hold it without worrying that he's going to drop it. the photo quality is fantastic and the 10.0mp is super. all controls are very easy to use which is important when you are just a general happy snapper!!! Takes a great photo, durable casing, user friendly chunkier than what i wanted but sometimes quality is more important

Good – Loads of good features in this camera. Large 3" LCD screen. Has load of shooting modes for any occassion. Great sensitivity to low-light conditions with ISO1600. Comes with software tools for your Windows or Mac PC. AA battery means no lugging around of chargers, cables etc. The optical image stabiliser is a great feature to have when camera shakes are real issue -- particularly when zooming in to a far away object. 6.0x zoom on this camera helps in getting that much closer to the object being shot. Standard 32MB SD card for a 10 mega pixel camera. No software for computers with Linux Operating System.