Canon PowerShot A20 Digital Camera

Pros: Very good image quality, good value, good build quality/ ergonomics, uses AA batteries, USB.
Cons: No contrast setting, Auto white balance doesn't work well in artificial light

There has never been a better time to buy a digital camera, especially an entry-level pont’n’shoot model. Prices are way down (well below half of what they were averaging just two years ago) and popular features that were commanding prices in the $1000...

Pros: Picture Quality, Ease of use, Battery Life, Features (not just point and shoot)
Cons: Out of the Box accessories are crap, throw away batteries, throw away card, no adapter

BACKGROUND
I'm a web designer, I often use photos for websites and am sick and tired of having to pay for stock photography that is way too expensive. I decided a digital camera would be a great investment.

REQUIREMENTS
My journey of...

Pros: Reasonable battery life, Compact Flash storage, nice pictures, zoom
Cons: Lousy bundled software.

After owning the PowerShot A20 for about 6 months I love this camera. On the hardware side everything is great: the battery life is good, the picture quality is good. I use a 128MB Compact Flash card (~$50) with the camera, which can store more than 400...

Pros: Optical & Digital Zoom, up to 1600/1200 Res., USB connectivity
Cons: Low battery life, sub par software

I researched on the net for what I was looking for. It took about a year. When I saw the Canon A20, I knew the search was over.

Here is what I was looking for:
USB Connectivity,
JPEG compression,
Multiple resolutions,...

Pros: beautiful pictures, compact size, 3x zoom, AA batteries!
Cons: battery life suffers with regular alkaline batteries

i did quite a lot of research before buying this camera (may 2000). for me, it came down to the kodak 4800, canon a20, and canon s10. i picked the a20 after considering picture quality, its newer technology, its compact size, its 3x zoom, and the fact...

Pros: Clear high res pictures, easy to use, powerful advanced features
Cons: Has a few problems in low light conditions on automatic. Small 8meg card

_I had always loved photography but moving to digital posed a few problems, but at the same time had many benefits over conventional photography. At the time that I started "playing" with digital, picture quality was nowhere near 35mm. Also, cameras were...

Pros: Great images, comfortable design, good price, easy software/menus
Cons: Battery life, add-ons expensive, small compactflash memory included (8M)

My wife bought me this camera for Christmas and I really love it! I've summarized my feelings under each header here, but if you want technical specs, look here: http://www.powershot.com/powershot2/a20_a10/specs.html

IMAGE QUALITY
...

Pros: Photo Quality, Build Quality, Size, Uses AA Batteries, Ease of use, built in lens cap
Cons: Cannot use CF II cards, LCD in bright sunlight, comes w/ only an 8MB card

I bought the camera for my wife's b-day. She is a professional photographer and she has been interested in dabbling in digital photography. I didn't want to spend a lot of money just in case she was disappointed. We are also going to Europe shortly and I...

Pros: Small, easy to use, yet with great image quality and features.
Cons: Warning may cause marital strife.

I have been pining for a digital camera for about a year now. Luckily for me I (read my fiancée and I) received it the Canon A20 as a gift from everyone at our wedding shower.

As we opened the box I was amazed at the small size; about 11.cm x...

Pros: Great overall feature set at an attractive price, uses CF.
Cons: The usual: Better cameras are now available for around the same price.

I bought the Canon Powershot A20 last June, the night before leaving on a vacation to the Caribbean (or is it pronounced "Caribbean?"). Anyway, I'd been jonesing for a digital camera for some time. Usually I'd steal, er, "borrow" the one from the work,...

Pros: Small and portable, has zoom!
Cons: Makes Duracell's look like a California Blackout!

It's not often that I start off my epinions with negative information, but for a little camera like this.. this thing really, and I mean really eats batteries!

I've used a LOT of different cameras in my lifetime, and out of all of them this...

Pros: Very easy to use, sturdy, very good picture quality.
Cons: A little big. Battery life. Macro function.

We wanted to get a digital camera that would not make us poor, because we would not use it every day but just for fun, and of course it should be quite easy to use. We also had some compact flash cards at home already, so we intensified our search for...

Pros: Outstanding image quality, good battery life, easy to use, optical zoom, NTSC out.
Cons: Comes with a 8Mb memory card only, comes with no AC adaptor, lousy software.

I've been willing to buy a good digital camera for about a year, since I sold my Polaroid PDC 640 (0.3 megapixel). I've done a lot of research and came up to two models: the Fuji Finepix 2560 and the Canon Powershot a20. After visiting a few stores I...

Pros: If you take a lot of shots, some will be exposed properly and maybe sharp.
Cons: Lots of incorrectly exposed and unsharp shots.

I don't like this camera, and I would not recommend that you buy it. I don't think that it judges the light well; it either underexposes or overexposes a lot of the time. If you need to move into digital zoom range, good luck getting a picture in...

Pros: Good price, good pictures, easy to use
Cons: eats up batteries (as most digital cameras do)

I received this camera for Christmas 2001. I am an avid picture taker and was expecting my first child. I own a SLR, 2 high quality point-and-shoot cameras, and this digital camera. Since I purchased this digital camera, I haven't developed one roll...