Don't know too much about the digital cameras, but I do seriously need to change my old Canon A75. It has been working fine until recently it starts to drain the battery really fast and refuse to power up with rechargeable batteries (low voltage 1.2V as opposed to alkalines' 1.5V). Last night whlie I was taking pictures on my monitor, I had 4 fresh alkalines (2 SONY+2 Energizer), the camera only yields 44 shots without flashes before it refuses to start up... I'm desperately to need the pictures for my Playstation 3 review project, that's why I finally made a purchase... Turns out the new A560 (on sale after a $30 price break this week) does take rechargeable batteries, I've taken 10 shots so far.
Here is a spec sheet for it:
| Format | Compact |
| Price (street) | US$179 |
| Also known as | |
| Release Status | |
 Max resolution | 3072 x 2304 |
| Low resolution | 2592 x 1944, 2048 x 1536, 1600 x 1200, 640 x 480 |
| Image ratio w:h | 4:3, 3:2 |
| Effective pixels | 7.1 million |
| Sensor photo detectors | 7.1 million |
| Sensor size | 1/2.5 " |
| Sensor type | CCD |
| Colour filter array | RGB |
| Sensor manufacturer | Unknown |
| ISO rating | Auto, 80 ,100, 200, 400, 800, 1600 |
| Zoom wide (W) | 35 mm |
| Zoom tele (T) | 140 mm (4 x) |
| Digital zoom | Yes, 4x |
| Image stabilization | No |
| Auto Focus | Yes |
| Manual Focus | Yes |
| Auto focus type | AiAF TTL 9-point or center |
| Normal focus range | 45 cm |
| Macro focus range | 5 cm |
| White balance override | 5 positions plus manual |
| Aperture range | F2.6 - F5.5 |
| Min shutter | 15 sec |
| Max shutter | 1/2000 sec |
| Built-in Flash | Yes |
| Flash guide no. | 2.2 m (7.2 ft) 2 m |
| External flash | No |
| Flash modes | Auto, On, Off, Manual (Red Eye, Slow Sync) |
| Exposure compensation | -2 to +2 EV in 1/3 EV steps |
| Metering | Evaluative, Center Weighted, Spot |
| Aperture priority | No |
| Shutter priority | No |
| Focal length multiplier | |
| Lens thread | No |
| Continuous Drive | Yes, 1.7 fps, unlimited |
| Movie Clips | Yes, 640 x 480 @ 30/15 fps, 320 x 240 @ 60/30/15 fps |
| Remote control | No |
| Self-timer | 2 or 10 sec |
| Timelapse recording | No |
| Orientation sensor | Yes |
| Storage types | SD/SDHC card |
| Storage included | 16 MB SD card |
| Uncompressed format | No |
| Compressed format | JPEG (EXIF 2.2) |
| Quality Levels | Super-Fine, Fine, Normal |
| Viewfinder | Optical |
| LCD | 2.5 " |
| LCD Pixels | 115,000 |
| Video out | Yes |
| USB | Yes, 2.0 |
| Firewire (IEEE 1394) | No |
| Battery / Charger | No |
| Battery | AA (2) batteries (NiMH recommended) |
| Weight (inc. batteries) | 205 g (7.2 oz) |
| Dimensions | 91 x 64 x 43 mm (3.6 x 2.5 x 1.7 in) |
| Notes | |
| Resolution Chart | |
Here's my short review:
The body:
The upgrade from a 1.5 in LCD to a 2.5 in is huge, and the 2.5in LCD is a lot brighter. The camera only uses 2 batteries these days which is a lot lighter than the A75 using 4 batteries. The battery and the memory compartment have been moved together, I think it's a bad design for those who use a card reader. The tripod mount hole has been moved to the left whereas the A75 is right in the middle. The connectors have been moved up to the middle on the left side of the body so that the external power connector can be together with the USB and AV connector.
The function:
Menus are about the same, but since it's a 7.1MP camera, it takes less pictures on a high setting... The cool thing is the image stablization, I have intentionally shaked my hands while taking a picture, but the picture comes out not very blurry like the A75.
The picture:
Color is vivid, pictures seem to have less noise than the A75. No other observations so far...
So here are my sample pictures with everything auto... My overcooked self-made sandwich...
First picture with flash on
Second with flash off and hand shaking...
Speaking of the sandwich, it takes about 15min to make, and I have pretty much enjoying making and thus eating it. The ingrediants are wheat bread, roast beef, american cheese, lettuce, tomato, cucumber, jalapeño, the sauses are Mustard and Mayonnaise. The proceduare is putting the non vegatable altogether first, sent to the oven @350°F for about 8 min(I overcooked it for more than 2min today while playing with the camera...) After heating, put all the vegatables in, that's it.
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