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I've only had this camera for a few weeks but must say I'm really impressed. I use the photos for viewing on screen and for printing and have not noticed any lack in the quality of the pictures, even at full screen on a 1024 x 768 screen. The zoom (6x) is really useful and there are a lot of other features on there (panoramic 'stitch' mode) which I have not even looked at yet. The flash compensates for red eye and the software is second to none. It's a little more expensive than other 1.3mp cameras but I truly believe that you are paying for a better build and extra features which any user will find extremely useful.

This camera was designed to prove just how easy it is to get high quality photos without any hassle. Whoever designed the control systems and aesthetics of this camera knew what they were doing. Granted, it isn't the lightest, or smallest, or cheapest 1.3MegaPixel camera, but it feels good in your hand, and natural to use (it has a spot-on 'point and click' mode if you want it).
Quality of pictures (at top res and quality) is superb, dropping off as you'd expect at the lower resolutions, and they really can be printed on photo-paper at 7"x5" without any pixelation!
It's probably overkill if you just want to do internet piccies, but it can easily replace a family film-camera (and it is a whole host more resilient to kiddie-play than any other camera I've had)..
The catch - it chews batteries (maybe 50 pictures with flash and LCD display) - it improves if you get REALLY good replacements, but it goes OK on 4 NiMH rechargables (200 pics or so).
Oh, and if you are going to use the hi-res, buy a new compactflash card - they are cheap, and can save serious frustration when you get 20-odd pictures in (which is what fits on the 8Meg card supplied) - Amazon have these too!

After lots of searching of reviews, I finally purchased the a10 and was not disappointed, The build and the software that is provided is excellent, their is enough manual control for a complete novice as myself, but generally just use the auto function, great photos for 1.3 mp camera both on screen and on paper.

You will definately need rechargable batts. I hammered this camera with a set of four 1700 NI-MH, for over two hours with lcd and flash, and used all the space on 64mb card in various modes and they had not given up the ghost.

overall a good camera it is a little expensive for 1.3 mp camera but the results are on a par with A20 2.1 mp version as usual you are paying for a name, however canon have not let us down with this great all rounder. What has impressed me the most with this camera is:

great design
ease of use
good software
great pictures for 1.3 mp on a par with the a20 (in my opinion)
great battery power with 1700 ni-mh batts

Love it! Love it! Love it! This camera is superb. From the superb quality of the pictures to the ease with which it is handled. The software that comes with the camera is a joy to use and easy enough for a child or technophobe to master. I normally use Minolta Dynax 7xi cameras and lenses and thought that this would become an obsolete camera that gathered dust in the drawer. Instead it is constantly with the family no matter where we travel. The ability to take as many photos as you want and see the results instantly is wonderful.

Have recently purchased a second one of these for my parents and they too are overjoyed with it. Can't recommend this camera highly enough. My recommendation is buy it, love it and have fun.