I have been using this little camera regularly since march 2002 when I traded in my Canon EOS SLR (yeah I know but I wasn't using it enough - digitals are so much more convenient).Now I know what digi cameras are all about i'm ready to upgrade to a G5 or something similar. The A20 is fine for most situations but my main gripe is that it cannot cope when there is little detail in the subject; a plain background will produce an almost watercolour result. Where there is a lot happening the results are sharp enough. Batteries run down quickly but I always carry spares.The flash is inadequate.

I bought the Canon PowerShotm A20 over a year ago and think it is a fine digital camera. It takes crisp clear pictures that can be easily downloaded to your PC using a SanDisk. The only draw back is that it eats batteries (4 AA).

This camera has everything I want in a camera.
1. Great Battery life. I'm using rechargable lithium batteries, and I wanted to run them down the rest of the way the other day and charge them fully. (Holdover from NiCad days.) I took pic after pic after pic, I left it on until it would auto-shutoff a bunch of times. It took forever. And these batteries are from Nov. of 2001!
2. Picture quality is great. I use smallest of 3 sizes and middle of 3 resolutions for most pics.

This camera is great. The quality is good, once you figure out what your doing. It's extremely simple to use and great camera for taking pictures of family and friends.

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Pros:
Excellent image quality (note: try use Medium resolution - 1024x768 pixels) for 2.1 megapixels camera. Easy to use. Convenient software and USB Interface Cable to download to your PC. Note: when downloading pics to your PC try to find folder
where pics have been saved ( usually they under Canon > Zoom Browser > Samples) You can later rename images how you want it instead of reference them by number as 1230-1234432.JPG
Cons:
Requires 4 AA size batteries.
Solution - buy only 'Lithium' batteries (I use Energizer) since AA batteries will stand only 15-20 shots.

I just purchased another Canon A20. This one was used. I use them in my business to photograph houses. I have 2 currently being used and this will be the third. I have purchased other digitals, Fuji, Pentax, Nikkon, and even the newer Canon 510.
All have had problems and did not last 6 months. The Canon 510 has a major design/engineering flaw. When the batteries die and the camera is in the process of taking a photo, the lens attempts to retract into the camera but gets stuck. When new batteries are put in, the lens will not move. You cannot take photos with it. After the fiasco with the new Canon and the other name brand digitals, I decided to try and find an A20. I did and it works as good as my other two, though it is used.

The Canon PowerShort is a workhorse of a digital camera. I have had mine for 4 or 5 years and taken thousands upon thousands of pictures. The camera has never failed that I remember.

This was the first digital camera I owned, and I loved it. The features are endless, there are multiple shooting modes, and it is easy to use.