The digital single-lens reflex camera gave me a fresh perspective on photography, forced me to become more familiar with fundamental concepts and parameters that were simply unavailable with a soap dish (the Canon A560 does not actually have an aperture), and encouraged me to delve deeper into the photographic process and give more consideration to the composition of the frame. I will not rehash myself and mention the capabilities of the camera again here. I'll just add my feelings. My hand can easily accommodate how light this thing is. The battery can be charged quite rapidly (before, I was using a Canon A560 that took AA batteries, and it took around 8 hours to charge two AA batteries that had a capacity of 2700). Graphical menu that is easy to understand and contains options. Good quality camera JPG. Its drawbacks: I won't go into detail about the problems, tk. In the grand scheme of things, they are not flaws but rather petty complaints or a fundamental lack of understanding, in the first place, of the capabilities of the camera. For instance, it focuses anywhere I want it to; all you have to do is select the area of focus that you want and read the manual.