Another new day, another new camera! Meet the new Canon Powershot A570 IS digital camera which is the latest addition in the Canon A Series. The new digicam is affordable, convenient and highly functional.

The Canon Powershot A570 IS has a 7.1 megapixel resolution and has been equipped with a 35 m-140mm equivalent) zoom lens and Canon’s advanced Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) that significantly reduces the effects of camera shake (and the ruined pictures they cause). The camera has also been equipped with a “lens shift” optical system which physically compensate for camera movement, even when that movement is caused by extended telephoto or low-light shooting conditions.

The PowerShot A570 IS Digital Camera boasts of an extremely fast lens (opening up to f/2.6 at wide-angle settings and f/5.5 at telephoto settings) and one can further make it useful by using any one of three optional converter lenses – a tele-converter, a wide converter or a close-up lens for macro photography – that attach to the camera’s zoom with the addition of an optional conversion lens adapter.

The new digicam is Certified for Windows Vista according to Microsoft standards, without any extra downloads or upgrades and one also comes across features like; Canon's new Face Detection AF/AE/FE technology, which can detect, lock on and track multiple human faces in a scene simply by pressing the shutter button halfway and Red-eye Correction” feature which detects and correct red-eye during playback mode

The PowerShot A570 IS digital camera accommodates MultiMedia MMC memory cards as well as standard SD memory cards and the new, high capacity SDHC memory cards and the camera kit carries an estimated selling price of $279.99* and includes two standard AA alkaline batteries, a 16MB MMC Memory card, a USB interface cable, an AV cable a wrist strap, and Canon’s software suite.