This camera( Canon Power Shot A520) was launched back in 2005, it comes in both metallic and plastic body, it has 4.0 mega pixels and has a CCd sensor, it is powered by a 2 x AA batteries, its weight is less( 250 grams approx.), and its size is compact, it uses a 9 point auto focus system, has built in flash, it uses a SD/MMC card type of storage and has a 16 MB built in storage, the picture quality is Okay and the shutter speed is good, the battery life is as expected . At the end its a good camera .