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Great for: general beginner travel student

Canon's 2005 A-series compact — 4MP CCD, 4x 35-140mm equiv zoom, manual modes, AA power

The Canon PowerShot A520 is a compact digital camera announced in February 2005 just before that year's PMA show, launched alongside the 3-megapixel A510. It sat in the value-oriented A-series but offered more photographic control than its price suggested, and was 13 percent smaller and 20 percent lighter than the model it replaced.

It pairs a 4-megapixel 1/2.5-inch CCD with Canon's DIGIC processor and a newly developed retractable 4x zoom, covering a 35-140mm equivalent range. The rear carries a 1.8-inch, 115,000-dot LCD plus an optical viewfinder, and 20 shooting modes span full auto through scene programs to manual exposure control. Storage is on SD or MultiMediaCard media and power comes from just two AA batteries.

The A520 is a good fit for beginners who want room to grow: unusually for a budget 2005 compact it offers aperture and shutter control, so it can teach exposure basics. The 140mm-equivalent reach is useful, though with no image stabilisation the long end wants good light. Operation is leisurely by modern standards but the handling is simple and solid.

These sell for very little and AA power keeps running costs negligible. The camera predates SDHC, so use SD cards of 2GB or smaller. Check for lens-extension errors, verify the viewfinder is clear and the LCD undamaged, and look inside the AA compartment for leakage corrosion - the most frequent fault at this age.

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