[Joe J.]

I've got a Cannon A520 It was a little more than $200 I think it was around $250 but the A510 is just under $200 and the only major difference between the two is the A520 is a 4 Mega Pixel and the A510 is 3.2. The A520 takes great shots and videos I would guess the A510 would be close. I can say its a pretty rugged camera (it survived a two week backpacking trip in the New Mexico mountains). They can use either a MMC card or SD card. The only thing is it tends to blow right through normal AA batteries as well as the the titanium and lithium types, They are a little more expensive but the NiMH rechargeable work the best (working for about 5 days as opposed to less than a day for basic batteries. Hope this helps.