The Canon PowerShot A570 IS has a 7 megapixel sensor resolution, 4x optical zoom lens (equivalent to 35-140mm on a 35mm camera), and has good high ISO performance. It also has an optical viewfinder and runs on two AA Batteries. The battery life is 400 shots. It can support wide-angle and tele-photo conversion lenses, which are available separately as accessories. The shutter lag is less than 0.1 seconds. In the Continuous Shooting Mode, the camera can take shots at the rate of 1.7 pictures/second until the memory card fills up. This is the most affordable camera with an image stabilization feature in the Canon lineup. It has a face detection feature (when the shutter button is pressed halfway, the camera finds the faces in the frame and sets the exposure and most suitable focus point).

The camera received high praises from Steve’s Digicams (a popular camera review site).