What should I expect to pay for a compact digital camera with image stabilization?

canon a570
$177
beat that price for a great camera

Panasonic LZ3 or Nikon L12, both at Beach Camera for $149. And you might be able to find the Panasonic LZ1 or LZ2 somewhere for even lower prices.

My point is: optical (or sensor-shift) stabilization is nice to have but, like many other individual features of a camera, shouldn't mean a 鈥渕ake or break鈥?deal. You still have to pay attention to the whole set of features, even to the point of choosing a camera that doesn't have image stabilization, if the rest of the features are simply too good (for you) to refuse.

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