Digital Camera Reviews

This time Canon comes with new Powershot A460 Digital camera in the market with new technology. The Canon Powershot A460 is an entry level digital camera. It has five mega pixels and a four times zoom lens. The amount of zoom is slightly more than you find on most entry level models. The main attraction of the Powershot A460 likely to be the relatively low price that gives you a chance to buy a digital camera made by one of the leading brands.

This is the digital camera that takes care of you, so you never have to worry about anything. Just turn the simple Mode Dial and instantly you can handle any shooting condition. Choose from Auto for most situations, Manual when you’re feeling creative, Movie, or Special Scene for superb shots in Night, Snow, Indoor or Beach settings, among others. The camera trims the image center and digitally zooms to create beautiful enlarged close-ups.

The 5-megapixel Canon PowerShot A460 succeeds the A430 with a marginally larger LCD screen and CCD size. Its 2.0-inch LCD screen has a paltry 86,000 pixels, an in-camera flash, and a 4x optical zoom lens. It comes equipped with a full auto mode, a manual mode, eight preset scene modes and a movie mode with audio capture. Manually speaking, the camera offers a surprising number of controls considering the price. Users can adjust exposure compensation, ISO, white balance, long shutter speeds and metering. Other features include the Canon-specific My Colors mode and the ability to record sound memos to captured images. The Canon PowerShot A460 was announced in January and released in February with an initial price of $150 online. You don’t need to worry about running out or recharging batteries. Since AA-size batteries can be purchased at any store, simply get new ones locally.

The Canon A460 offers a 10 frames-per-second VGA video mode with sound in AVI (Motion JPEG) format, and supports SDHC as well as SD/MMC memory cards. The PowerShot A460 is powered by two AA batteries, and interfaces include USB 1.1 and A/V (NTSC or PAL) connections. Advanced presets for the best possible photos under certain conditions. The ultimate in creative control, you set ISO speed, exposure compensation and white balance. A Technology is an entirely original scene-recognition technology developed for digital cameras by Canon. Using an internal database of thousands of different photos, iSAPS works with the fast DIGIC II Image Processor to improve focus speed and accuracy, as well as exposure and white balance.

On the bottom of the Canon PowerShot A460 there is a battery compartment whose cover can only be removed with the aid of a Phillips head screwdriver. In all honesty this battery will likely outlast the camera but if it does need to be replaced the process is simple. Near the center of the bottom is a plastic tripod socket. If you plan to shoot photos on a tripod and you’re on a budget, consider a different camera. This tripod socket is plastic and strips easily and with a few miss-threaded attempts this feature will be rendered useless. The plastic easily marred when tested gingerly and one good twist with the bolt improperly placed would be disastrous.

Reviews:-                                                            

# Amazon Review: - Good camera - I experienced no problems with it, and found it easy and straightforward to use. The only negative was the relatively small screen size on the camera which can make viewing images somewhat difficult. Recommended for those who want a simple, easy camera experience.

# We’ve bought a total of 10 of these little cameras for our school. So far they have been simply superb. They are easy to use, use AA batteries of any kind (we bought NiMHs), and produce great pictures. We shopped the market hard for both price and performance and couldn’t be happier with our choice.

# Pocket-lint Review: - But on the up side once more, there’s almost no blue pixel fringing on my shots, even in high contrast areas of the scene, thanks largely to the fact the lens is able to properly resolve all the pixels, something a higher resolution sensor might not be able to boast with such as lens on a camera such as this.

# kenrockwell Review: - If you’re a stickler for technical image quality, go whole hog for the Canon A550 at $199. If you’re on a budget, the A460 works fine and worlds better than any camera phone or web cam. I’ve made great 12 x 18″ (30 x 45 cm) prints from older Canon cameras with less resolution.