Canon PowerShot A70 3.2MP Digital Camera w/ 3x Optical Zoom
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Canon PowerShot A70 3.2MP Digital Camera w/ 3x Optical Zoom
Customer Review: Nice camera
Summary: 5 Stars
I have had this camera for about 3 weeks now and am very happy with it. The image quality is very good with good color and contrast and sharp images. They are not as good as my father's Canon Digital Rebel, but then his camera also cost 3 times as much. I have printed the photos on my Epson Stylus C84 (also available at Amazon, and highly recommended) and the results have been truly great. I got the printer because of the camera, and the 2 are a perfect team!It is a nice size to hold, not too big and not too small. The features are many and it has many manual controls, including flash level, focus, and many other things you would not expect on a camera like this. The only real feature that I have found sometimes not that great is the AiAf (artificial intelligence auto focus), sometimes it is not artificially intelligent but instead genuinely stupid. It is possibly to manualy control the focus on the camera though.
Pros:
Good pictures
Lots of control when wanted
Lots of features
Solid build quality
Cons:
AiAf can sometimes be just plain stupid
Customer Review: FANTASTIC CUSTOMER SERVICE
Summary: 5 Stars
I had purchased the camera on Amazon to give to my daughter as her first digital camera. It was used, and had only a 64MB CF card as its only acessory, no cables or software. On the second day, all I could get on the display while pointing at a light was a slightly purple screen. I went online to Canon, checked under the model number, and found a few things out. Some of the ccd's were made by a third party company, and they were sensitive to heat and humidity. On the A70 page, it said to contact them, and they will check it out and replace the ccd for free if it had not been damaged by dropping it. They sent me, by email, a shipping label for free shipping. After one week, they emailed me and told me it would be a free repair and would take 7-10 working days. I just yesterday received the camera, and WOW, what a surprise!! Canon had replaced my older A70 with a BRAND NEW IN THE BOX WITH ALL ACESSORIES POWERSHOT A520!!!!!
That is customer service you can't beat. Just another of the resaons I will only buy Canon cameras and printers.
Customer Review: Very impressive for the price, and holds up well
Summary: 5 Stars
I took the A70 to Argentina last summer along with 3 sets (12) of recharchable batteries, a Rayovac quick recharger (really nice here, and necessary there) and a power transformer. The transformer cycled things down from 220 to 110 but it took a while to charge, nevertheless the battery life from 3 sets was enough that I could go on a side trip from Buenos Aires through central and northern Argentina without my charger and not worry about running out of juice for a week. All in all I took about 600 pictures, and manyof them are really quite stunning post-card quality - the others are MISTAKES on my part. I'm disappointed that the A80 has that flip out LCD which looks like a potential battery hog, I think they should have kept it simple. This is a great model, and for this price you will definitely not be disappointed.For the record I had a little case that I carried the camera and the two extra sets of batteries in at all times. They all fit very compactly, and I never needed more than the one 256mb card I brought down with me.
Customer Review: A good camera, a great price
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this camera because I'm a "tweaker," and I like to have as many controls as possible. This camera has full manual control, which is unequaled in the price range. I also have to take pictures under stage lighting conditions, which can be difficult. This camera gets it done, most of the time on the automatic setting.That said, here are my problems:
1. The optical viewfinder is pretty much useless. In the manual, it says that it only represents about 85% of what the picture will actually be. I'm not sure why they did this, or why they haven't fixed it, as I'm led to believe it's common to all of the powershot series. Luckily, the battery life (even with standard alkalines) is good enough to use the LCD screen as the viewfinder, and you can turn the LCD off between shots if you want.
2. There is no battery meter. Right before the camera is about to shut off, a little icon flashes on the screen. This is very annoying, and you have to carry extra batteries in case it shuts off with the lenscap open.
Customer Review: Consumer camera with Pro features!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Let me start with the picture quality. It is great! Movie has bigger size than the other cameras (with sound too!). Wider variety of white balance, a lot of features like Canon SLR cameras, and the most important thing is the manual capability. It has AF focusing light, and it uses AA battery so we can use AA rechargeable (cheap in the long run, and you can always use regular one when you really need fresh battery). I hate proprietary batteries, so AA battery is a big plus.
The size is perfect. It is smaller than Canon A40, but bigger than S-series or Elph. Smallish camera looks fun and easy to bring, but you will hate to use it. This one is just perfect.
Macro capability gives high quality pictures, and night scene features is also great. One more thing, it accept 52mm filter with additional adapter. I have a lot of filters for my SLR, so this feature will give you unlimited opportunity to explore photography world. I did my research for weeks before I chose this camera, and I am very grateful to finally choose this.