Canon PowerShot A70 3.2MP Digital Camera w/ 3x Optical Zoom
by Canon
|
List Price: Our Price: $39.00 You Save: $360.99 (90%) Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Category: Digital Camera See more product details |
|---|
Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Canon PowerShot A70 3.2MP Digital Camera w/ 3x Optical Zoom
Customer Review: A New Baby Must!
Summary: 5 Stars
We just had our first child and needed to upgrade from our basic 1.1MP camera to something with a bit more power. This camera is excellent. It is a nice size and feel unlike other cameras which are so small, you forget you're holding a camera. This model is feature packed. I usually keep it on auto mode for shooting, but found the sports setting and P settings good for shooting in low light without the flash. As much as this kid is photographed, we would blind our baby with constant camera flashes.
The photo stich assist feature is great for capturing panorama views. I've used it to save a 360 view of the baby room to share with relatives.
As for battery life, my number one criteria is that we don't have to take a second mortgage to afford to power the camera. So far, the batteries are hanging in there after many shots and on-camera reviews of pictures. We have yet to invest in rechargable batteries, but I imagine the performance is the same.
If there's one piece of advice I have for new parents, it is this: Leave your camera out ready to go so you can capture those special moments. With a 128MB CF card, we can get over 100 pictures at the highest resolution. We can shoot many pictures before off loading to the laptop. Then, the blurry, low light, or otherwise uninteresting shots can be dumped.
Bottom line: This camera is a great value.
Customer Review: Great camera!
Summary: 5 Stars
I love this camera. I did a lot of searching for a camera under $300 that had all the features I thought I needed like manual settings and focus. Turns out, the auto settings work just fine and I don't really want to stop what I'm doing and fool around with settings anyway.
Pros: (1) It just feels nice in my hand. Sure, it's a little bulkier than other cameras, but it's not so large that you can't carry it in your pocket. (2) The battery life is amazing compared to my last camera. I filled a 256k card on one set of AAs. (3) The video setting is better than I could have imagined. I thought the quality would be grainy and the sound bad, but happily, I was wrong. (4) It has a power button rather than a knob that is easily bumped or is flimsy and can break.
Cons: (1) I have a lens cover problem. It sticks a lot and has since day 1. I can't bear to part with it though so I never sent it in for service. (2) The software that comes with it is confusing. I now use another program to capture and download and it also has a way better editing feature than what the camera came with. (3) Picture quality is pretty good, but you really need an editing program to sharpen things up.
All in all, I'm really glad that I bought this camera and would recommend it to anyone, especially the budget minded person who wants a great first digital camera.Customer Review: My First Digital-Great Choice!
Summary: 5 Stars
I can sum the experience I've had with the A70 up in four words: I Love This Camera! I researched digital cameras for about a year, and learned a lot about them in the process. My reasons for buying this camera came down to a few: I wanted a camera that could go totally automatic for my "point & shoot" Wife, but that could go fancy for me. I wanted a camera that actually felt like a camera in my hand, vs. some of the "mini-digitals" that I've seen. I've taken over 200 photos so far and am still using the AA batteries that came with the camera. I rarely use the LCD display to frame the photo, using the viewfinder instead. I purchased a SanDisk 256mb Premium Quality card. It cost $10 more than the standard 256mb card and is well worth it.
I've tried the direct connect USB cable to download images from the camera to my computer. It was quick, easy, and worked very well.
Of course with some flash shots you get some red eye, but that's easily edited. For outside photos, this camera takes shots with colors so vibrant the images are almost three-dimensional.
I really can't find anything with this camera that isn't perfect.Even the directions are clearly written and very easy to follow. What a buy! I'd recommend this camera to anyone who wants a quality product that is easy to operate and takes great photos.
Customer Review: An Excellent Choice
Summary: 5 Stars
After doing much research on 3MP digital cameras, I decided on Canon A70, and so far I am very pleased with this camera. This camera can take nice outdoor shots, indoor (low light) shots as well as above average night shots. This camera has a fast 35-110mm lens (f/2.8-f/4.8). Please note that many digital cameras out there have 38-39mm lens, which I find a bit limiting, when it comes to capturing scenes/landscapes. This camera has a nice movie mode and offers a variety of modes ranging from fully auto, programmed auto, shutter/aperture priority and full manual control. Also, it is quite user-friendly. In a nutshell this camera is capable of surprising you with its rich feature-set. ... The pictures that I took from this camera came out very nice and sharp. I took some indoor shots - in low light - without flash and they came out very nice and with acceptable level of noise. Minor irritation - this camera doesn't allow setting the white balance in the "full Auto" mode as sometimes I just want to change white balance and let the camera take care of rest of the parameters. However, you can fallback on the programmed auto mode, where camera picks shutter speed and aperture, and you pick the rest. Overall, I highly recommend this camera and it is an excellent choice for beginners and enthusiasts alike.Customer Review: Great Camera for the price
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought a Powershot A70 from a Gateway Country store and have no complaints about it. This camera takes excellent photos and has more features than you will probably ever use but its nice to have them. And even though this camera has a lot of features it is very simple to take photos with. I also enjoy the movie feature mode that allows you to take up to 3 minutes of video with sound. (Although you will have to buy a 256 MB memory card if you want to record 3 minutes worth, I purchased a 128 MB card extra and between the 16 MB card that comes with it and the extra one I bought I will never need more memory.) The software that comes with the camera makes downloading photos from the camera very easy. Also I found the AV cables to be rather handy. They allow you to plug your camera into your TV or VCR and view the photos from your camera on your TV in full screen. And there are other accessories that are available for this camera that you can purchase such as a wide angle lens, lens for greater optical zoom, a waterproof case that will allow you to take you camera underwater! For all the features you get with this camera I don't think you will find another camera that can compare to this one in the price range.