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: good first camera
Summary: 4 Stars
I'll make this short, but this is a good first camera. I've probably taken over 1,000 pictures with this camera and we have some good memories already, in only just over a year. Good camera for the price.
However, I will hopefully be upgrading soon. I want something with a more generous zoom and a camera that takes the pictures faster. There is a pretty big delay in the way the camera takes the pictures. It's good for portrait stills, but it's hard to capture action shots.
Overall, good camera.
Customer Review: a terrific camera
Summary: 5 Stars
i've had a powershot a70 for two years, and in that time have taken thousands of pictures and hours worth of video clips. this thing hasn't left my side since i bought it- it's become almost an extra appendage.
unfortunately, i've lost two of these cameras to the dreaded "purple haze" now. my first camera broke six months after i bought it, but i don't think this was any fault of canon's. i was so hard on that thing. i carried it around in a bag without a case everywhere i went, dropped it multiple times, and pretty much did everything with it that you shouldn't do with a camera. and contrary to what others have been saying about canon customer service, i thought they were great. i sent in my camera, and despite the fact that it was dented and scratched and clearly mistreated, they sent me a refurbished one, no questions asked.
i've been a lot more careful with my second camera, but it's still been through a lot of wear and tear over the past year and a half. up until it broke, it did everything i asked of it, and then some. i realized about a month ago that it was about to go, and decided that it was fine with me, because i've more than got my money's worth in the time that i've had it. my only regret is not buying the extended warrenty when i bought my camera originally, because i would love to get another identical refurbished camera from canon.
this is a great camera for casual photographers. it doesn't take professional quality images, so don't expect to be blown away, but the pictures still look great. the video mode is pretty decent, and it's one of the features that i've come to love most about my camera. and as for battery life, i have yet to find a camera with batteries that last as long. the four double a's make the camera kind of heavy, but they last for weeks at a time. my only complaint is that the camera has troubles in low light, but that's to be expected with any digital camera in this price range. the flash tends to be too bright and washes pictures out, but without the flash, the image will blur unless you keep the camera perfectly still. this problem can be solved by buying a tripod, however.
overall, this is a great camera. my dad, sister, and boyfriend all bought similar powershots because they liked mine so much. despite the fact that my camera is broken, i would say it had a good run, and would suggest it to any casual photographer in the market for a new digital camera
Customer Review: R.I.P. Canon A70
Summary: 1 Stars
Once I got the hang of taking pictures with this camera, I loved it. It took great pictures with amazing quality. A few months back though the camera started blacking out or it would have purple lines. I thought it might be the LCD screen but it wasn't. My pictures were coming out black or with these lines. I would hit it a couple of times and that would do the trick and the pictures would be fine. Now the camera gets hit so hard my hand would start hurting. I gave up and moved on to a Minolta. Apparently Canon cameras, according the negative reviews has this type of problem with their cameras. It's sad because the pictures came out awesome. Customer Review: Camera sputtered and died within 2 years
Summary: 3 Stars
I got this camera in 2003. It was my first digital camera, so I dont have much to compare it to, but it seemd somewhat troubled from the beginning--for instance, within a few months after I bought it the tiny memory card that it came with got corrupted and destroyed all the pictures that were on it. I also found the flash to be too bright--if you used it, the pictures were too bright and washed out. However, the real problem was that a few months ago (spring 2005) the camera died. For a few weeks it would still take pictures but they were completely distorted, and then it stopped altogether. Of course, the warranty was expired by the time this happened. I have had previous, non-digital cameras for years and years, so it seems ridiculous that such an expensive camera would die so fast. I will not buy another digital camera from Canon.Customer Review: Canon Powershot A70
Summary: 5 Stars
I have owned this camera for more than 2 years. It is one of 4 digital cameras I have owned. It has been trouble free, and I have used it a lot. It is one of the best all around cameras you can buy. You can even make very good (VGA) movies with this camera. It is easy on the rechargeable batteries. Professional grade.