I was bought this camera for christmas as an upgrade from a previous canon digital camera. I find it very easy to use and find it produces great quality photos. I am no photographer but this camera is in the right price bracket for a family camera that you can take anywhere without having ... Read review
4.0 Megapixels A 4.0 Megapixels CCD sensor captures every scene with enough fine detail ... more
for large photo quality prints. 3.2x optical zoom The PowerShot A420's 3.2x optical zoom lens ensures that even distant images come out crisp and bright. It combines with digital zoom for 11x magnification. Cutting edge technology Canon's advanced DIGIC II processor delivers fast, responsive camera performance and superior image processing. iSAPS technology analyses each scene to optimise key camera settings even before a shot is taken. Shooting modes and My Colors Choose from a range of 15 shooting modes to get that perfect shot. Eight easy-to-use Special Scene modes help with great results in tricky lighting conditions, including Beach, Foliage and Snow. My Colors allows special in-camera colour effects to be applied in real time to images and movies. Auto Focus and 1cm Super Macro mode 5-point AiAF ensures that even off-centre subjects remain sharp and in focus. With Super Macro mode, you can focus as close as 1cm from your subject - perfect for capturing the fine detail of tiny objects. Movies Record up to 3 minutes of full-motion video for playback with friends and family. Shoot large VGA quality movies at 10fps, or extra smooth QVGA movies at 30fps. 1.8" LCD screen A 1.8" LCD brings pleasure to framing and reviewing your creations. The selectable Grid Line Display helps with composition, while Night Display aids screen visibility after dark. Easy Printing Printing is instant with the PowerShot A420. Simply connect to any PictBridge compatible printer and push the Print/Share button for a full colour print within seconds. Connect to a Canon SELPHY CP Series printer and you can also print ID photos and movie stills. Editing and sharing Canon's ZoomBrowser EX (Windows) and ImageBrowser (Macintosh) are included for editing and organising photos, movies and slide shows. CANON iMAGE GATEWAY* provides 100MB of web space for sharing photos online.
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4.0 Megapixels A 4.0 Megapixels CCD sensor captures every scene with enough fine detail ... more
for large photo quality prints. 3.2x optical zoom The PowerShot A420's 3.2x optical zoom lens ensures that even distant images come out crisp and bright. It combines with digital zoom for 11x magnification. Cutting edge technology Canon's advanced DIGIC II processor delivers fast, responsive camera performance and superior image processing. iSAPS technology analyses each scene to optimise key camera settings even before a shot is taken. Shooting modes and My Colors Choose from a range of 15 shooting modes to get that perfect shot. Eight easy-to-use Special Scene modes help with great results in tricky lighting conditions, including Beach, Foliage and Snow. My Colors allows special in-camera colour effects to be applied in real time to images and movies. Auto Focus and 1cm Super Macro mode 5-point AiAF ensures that even off-centre subjects remain sharp and in focus. With Super Macro mode, you can focus as close as 1cm from your subject - perfect for capturing the fine detail of tiny objects. Movies Record up to 3 minutes of full-motion video for playback with friends and family. Shoot large VGA quality movies at 10fps, or extra smooth QVGA movies at 30fps. 1.8" LCD screen A 1.8" LCD brings pleasure to framing and reviewing your creations. The selectable Grid Line Display helps with composition, while Night Display aids screen visibility after dark. Easy Printing Printing is instant with the PowerShot A420. Simply connect to any PictBridge compatible printer and push the Print/Share button for a full colour print within seconds. Connect to a Canon SELPHY CP Series printer and you can also print ID photos and movie stills. Editing and sharing Canon's ZoomBrowser EX (Windows) and ImageBrowser (Macintosh) are included for editing and organising photos, movies and slide shows. CANON iMAGE GATEWAY* provides 100MB of web space for sharing photos online.
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Advantages: easy to use, optical zoom, relatively cheap but with all the features Disadvantages: usually only comes with a 16 memory card so have to buy higher capacity one
...an upgrade from a previous canon digital camera. I find it very easy to use and find it produces great quality photos. I am no photographer but this camera is in the right price bracket for a family camera that you can take anywhere without having to worry unduly about the cost of breaking it and yet has all the features. I am not interested in sittng down reading an instruction manual and found that with this camera I spent approximately 20mins ... ...Weight wise it feels like a proper camera and yet is not too bulky. Only downside from my point of view is that as with many digital cameras it only comes with a 16 memory card and therefore you have the extra expense of obtaining a higher capacity card. In my case this was frustrating as it was a present and i had to wait to get the extra capacity card. Photos taken using the flash are also good. ... more
I was bought this camera for christmas as an upgrade from a previous canon digital camera. I find it very easy to use and find it produces great quality photos. I am no photographer but this camera is in the right price bracket for a family camera that you can take anywhere without having to worry unduly about the cost of breaking it and yet has all the features. I am not interested in sittng down reading an instruction manual and found that with this camera I spent approximately 20mins setting it up and then was ready to go. Weight wise it feels like a proper camera and yet is not too bulky. Only downside from my point of view is that as with many digital cameras it only comes with a 16 memory card and therefore you have the extra expense of obtaining a higher capacity card. In my case this was frustrating as it was a present and i had to wait to get the extra capacity card. Photos taken using the flash are also good.
AVI - 640 x 480 - 10 fps - 23 sec - with 16MB card
AVI - 320 x 240 - 30 fps - 22 sec - with 16MB card
AVI - 160 x 120 - 15 fps - 107 sec - with 16MB card
Memory / storage
Flash Memory
16 MB Flash
Supported Flash Memory
MultiMediaCard, SD Memory Card
Image Storage
Super-fine JPEG 2272 x 1704 : 7 - with 16MB card
Fine JPEG 2272 x 1704 : 13 - with 16MB card
Normal JPEG 2272 x 1704 : 26 - with 16MB card
Super-fine JPEG 1600 x 1200 : 14 - with 16MB card
Fine JPEG 1600 x 1200 : 26 - with 16MB card
Normal JPEG 1600 x 1200 : 50 - with 16MB card
Super-fine JPEG 1024 x 768 : 25 - with 16MB card
Fine JPEG 1024 x 768 : 45 - with 16MB card
Normal JPEG 1024 x 768 : 80 - with 16MB card
Super-fine JPEG 640 x 480 : 56 - with 16MB card
Fine JPEG 640 x 480 : 88 - with 16MB card
Normal JPEG 640 x 480 : 138 - with 16MB card
Super-fine JPEG 2272 x 1280 : 9 - with 16MB card
Fine JPEG 2272 x 1280 : 17 - with 16MB card
Normal JPEG 2272 x 1280 : 34 - with 16MB card
Camera flash
Camera Flash
Built-in flash
Flash Modes
Fill-in mode, slow synchro, auto mode, flash OFF mode, red-eye reduction
Red Eye Reduction
Built-in
Effective Flash Range
0.47 m - 3 m
Features
AF illuminator
Lens system
Type
Zoom lens - 5.4 mm - 17.3 mm - f/2.8-5.1
Focal Length
5.4 mm - 17.3 mm
Focal Length Equivalent to 35mm Camera
39 - 125mm
Focus Adjustment
Automatic
Auto Focus
TTL contrast detection
Auto Focus Points (Zones)
5
Min Focus Range
47 cm
Macro Focus Range
1cm
Lens Aperture
F/2.8-5.1
Optical Zoom
3.2 x
Zoom Adjustment
Motorised drive
Lens Construction
6 group(s) / 7 element(s)
Features
Built-in lens shield, aspherical lens
Additional features
Self Timer
Built-in
Self Timer Delay
10 sec, 2sec
Additional Features
Direct print, RGB primary colour filter, auto power save, digital noise reduction, date/time stamp, DPOF support, display brightness control, digital image rotation, PictBridge support, AE lock, AF lock
MS Windows XP, MS Windows 2000, MS Windows ME, MS Windows 98 SE, Apple Mac OS X 10.2 - 10.4
Peripheral Devices
USB port, SVGA monitor, CD-ROM Drive
Miscellaneous
Included Accessories
Wrist strap
Cables Included
USB cable
Battery
Supported Battery
AA
Supported Battery Details
2 x AA alkaline battery ( included )
Environmental parameters
Min Operating Temperature
0 °C
Max Operating Temperature
40 °C
Manufacturer's product description
PowerShot A420 is equipped with an approximately 4.0 million camera effective pixel Charge Coupled Device (CCD), and with DIGIC II, higher resolution and high-speed processing were achieved. This camera is equipped with the 3.2x optical zoom lens, which covers a 35mm film equivalent focal length ranging from 39 mm (Wide Angle) to 125 mm (Telephoto) and f/2.8 (Wide Angle) - f/5.1 (Telephoto) aperture. This camera is equipped with an upgraded 1.8-inch Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) and up to ISO 400 can be selected in the shooting mode. The recording pixels now include a "Widescreen" feature that has the same aspect ratio as 16:9 widescreen TVs for shooting wide images. This camera can take QVGA (320 x 240 pixels) movies at 30 frames per second. Super Macro in the "Manual" mode allows you to shoot a subject when the distance from the front of the lens to the subject is in the range of 1 to 5 cm (0.39 to 2.0 in.) when shooting. By revising the operability of the previous My Colors mode, Color Accent mode and Color Swap mode that transform colors when shooting have been added to the shooting mode. The My Colors and Photo Effect modes have been combined into the new "My Colors" in the FUNC. menu and are used to change the look and feel of the pictures when shooting. This camera is equipped with a "Print/Share" button. This button lets you easily print your images by connecting the camera directly to a direct print compatible printer. When the camera is connected to a computer (Windows /Mac OS X), pressing the Print/Share button lets you easily download images directly from the camera to the computer. A new "Print Menu" including all the menus for printing has improved camera operations for such functions as direct printing. Treasure your family's memories as glossy, durable photos from the SELPHY CP510. Immediate prints direct from your digital camera via the clever retractable USB cable.
