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for Canon PowerShot A70

Rating Summary based on 34 reviews

  • 5 Stars
    		22
  • 4 Stars
    		10
  • 3 Stars
    		1
  • 2 Stars
    		1
  • 1 Star
    		0

Detailed rating

  • Durability
  • Ease of Use
  • Instruction Manual
  • Overall Look & Design
  • Picture Quality
  		• 4.2
  		• 4.5
  		• 4.5
  		• 4.4
  		• 4.7
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  • 14 of 14 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    ragados

    5 Stars A superb beginner camera 12/05/2004
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Versatile and reliable little camera

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Not for advanced camera users

    Specifications 3.2 Mega Pixel CCD 3x Optical Zoom Dimensions: 10.1 x 6.4 x 3.15 220 grams 10x Smooth Digital Zoom (When combined with Optical) 1.5" TFT Display A Variety of Shooting Modes (Detailed Below) Compatible with Canon Direct Printers Power Supply: 4x AA Batteries Uses Compact Flash Cards for memory (1 x 16 MB card supplied) Review Well where to begin? This camera is everything a first time, or even an intermediate, Digital Camera owner could ask for? Well if I were to be critical I would suggest a camera case and a larger memory card as the one that it comes with is really too small ... more
  • 93 of 93 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Pentium

    5 Stars A Camera For All Your Needs 15/12/2003
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Easy to use, excellent photographs.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages No protective case.

    I have only recently bought this camera so I am still going through what it can actually do as it has a wide range of functions. We have had a digital camera for a few years now and I find them a lot better than having to buy film all the time and then get them developed at extortionate prices. Our old one was getting a bit old and would only manage 350K in pixel quality so therefore gave a ‘grainy’ picture when producing an average size printout. It served its purpose, although a better one was required. I searched around for a bit as I wanted a digital camera with good pixel quality with a 3 ... more
  • 44 of 44 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    liz1102

    5 Stars Match made in Heaven (just keep coke away!) Review with images 29/11/2006
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Lasted a long time, good presets, 3.2mega pixels (plenty for casual use)

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Large in comparison to newer models, develops a fault after a few years, quite slow

    This little beauty (the Canon PowerShot A70) has been to hell and back with me. Well not quite 'hell', but Italy, France, and several states in the US, and has barely a mark to show for it. Yesterday its successor arrived, so I'm writing this review as its obituary! (And I'll get on to why it needed a successor in due course.) We bought this camera a long time ago, when it was one of the newest models around. It's possibly five or six years, or more, I'm not entirely sure. However long, it's definitely been worth the £200 or so it cost new. At 3.2 Mega pixels, this seems pathetic by today's ... more
  • 46 of 46 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    bazzaoleary77

    5 Stars Wow What A Picture Take A Look!!! Review with images 04/03/2007
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Long Lasting Top Quality

    Disadvantages Disadvantages None

    Having five children three cats and numerous fish we really rely on a digital camera to capture all those precious moments and about two years ago we went out with a mission to buy our first digital camera. We shopped on the internet but decided that to make a well informed decision we needed to go out and about and check out a few in person so off to Milton Keynes shopping centre we went. We tried quite a few out but our final decision was the Canon A70 3.2 Mega Pixel camera as it was a great design with good specifications and was within our price range at £89.00. We hastily got home and ... more
  • 8 of 8 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Sparklemouse

    4 Stars A Good Basic Digital Camera 01/08/2006
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Good functions that you might find on a basic SLR

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Uses four batteries, LCD screen is easily scratched

    Appearance: The Canon Powershot A70 has a silver & grey brushed metal-effect plastic body. Most buttons & dials are set well into the body & so avoid most knocks & snags. The lens is retracted when powered down. The battery and memory card slots are well designed & are not likely to break easily (but not indestructible!). There is a digital A/V out & DC in section, which has a rubber cover. A DC power supply plug is not included. This cover fits quite well over the jack sockets, but I imagine that with constant use it might begin to wear. The LCD screen is approx. 2.25 x 3cm & is flush to the ... more
  • 28 of 28 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    roberthart

    5 Stars Canon A70 - in a class of its own 30/06/2003
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Stylish, Great pictures, excellent value, loads of features

    Disadvantages Disadvantages zoom, flash range

    I've been contemplating purchasing a digital camera for a long time but as i have a reasonably good 35mm camera i'd held off for as long as possible. Deciding to travel to america this summer eventually swayed my decision to purchase one. When looking at purchasing a digital camera i did a lot of research (read loads of reviews, tech specs) and shopping around and finally decide on the Canon A70. Firstly i bought this from Amazon for £244.99 and it came with a free 64MB memory card. As of today (30th June) this offer was still on. It is extremely important that you consider what YOU want when ... more
  • 8 of 8 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Stig11686

    4 Stars Canon A70 11/01/2005
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages good quality, excellent manual mode, excellent video mode

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Intense redeye, small flashcard, 4 batteries required

    Let me start by saying I'm an extremely demanding guy when it comes to photography. This time, although I didn't have enough money to buy a second, very expensive, Nikon body to use with my existing Nikon lenses (D1x comes to mind to add to my F5 - sigh), I wanted something I could control well, took good pictures and wasn't terribly expensive. I certainly had all of these with the A70. By now I'm sure you know all about most features, at least the most obvious ones. If not, read other reviews. I'm here to tell you about the real stuff most reviewers don't tell you about. First, you have a ... more
  • 4 of 4 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    A.Smith

    5 Stars The perfect point and shoot camera 14/04/2005
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Great picture quality, good video

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Redeye, could be quicker at taking photos

    I'll start by saying that I'm not exactly the photographic type person, I love taking photos but I can't really say they all come out brilliantly, although I guess that's the exciting part of photography, trial and error. After looking at many digital cameras I decided on the Canon A70, I'd previously owned the Canon T70 (Analogue camera with that old film type thing) which was a brilliant camera. I visit quite a couple of airshows every year so I like to take photos of the aircraft on display and the T70 was the perfect solution, unfortunately it was becoming quite dated, was very heavy and ... more
  • 18 of 18 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Muzungo

    4 Stars Good point and shoot, with extras 28/05/2003
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Manual settings, high-end features low price

    Disadvantages Disadvantages No RAW or TIFF setting, high depth of field

    If you are serious about photography and want a pocket camera, then the A70 is definetely worth a look. Almost unique in this price bracket, it offers true manual settings, and even manual focus. That means that you can frame complicated shots (with very dark areas and very bright ones in different parts of the frame) and set your own exposure to capture the details in the parts of the image you are interested in (most meters will privilege what they see in the middle of the frame). With 4 and 5 megapixel cameras proliferating, some may baulk at a camera with "only" 3.2. The extra megapixels ... more
  • 15 of 15 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Monkeymum

    5 Stars Say Cheese! 30/09/2003
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Lots of features, easy to use

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Time delay using the auto flash

    For my birthday this year my husband wanted to buy me a digital camera and after researching the subject and taking advice he came to the conclusion that the Canon Powershot A70 was the best camera in it’s price range. The price you pay for this camera varies quite considerably but there are some good offers around. My husband paid a little under £300 for the camera, case, rechargeable batteries and charger, 64Mb memory card (x2), 16Mb memory card and a USB connector. He got this price by trawling the Internet for the best offer and then took it into Jessops who promise to match any price. You ... more
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