Canon PowerShot A70

...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 to do much with other than just ...
...So what the hell is this 3.2 Mega Pixels? 3.2 Mega pixels is the resolution quality of the camera, this in itself means very little to someone who hasn’t spent their life in front of computer monitors and if you have then you almost certainly already have a fairly good idea of what this means. For the rest of us, it is an indication of the picture quality, the higher the number of mega pixels, the better the quality of the picture. To give you an ...

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...search I plumped for the Canon Powershot A70. Basically this is a 3.2 megapixel quality camera with 3 x optical zoom with a further 3.2 x digital zoom to enhance your pictures by 9.6 x their original state. I will try to explain what all the technical jargon means. A pixel is a single point on a PC monitor, picture or to simplify things a little a TV screen. All these dots are then joined together to produce your photograph or image as with a TV ...
...image you can produce without losing clarity. In the form of a 3.2 megapixel camera it can produce an image that is 2048 x 1536 giving you 3,145,728 pixels, giving you your 3.2 mega (or million) pixel image. I have explained this in basic terms, as I am not a photographer but understand the basics of pixel quality. The image captured is in jpeg or jpg mode that again is the standard for most web sites or image capturing software. The camera itself ...

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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 ...
...worth the £200 or so it cost new. At 3.2 Mega pixels, this seems pathetic by today's standards, and there are phone cameras that can rival it, but 3.2 mega pixels have served as plenty for a casual photographer, while still producing pictures of a very professional quality. If you all you are going to do is view photos on your computer, and print out the occasional one, do you really need photos that take up 3 or 4 megabytes by themselves, because ...

liz1102 29.11.2006 · Read full review
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...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 opened our new camera up to give it a try being the first digital camera we were very impressed especially with the 1.5" LCD digital display so you can see what your about to take a picture of. We received a 16mb memory card with the camera along with a nice case, carry strap, ...
...list the specifications of the Canon A70 as these are always handy for those who need to know exact details. 3.2 Mpixel 16MB CompactFlash card Four AA alkaline batteries Wrist strap USB cable A/V cable CD-ROM featuring Canon Digital Camera Solutions ArcSoft Camera Suite, and drivers 227 page camera manual + software manual (both printed) AiAF (on/off) - turns on the 5-point autofocus system Redeye reduction (on/off) AF-assist beam (on/off) Digital ...

bazzaoleary77 04.03.2007 · Read full review
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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 ...
...with constant use it might begin to wear. The LCD screen is approx. 2.25 x 3cm & is flush to the back of the camera. The camera is designed to fit comfortably in the right hand. I'm not sure if this is a problem for left-handed people or not. On the bottom of the camera, there is a screw recess to accept a trip attachment. A wrist strap was supplied with my kit, but I really would have preferred a neck strap. Sadly these days, you never seem to get ...

Sparklemouse 01.08.2006 · Read full review
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...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 buying a digital camera, as a camera that is great for one person may not suit another. So why did i buy the A70 i hear you ask. Mainly because in this price range £230-£270, for a 3.2 Megapixel camera it is unrivalled ...
...recommend you go to the Canon website for full specifications http://www.powershot.com/powershot2/a70-60/index.html Upon first using the camera i found it very easy to use and navigate but did have to refer to the manual to learn the hoards of advanced features. Another thing i was concerned about when purchasing a digital camera was battery life. I'd previously used my parents Sony DSC P50 which is a nice camera but the battery life was terrible. ...

roberthart 30.06.2003 · Read full review
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...for a sleeker camera, the Canon Ixus 430. I'm not sorry I got the Ixus but I do regret that it doesn't allow me to control it the way I could control the A70. So if you don't mind its very very poor looks just buy this one. You will definitely not be disappointed ...

Stig11686 11.01.2005 · Read full review
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...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 it needed a film to work, this is where I decided to look into the digital camera market. As I had previously ...
...as many pictures. The Canon Powershot A70 takes the 'Compact Flash' type media which is widely available for quite a low price these days. The package I purchased came with a 16mb memory card which clearly isn't enough, I usually have my camera set at Medium 2 with the 'Fine' setting which would allow be to fit just over 40 photos on the 16mb card. I find Medium 2 to be a good setting as it's not too low a resolution and it still allows you to store ...

A.Smith 14.04.2005 · Read full review
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...lenses. For £ 15, Canon sell you an adapter, that fits around the lens, which has a 52mm thread on it. You can then add teleconverters (that magnify the image) or wideangle converters (which shrink it). This will enable you to achieve something approaching a 28mm equivalent lens - good for architecture and dramatic shots. Macro lenses are also available, but the standard lens has a good macro function, allowing very close focus (good for coins insects ...
...off sticking to the supplied Canon software for downloading, so you read all the Canon-specific EXIF tags correctly. One feature that would have been nice is the option to shoot in RAW format. RAW means the raw data capture by the camera - because its uncompressed, it can take up a lot of memory, but it has the advantage that it retains more information than a JPEG. That means that if you have over or underexposed, you may still be able to tease ...

Muzungo 28.05.2003 · Read full review
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...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 ...
...a simple print out of the offer is sufficient. Now I know very little about cameras and photography so I am not going to try and attempt to baffle you (or myself) with the technical stuff but if you want to know just follow this link to the Cannon Website. http://www.powershot.com/powershot2/a70-60/index.html This is what I do know. The camera measures 10cm wide x 6cm tall x 2cm deep so it is quite neat but certainly not the smallest camera on ...

Monkeymum 30.09.2003 · Read full review
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...3million mps, decided that only Canon offered me the features of a professional camera at a reasonable price- here is a little beauty! Smaller and neater than her predecessor, lighter to carry- extended video clips with sound, and manual settings galore. The promise of being able to add extra lenses if I choose to do so- this camera is easy to use as a fully automatic camera should be. With a 256mb compact flash card- I can rake hundreds of good ...
...is easy to use and makes transfering to computer quick and easy. A set of four rechargeabe Nihm batteries lasted for 3-4 days of constant shooting over a holiday where I took 300 photographs and looked back at them several times to ensure quality of those kept. I loved the A40- but this is a far better camera at a similar price- niggled me that the booklet of instructions was so lengthy, and that it was quite different from its sister in use. This ...

jeangibson 29.09.2003 · Read full review
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I have had this camera for a year or so now and have found it to be very versatile and easy to use. There are several shooting modes available to the user, easily selectable using the wheel on the top. Features include portrait, panoramic, scenery, long exposure amongst others. Once you've selected your mode, its justa case of pointing, clicking the button half way to make sure the subject is in focus, then clicking to take the photo. The flash can ...
...the camera decides on the level of light required. The picture quality is very good, resolution can be controlled through the menu, and the software that comes with the camera makes easy work of transferring images to your PC. The only criticism I have of the camera is its weight and size - it takes 4 batteries so is heavier than other cameras, and the camera is a bit bigger as it has to accomodate the batteries. ...

c1arelou 22.08.2006 · Read full review
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This was the second Canon camera I have owned, the first being the A60. I picked up the A60 with the underwater housing after struggling to master a 35mm underwater camera. It paid for itself very quickly in the sense there were no developing costs involved. The A60 done the job well but I wanted a little more zoom and whatever so I started looking again. The A70 has the same button layout and is the identical size therefore fits the same underwater ...
...new housing. I had the A70 for about two years and took thousands of photos both in air and under water. It has been compared to cameras of much higher value and with greater megapixals and came out on top for picture quality. Ease of use is paramount to me - I know very little about the tech. side of photography - using the Auto setting can still give you great photos. A little slow from start up to first photo but acceptable. Overall, a great ...

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...enough money to buy the Canon A70.I noticed that the Canon A70 costs upwards of 200 pounds. I bought it online for $300, and since it was the time when people were graduating they had an offer and i got $60 dollars back , which i used to buy 4 AA Canon rechargeable batteries with the charger and a protective case( the cons of this camera).The only other drawback of this camera is the fact that after u click the picture it takes a couple of seconds ...
...to hesitate to buy the Canon A70, but all hope isnt lost. Now that we have the cons out of the way, lets talk about why u should buy this camera. For the amount of features that this tiny camera packs, it more than makes up for the few extra seconds and the lack o batteries and a charger or a protective cover.A picture is worth a thousand words, believe me the Canon A70 proves that true. It has settings for facial, nature shots, sports events, night ...

kt_karthickeyan 03.01.2004 · Read full review
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...The picture quality of the Canon is great, and having the Auto-Focus assist lamp buit in is a great advantage in low-light conditions. Altering the Exposure and Aperture are very easy to do using the easy-to-use menus of this camera, and not to mention the AMAZING quality of the video mode offered by this camera, being 640 x 480, 15 fps, up to 30 secs, its almost TV quality, but the con of this is that you can only video for 30 secs at a time in ...
...longer than 30 seconds you must remember to turn the quality of the video down. Also, a 3x optical zoom is handy and being able to change start-up pictures and sounds can be quite entertaining, from a bleep, to a bird singing! There are the positives of this camera, but here comes the negative. E11. Error 11 is what my camera suffered on a warm summers day walking in a forest in Scotland. 2 Deer cross the road in front of me and i go to turn ...

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