Canon PowerShot A70
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The Canon PowerShot A70 offers a lot of features for the money and the picture quality is highly praised. Ease of use is a significant plus point for the Canon PowerShot A70, offering simple point and click functionality in Auto mode with a large range of manual features for the more experienced user. Users of the Canon PowerShot A70 particularly like the movie mode which, offering up to 3 minutes of playback, allows you to take longer movies than a lot of other cameras. The bundled software that comes with the Canon PowerShot A70 is very good quality and relatively easy to use. The Canon PowerShot A70 takes AA batteries which are easy to come by, but, as with all digital cameras, rechargeable batteries are worth considering. The design and build of the Canon PowerShot A70 are excellent. The camera is noted for being compact yet secure and comfortable to hold. It is not too heavy and has a solid feel to it.
Features of the Canon PowerShot A70 include:
- 3.2 mega pixel CCD with DiGic processor
- 3 x Optical zoom lens (35mm equivalent: 35 - 105 mm)
- Smooth Digital Zoom (10 x combined with optical zoom)
- 1.5" TFT colour screen
- AF method: TTL-AF, AF lock and manual focus
- 3 minute movie clips with sound
- Shooting modes: Auto/Creative (P/Tv/Av /M) Image (Portrait/Landscape/Night Scene/Fast Shutter/Slow Shutter)/Stitch Assist/Movie
- AA-size Alkaline/NiMH battery (x4)
- Direct print compatible to all Canon direct printers
- Wide range of system accessories available
Canon PowerShot A70 Consumer Reviews
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Reviewed by Duncan on 16/08/2004
i cant find one fault with this camera, it is absolutely brilliant, i dont think i could take a bad photo if i even wanted too!!! ok the memory is small but you can get bigger card, its not a problem. there are so many features i heve not begun to sort them out yet, i,m still overjoyed at getting great results on auto. it will even take bout 1 minute of video with 16 meg card you are given, i think thats good! any way if you thinking bout this camera check out argos, i paid 150£ instead of 300£ in the half price sale, probably coz the a80 is out now, i cant imagine it being any better though. buy it!!!!
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Reviewed by Faruque Abu Sayeed from Saudi Arabia on 14/08/2004
Excellent results when you customize the settings and the picture is taken in a fair lighting environment. This camera goes for professionals/semi-professionals only.
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Reviewed by duncan on 09/08/2004
i first bought some naff camera called a polaroid pdc 3035, what a heap of useless junk that was! i managed to get refund and bought the canon a70, wow !!!! am i impressed with it, seems i cannot take a bad photo, it is just perfect and loads of extras i havent worked out yet, but hey, i only just got it ok! btw i got it half price at argos down from 300£ to 150£ which makes it even better, cannot praise this lil gem enuff as you prolly gathered
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Reviewed by Steve Gray on 27/04/2004
The Canon Powershot A70 is my first digital camera. I have been using my Canon SLR for many years shooting 35mm film and was rather reluctant to change over to digital. I wanted a compact camera but didn't want to compromise on the benefits of my SLR kit. The A70 was the only camera I found at the time that had optional lenses that could provide me with a range from 28mm wide angle to over 200mm telephoto without any loss of image quality. I was very pleased with the sharp, bright images and depth of colour that can be easily blown up to A4 size and larger. Although other reviews have commented that the four AA batteries make the camera a little heavy, I find this to be an advantage as I find lighter cameras more difficult to hold steady.
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