Reviews of the Canon PowerShot A470 (Red)
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CNET Review
The Good: Inexpensive; fast performance.
The Bad: Noisy pictures; chunky design.
The Bottom Line: For the money, you'd have a hard time finding a better snapshot camera.
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alaTest.com
Review Summary: Experts rate this product 73/100 and users 84/100. Comparing these reviews to 278728 other Digital Compact Cameras reviews gives this product an overall alaScore™ 94/100 = Excellent.
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trustedreviews.com
Review Summary: Despite its very low cost the Canon PowerShot A470 acquits itself well. The build quality could be better, the control layout has a couple of major problems and it's a lot larger and heavier than it really needs to be, but it makes up for these faults wit
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pcadvisor.co.uk
Review Summary: All in all, the Canon PowerShot A470 is a good no-frills camera at a rock-bottom price, with an easy learning curve. A three-year-old can take good pictures with the Canon PowerShot A470, so you can, too.
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No Rating
imaging-resource.com
Review Summary: The 3.4x optical zoom lens offers just slightly more zoom than standard digital cameras, covering a range equivalent to 38-132mm on a 35mm camera. In addition to the 3.4x optical zoom, the Canon A470 also offers a maximum of 4x digital zoom, though it doe
Manufacturer: Canon USA
Part number: 2507B001
General
- Product Type Digital camera - Compact
- Color Red
- Weight 5.8 oz
- Width 4.1 in
- Depth 1.6 in
- Height 2.2 in
Main Features
- Resolution 7.1 megapixels
- Sensor resolution 7.1 megapixels
- Optical Sensor Type CCD
- Effective Sensor Resolution 7,100,000 pixels
- Total Pixels 7,400,000 pixels
- Optical Sensor Size 1/2.5 in
- Light Sensitivity ISO 200, ISO 800, ISO auto, ISO 400, ISO 80, ISO 1600, ISO 100
- Digital Zoom 4 x
- Shooting Modes Frame movie mode
- Shooting Programs Sunset, Aquarium, Beach, Portrait mode, Night snapshot, Macro, Foliage, Kids & pets, Snow, Fireworks, Indoor
- Special effects Vivid, Black & White, Sepia, Neutral
- Max Shutter Speed 1/2000 sec
- Min Shutter Speed 15 sec
- Exposure Metering Center-weighted, Evaluative, Spot
- Exposure Modes Automatic, Program
- Exposure Compensation ?2 EV range, in 1/3 EV steps
- White Balance Custom, Automatic, Presets
- White Balance Presets Tungsten light, Fluorescent light (warm white), Cloudy, Fluorescent light (cool white), Daylight
- Digital video format AVI
- Still Image Format JPEG
- Continuous Shooting Speed 1.9 frames per second
- Color support Color
- Face Detection Yes
- TV Tuner None
- Video Capture AVI - 640 x 480 - 22 sec - With 32MB built-in memory, AVI - 160 x 120 - 210 sec - With 32MB built-in memory, AVI - 320 x 240 - 43 sec - With 32MB built-in memory, AVI - 640 x 480 - 45 sec - With 32MB built-in memory
Memory / Storage
- Flash Memory 32 MB Flash - SD Memory Card
- Floppy Drive None
- Digital Storage Media None
- Image Storage Normal JPEG 640 x 480 : 270 - With 32MB card - 84 KB, Fine JPEG 2592 x 1944 : 20 - With 32MB card - 1.4 MB, Fine JPEG 3072 x 2304 : 15 - With 32MB card - 1.9 MB, Fine JPEG 1600 x 1200 : 52 - With 32MB card - 558 KB, Super-fine JPEG 2048 x 1536 : 18 - With 32MB card - 1.6 MB, Super-fine JPEG 3072 x 2304 : 9 - With 32MB card - 3 MB, Normal JPEG 2048 x 1536 : 64 - With 32MB card - 445 KB, Normal JPEG 2592 x 1944 : 41 - With 32MB card - 695 KB, Super-fine JPEG 1600 x 1200 : 29 - With 32MB card - 1 MB, Fine JPEG 3072 x 1728 : 20 - With 32MB card - 1.4 MB, Fine JPEG 640 x 480 : 171 - With 32MB card - 150 KB, Super-fine JPEG 640 x 480 : 111 - With 32MB card - 249 KB, Normal JPEG 3072 x 2304 : 32 - With 32MB card - 902 KB, Normal JPEG 1600 x 1200 : 99 - With 32MB card - 278 KB, Normal JPEG 3072 x 1728 : 42 - With 32MB card - 678 KB, Fine JPEG 2048 x 1536 : 32 - With 32MB card - 893 KB, Super-fine JPEG 2592 x 1944 : 11 - With 32MB card - 2.5 MB, Super-fine JPEG 3072 x 1728 : 12 - With 32MB card - 2.3 MB
- Flash memory 32 MB - SD Memory Card
- Supported Flash Memory MultiMediaCard, SD Memory Card
Lens System
- Type Zoom lens - 6.3 mm - 21.6 mm - F/3.0-5.8
- Focal Length 6.3 mm - 21.6 mm
- Lens Construction 6 group(s) / 7 element(s)
- Lens Manufacturer Canon
Additional Features
- Self Timer Yes
- Self Timer Delay 10 sec, 2 sec
- Additional Features USB 2.0 compatibility, DPOF support, Face detection, Audio recording, PictBridge support, In-camera red-eye removal, Digital noise reduction, RGB primary color filter, Built-in speaker, Resizing an image, Direct print, Digital image rotation, Camera orientation detection, Date/time stamp, Histogram display
Camera Flash
- Effective Flash Range 1 ft - 10 ft
- Type Built-in flash
- Flash Modes Flash OFF mode, Fill-in mode, Slow synchro, Auto mode, Red-eye reduction
- Red Eye Reduction Yes
- Effective flash range 1 ft - 10 ft
- Features AF illuminator
Viewfinder
- Viewfinder Type None
- Color support Color
Display
- Type LCD display - TFT active matrix - 2.5 in - Color
- Mounting Built-in
- Resolution 115,000 pixels
Digital Player (Recorder)
- Type None
Microphone
- Type Microphone - Built-in
Connections
- Connector Type 1 x Composite video/audio output, 1 x USB
- Expansion Slot(s) 1 x SD Memory Card
Lens Systems
- Auto Focus TTL contrast detection
- Type Zoom lens
- Focal length 6.3 mm - 21.6 mm
- Focal Length Equivalent to 35mm Camera 38 - 132 mm
- Focus adjustment Automatic
- Min Focus Range 18.5 in
- Macro Focus Range 1cm
- Lens Aperture F/3.0-5.8
- Optical Zoom 3.4 x
- Zoom Adjustment Motorized drive
- Lens construction 6 : 7
- Features Aspherical lens, Built-in lens shield
Miscellaneous
- Carrying Case None
- Cables Included A/V cable, 1, 1 x USB cable
- Included Accessories Wrist strap
- Min Operating Temperature 32 ?F
- Max Operating Temperature 104 ?F
- Operating humidity 10 - 90%
Power
- Power Device None
System Requirements for PC Connection
- Operating system MS Windows Vista, MS Windows XP, MS Windows 2000, Apple Mac OS X 10.3.x - 10.4.x
- Peripherals USB port, CD-ROM drive
Battery
- Supported Battery 2 x AA NiMH rechargeable battery, 2 x AA Alkaline battery ( Included )
Software
- Type Canon ZoomBrowser EX, Canon PhotoStitch, Drivers & Utilities, Canon ImageBrowser
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