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Reviews of the Canon PowerShot A630

  • No Rating

    gadgetspeak.com

    By paul_smart | November 29, 2006

    Review Summary: Doing my searches found it at a best price of £124.99 from the first link below

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  • 7.5

    neocamera.com

    By Cybernium | November 4, 2006

    Review Summary: Canon has done well with the Powershot A630. This compact digital camera has a complete feature set including full-manual controls, manual focus and custon white-balance. The A630 handles well and produces rather images with nicely saturated colors, ...

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  • 8.0

    pcmag.com

    By Terry Sullivan | October 18, 2006

    Review Summary: The 8MP Canon PowerShot A630 may be a bit bulky for a compact camera, but the great physical controls and easy-to-use features will appeal to those who appreciate a variety of settings to capture their photos.

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  • 8.0

    Computeract!ve

    By Simon Williams | October 11, 2006

    Review Summary: An 8-megapixel compact with a flip and swivel LCD monitor

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Manufacturer: Canon USA

Part number: 1288B001

General

  • Product Type Digital camera
  • Width 4.3 in
  • Depth 1.9 in
  • Height 2.6 in
  • Weight 8.6 oz

Main Features

  • Resolution 8 megapixels
  • Color Support Color
  • Optical Sensor Type CCD
  • Total Pixels 8,300,000 pixels
  • Effective Sensor Resolution 8,000,000 pixels
  • Light Sensitivity ISO 80, ISO 100, ISO 200, ISO 400, ISO 800, ISO auto
  • Digital Zoom 4 x
  • Shooting Modes Frame movie mode
  • Shooting Programs Snow, Beach, Indoor, Foliage, Fireworks, Landscape, Color swap, Underwater, Kids & pets, Night scene, Color accent, Portrait mode, Stitch assist, Night snapshot
  • Special Effects Sepia, Vivid, Neutral, Positive, Black & White, Custom Effect, Darker Skin Tone, Lighter Skin Tone
  • Max Shutter Speed 1/12500 sec
  • Min Shutter Speed 15 sec
  • Exposure Metering Spot, Evaluative, Center-weighted
  • Exposure Modes Manual, Program, Automatic, Shutter-priority, Aperture-priority
  • Exposure Compensation ±2 EV range, in 1/3 EV steps
  • AE/AF Control FlexiZone
  • White Balance Custom, Presets, Automatic
  • White Balance Presets Cloudy, Daylight, Underwater, Tungsten light, Fluorescent light (daylight), Fluorescent light (warm white)
  • Digital Video Format MJPEG
  • Still Image Format JPEG
  • TV Tuner None
  • Video Capture AVI - 640 x 480, AVI - 640 x 480, AVI - 320 x 240, AVI - 320 x 240, AVI - 160 x 120

Memory / Storage

  • Flash Memory 16 MB Flash - SD Memory Card
  • Supported Flash Memory MultiMediaCard, SD Memory Card
  • Floppy Drive None
  • Image Storage JPEG 3264 x 2448, JPEG 2592 x 1944, JPEG 2048 x 1536, JPEG 1600 x 1200, JPEG 640 x 480, JPEG 3264 x 1832

Camera Flash

  • Camera Flash Built-in flash
  • Flash Modes Auto mode, Fill-in mode, Slow synchro, Flash OFF mode, Red-eye reduction
  • Red Eye Reduction Yes
  • Effective Flash Range 1.5 ft - 14 ft
  • Features AF illuminator, Flash +/- compensation, Flash exposure bracketing

Lens System

  • Type Zoom lens - 7.3 mm - 29.2 mm - F/2.8-4.1
  • Focal Length 7.3 mm - 29.2 mm
  • Focal Length Equivalent to 35mm Camera 35 - 140 mm
  • Focus Adjustment Manual, Automatic
  • Auto Focus TTL contrast detection
  • Auto Focus Points (Zones) 9
  • Min Focus Range 17.7 in
  • Macro Focus Range 1-45cm
  • Lens Aperture F/2.8-4.1
  • Optical Zoom 4 x
  • Zoom Adjustment Motorized drive
  • Lens Construction 7 group(s) / 8 element(s)
  • Features Aspherical lens

Additional Features

  • Self Timer Yes
  • Self Timer Delay 2 sec, 10 sec
  • Additional Features AE lock, AF lock, FE lock, DPOF support, Direct print, Audio recording, Auto power save, Date/time stamp, Built-in speaker, Histogram display, PictBridge support, USB 2.0 compatibility, RGB primary color filter, Camera orientation detection

Viewfinder

  • Viewfinder Type Optical - Real-image zoom

Display

  • Type LCD display - TFT active matrix - 2.5 in - Color
  • Display Form Factor Rotating
  • Display Format 115,000 pixels

Digital Player (Recorder)

  • Type None

Microphone

  • Type Microphone - Built-in

Connections

  • Connector Type 1 x USB, 1 x Composite video/audio output, 1 x DC power input
  • Expansion Slot(s) 1 x SD Memory Card

Software

  • Software Canon PhotoStitch, Canon ImageBrowser, Drivers & Utilities, Canon ZoomBrowser EX

System Requirements for PC Connection

  • Operating System Support MS Windows ME, MS Windows XP, MS Windows 98 SE, Apple Mac OS X 10.2 - 10.4, MS Windows 2000 SP4 or later

Miscellaneous

  • Included Accessories Wrist strap
  • Cables Included 1 x A/V cable, 1 x USB cable

Battery

  • Supported Battery AA
  • Supported Battery 4 x AA Alkaline battery ( Included )

Environmental Parameters

  • Min Operating Temperature 32 °F
  • Max Operating Temperature 104 °F

CNET Labs' Benchmarks

  • Labs information All values are expressed in seconds. Please visit our labs information page for information on how digital cameras are tested.
  • CNET Labs Flash shot to shot time 2.3
  • CNET Labs Shot to shot time typical 1.6
  • CNET Labs Shutter lag bright 0.5
  • CNET Labs Shutter lag dim 1.0
  • CNET Labs Typical burst speed 1.5
  • CNET Labs Wake up time 1.5

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Buying Choices

Powershot A630 Silver Digital Camera from 2 online stores: Lowest Price: $319.47

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Canon PowerShot A630

Buying Choices

Powershot A630 Silver Digital Camera from 2 online stores: Lowest Price: $319.47

See prices from 2 stores

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