Archive for the 'Canon' Category
Canon PowerShot SD800 IS
Wednesday, October 4th, 2006Last spring, Canon impressed us with its stylish high-end shooter, the 6-megapixel PowerShot SD700 IS. It had a great lens and produced great images, all in an attractive, pocketable, metal body. With the follow-up Canon PowerShot SD800 IS, the company improves upon its previous design by squeezing in a wider lens and a higher resolution [...]
Canon PowerShot SD40
Monday, October 2nd, 2006Change isn’t always big. New versions of products aren’t always massive, sweeping upgrades to their predecessors. A system pack, a bug fix, or a single handy new feature might be all a product gets. It might not be revolutionary, but at least it’s an improvement. That’s the case with the Canon PowerShot SD40. Canon [...]
Canon PowerShot A640
Thursday, September 28th, 2006With lots of manual settings and a reasonably low price tag, Canon’s PowerShot A640 looks quite appealing. Though it lacks the flexibility of higher-end cameras and the stylish portability of more compact shooters, the 10-megapixel PowerShot A640 is a smart, full-featured camera with some surprising benefits.
Canon PowerShot A630
Thursday, September 28th, 2006An 8-megapixel version of the 10-megapixel PowerShot A640, the Canon PowerShot A630 is otherwise identical to its higher-resolution sibling. Both share the same sturdy, chunky body; 35mm-to-140mm-equivalent lens with accessory lens mount; and broad feature set with PASM exposure controls. Both cameras even turned in nearly identical performance results in our tests. (For more, read [...]
Canon PowerShot A710 IS
Monday, September 25th, 2006Canon’s A-series cameras have a long tradition of providing solid performance and impressive but not over-the-top feature sets at a reasonable price. In the past, that has often come with a slightly utilitarian design, but Canon’s newest addition, the PowerShot A710 IS, looks practically classy, with its gently curved top; shiny, silver-plastic accents; and curved, [...]
