Canon PowerShot A630 8MP Digital Camera with 4x Optical Zoom – Customer Reviews
WOW!
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I just recently had a baby and we were using my husbands old Kodak DX4330 (3.1 mega pixels). After making prints we were not satisfied so we decided we needed a better but afforable camera. And after researching I found this to be the one. And I was right on! Great quality pictures! Easy to use! Awesome flip screen!! Just be sure to get a bigger memory card!
10/19/2006 12:00 AM | Rating:
Excellent camera
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I purchased this to replace the Canon A70 (another good camera) as I wanted more megapixels in order to take photos to be enlarged and have greater ability to crop.The camera is easy to use, has lots of useful "one-button" features such as for night shots, aperture priority and shutter priority.The camera can also be put in manual mode which permits manual settings and I've found to be very useful particularly for outdoor, backlit situations.
The clarity of the photos is very good.The movie function is also very good and far better than the A70 which was more grainy and pixilated due to the lower resolution.
The software provided is eay to use (at leat for Windows, I do not know about for Macs).
A couple of features of these Canon cameras I've found very, very useful and you might want to consider in buying any camera, particularly if you travel.First, it uses AA batteries which are easy to find, so you don;t have to worry about finding an outlet and adpator to recharge your proprietary battery.Second, it uses an SD card which are also relatively easy to find and can be used in many devices, as opposed to say a Sony memory stick.10/18/2006 12:00 AM | Rating:
Great Camera for the price
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I just got my Canon A630 digital camera two days ago.I have to say that it is a gorgeous looking camera.The only difference with the A640 is in the color and obviously in the number of pixels (this last one has 10).Everything else is exactly the same and it is 100 dollars less that the A640.
The picture quality is neat, and I am pretty sure I will have lots of fun with it.10/14/2006 12:00 AM | Rating:
Worth to buy!
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I have considered canon A610 and A630, and some SD brands. Finally, I chosen A630. The LCD are large, the only problem is that it has few pixels compared to the 2.5 inch LCD. However, the pictures are good!
10/13/2006 12:00 AM | Rating:
Unexpectedly Good Pictures
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My first impression of the A630 was less than stellar. After a year plus squinting through the viewfinder of my Rebel XT, I was really looking forward to composing my shots in a big, beautiful LCD again. Unfortunately, the LCD on the A630 may be big, but it's not beautiful. It does a fine job helping you review what's already been captured and presenting menu options legibly, but a mediocre job of rendering what's coming through the lens. The color is inaccurate and interference frequently appeared on the screen when half-clicking to freeze the focus. It still beats a viewfinder for composing an image but, frankly, I'd rather have the smaller LCD on my daughter's A620.
Ultimately, though, picture quality is everything to me, and here the A630 excels. I took 60+ pictures on a recent trip to Door County, WI and not one of them was a clunker, including several taken in very tricky lighting situations. Shooting modes worked as advertised although, with good lighting, the auto mode produced identical results. Indoors, flash pictures were perfectly exposed and the flash had a surprisingly good range.
On average, and I know this is heresy, the A630 took better pictures than my Rebel XT, and I didn't feel the need to Photoshop a single one of them. If I cared more about the LCD, I would have given this camera a lower rating, but a lower rating would not have done justice to the quality of the images this camera produces.10/3/2006 12:00 AM | Rating: