Wednesday, 24 December 2008

Canon PowerShot A710 Review

Even in the 'blink and you'll absence it' apple of bunched agenda cameras the budget-priced 6x zoom lensed Canon PowerShot A700 was a brief model; appear backward February and replaced in August by the camera on analysis here, the PowerShot A710 IS. Aside from a architecture facelift and a few affection tweaks the better - and a lot of acceptable - change is that the new archetypal adds optical angel stabilization, something we bemoaned the abridgement of on the A700. There's aswell an added actor pixels ( up from 6 to 7MP) and the accepted A alternation mix of chiral and automated features. So let's acquisition out if the A710 IS a aces almsman to the accepted A700, starting, as ever, with the banderole features.
  • 7.1 Megapixels
  • 6x optical zoom with optical Image Stabilizer (35-210mm equiv.)
  • DIGIC II, iSAPS, 9-Point AiAF, FlexiZone AF/AE
  • Digital Tele-Converter and Safety Zoom
  • 2.5” LCD with wide viewing angle and real-image optical viewfinder
  • 20 shooting modes
The A710 is added than a simple administration re-vamp (although it is a abundant bigger searching camera); it's in fact a appealing cogent upgrade, with the accession of an optical angel stabilization arrangement top of the account (this is the aboriginal 'A' alternation archetypal to get IS). The alone downside is the slight abridgement in array activity (still an absorbing 360 shots or so from a appropriate brace of AA NiMH batteries).
    • Higher Resolution (7MP vs 6MP)
    • Image Stabilization
    • New 'Safety Zoom' (advanced digital zoom function)
    • 60fps (QVGA) movie mode
    • MyColors effects in playback mode
    • Playback overexposure warning
    • 3:2 overlay on live view
    • Marginally lower battery life
    • SDHC card support
    • Underwater scene mode (for use with new optional 40m underwater case)
    • Slightly reduced continuous shooting speed (1.7fps vs 2.0fps)
    • 10g (0.36oz) heavier

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