Canon PowerShot A470 Review
At just 104mm long and 56mm wide while also weighing in at just 214g, the Canon PowerShot A470 is ideal as a camera you can keep in your pocket. Moreover, its small size and low price does not mean that it is lacking in terms of features. Sporting a 3.4 x zoom equivalent to 38-132mm on 35mm, it can shoot at ISO settings of 80-1600. True, noise is an issue at higher sensitivities, but according to a review published by Imaging Resource, not as bad as you might think.
Image quality, color, and exposure are all good with the Canon PowerShot A470. Overall color is bright and vibrant, yet still natural. [...]
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The PowerShot A470 captures a lot of fine detail, with minimal noise suppression to blur detail at ISO 80. In the crop at right, the mosaic shows great detail, with only a little smudging in the background and clothing.
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The Canon PowerShot A470 handles image noise very well at its lower ISO settings, and even at ISO 400, noise is higher but still not too distracting overall. You can see it best in the gray squares of the color chart, demonstrated above. At ISOs 800 and 1,600, noise is much higher, with a more pronounced grain pattern and greatly decreased detail definition. Still, even at these higher settings, noise isn’t as bad as we’ve seen in other point-and-shoot digital cameras.
Indeed, Imaging Resource liked the Canon PowerShot A470 so much that they made it a “Dave’s Pick,” setting the camera apart from many others in its price range.
Overall, the Canon A470 is a good performer. It captures good exposures with sharp details and accurate color under most average shooting conditions. Given its selection of preset shooting modes and built-in features like Face Detection and Motion Detection, the PowerShot A470 is equipped for quick handling of common, yet tricky situations. The Canon A470′s automatic features will keep novices comfortable, while available options such as Long Shutter mode, an adjustable metering mode, and a manual white balance setting cater to more savvy users. The Canon A470 is a very capable camera that’s a snap to use, and an easy Dave’s Pick.
The Canon PowerShot A470 can be purchased in a variety of colors from Amazon. Specifications can be found in the official press release from Canon posted on the Digital Photography Review web site.
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