Canon has announced two new entry-level PowerShot A-Series model, the PowerShot A450 and PowerShot A460.

The e Powershot A460 is an update to the very compact, entry level A430. Canon A460 features 5.0 megapixel resolution with a 4x optical zoom lens and a 2-inch LCD screen. [Read more…]

Canon has announced a new entry-level PowerShot A-Series model, the PowerShot A550.

Canon PowerShot A550 offer consumers the latest technological advancements and it has an easy-to-use design.The new PowerShot A550 digital camera is a 7.1 megapixel model with a 4x optical zoom lens and a 2-inch LCD screen.

Canon A550 will be available mid-February with an estimated price of $199.99.

Features of the Canon PowerShot A550 : [Read more…]

The Canon PowerShot A640 couples a 10 megapixel CCD imager sensor with a 4x optical zoom lens that offers a 35mm-equivalent focal range of 35 to 140mm.

That’s a moderate wide-angle that reaches to a somewhat more generous telephoto than you’ll find on most compact cameras. Maximum apertures vary from f/2.8 to f/4.1 across the zoom range. The A640’s sensor yields an ISO range of 80 to 800, with shutter speeds of 1/2,500 to 15 seconds.

Though the Canon A640 has a relatively large 2.5 inch LCD, Canon retained a real image optical viewfinder in the A640’s design. [Read more…]

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.

This slightly pricey, 8-megapixel compact isn’t super-trim and sexy, but it works very well in lots of situations. The Canon PowerShot A630 packs an amazing array of useful features and is incredibly simple to operate.

Despite the cost, there is plenty to love. [Read more…]

Every gift guide is the same. But when you get to the store, they always seem to be out of the best stuff. So you’re forced to make compromises and do the best you can out of the dreck that’s left. Here are the worst-scoring products testeded.

• Canon A70
This camera may look nice, be fairly cheap and even received pretty solid reviews from CNET and the like, but there are hidden factors lurking making this one lame camera. Users at Digital Camera HQ began experiencing a lot of hardware flaws throughout the life of this camera including purple lines across the LCD, blurred photos, unusual colors and an E18 Error. [Read more…]

Here’s a cool video from imaging-resource which presents the latest Canon camera, the Canon G7.

Loaded with Canon’s latest and most advanced technologies, including an Optical Image Stabilizer for clear shots throughout the zoom range, PowerShot G7 is a camera to be reckoned with. [Read more…]

The ELPH brand has turned ten and the proud parents at Canon want the world to join in the celebration. Crediting the design team that a decade ago turned a technologically advanced new camera format into an elegantly-simple style statement, Canon USA Vice President and General Manager of Sales Eliott Peck today announced a series of events that emphasize the fun, fashion, glitz and glamour that the industry-leading ELPH cameras have come to characterize.

“We, of course, want to share with the public our pride, pleasure and gratitude at this ten-year milestone for the Canon ELPH cameras and now the Canon Digital ELPH cameras,” said Peck. “It is the public embrace of our sleek ELPHs that has given us this phenomenal success and generated worldwide sales of more than 33-million1 cameras since 1996.” [Read more…]

It’s hard to believe that it’s 10 years since the first Ixus was presented to a drooling world. It’s even harder to imagine that before the Ixus most compact cameras weren’t particularly compact and many of them were downright ugly. The Ixus changed that and the Canon Ixus 65 follows many of the design ideas - even down to printing “Canonâ€? sideways so that it reads correctly when you wear the camera as jewellery.

For reasons I will never understand, the Ixus range is known elsewhere in the world as the “Elphâ€? - the Ixus 65 seems to be the same camera as the Digital Elph SD630. [Read more…]

Canon’s acclaimed G-Series has a new top-of-the-line model, and serious photography enthusiasts have a lot to be excited about.

A matte black, retro-hip design houses impressive capabilities and top core specifications, including 10.0 megapixel resolution and a powerful 6x optical zoom. Loaded with Canon’s latest and most advanced technologies, including an Optical Image Stabilizer for clear shots throughout the zoom range, PowerShot G7 is a camera to be reckoned with.

PowerShot G7 harks back to classic great camera design with a retro-hip sensibility. The camera’s full 10.0 megapixels of resolution creates stunning, deeply detailed images that allow virtually unlimited enlargement and cropping. [Read more…]

Canon debuts its latest offering for the style-conscious photo enthusiast – the Digital IXUS 850 IS. The 7.1 Megapixel camera introduces wide-angle zoom capability to the Digital IXUS range for the first time with an optical Image Stabilizer and 28mm (35mm equivalent) 3.8x optical zoom lens.

Geared to satisfy serious photographers, the ultra-compact Digital IXUS 850 IS stays true to its design heritage with a smoothly sculpted curvature design and all-metal finish.

Enhanced performance and image quality are assured through Canon’s latest DIGIC III image processor , which also enables low-noise ISO 1600 shooting and new Face Detection AF/AE – a Canon technology that detects up to nine faces in a frame and automatically optimises the focus and exposure for great people shots. [Read more…]