10Megapixel A640 leads out Canon's new PowerShot range

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29-08-2006, 12:30 PM
Bob Crabtree

10Megapixel A640 leads out Canon's new PowerShot range

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Canon is revamping its PowerShot range of compact digital still cameras and adding a new leader - the A640 - with a 10 Megapixel image sensor, a 4x optical zoom and a 2.5in LCD. This black-finished model is due in September at a suggested price of £329 (inc VAT) and will be arriving with two silver-finished companions, the A630 and A710 IS.

The 8 Megapixel A630 (£269) replaces the 5 Megapixel A610 and is in effect, a lower-res version of the A640. In contast, the 7.1 Megapixel A710 IS (£289) - a replacement for 6 Megapixel A700 - has a longer optical zoom, 6x, and offers a feature that neither of the other newcomers provides, an optical image stabiliser.

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Full details in this HEXUS.lifestyle.news headline.
29-08-2006, 01:27 PM
awm

Not to sound stupid, but why would anyone need 10 MP on a non SLR camera?
29-08-2006, 01:35 PM
Bob Crabtree

Er, suppose you didn't bother reading the news story, then?

Second par says this,

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Although the A640 has 3Megapixels' more resolution than its forerunner, the A620, and that does allow for printing of pretty large images - as shown by the shot below taken at Canon's launch event - the real benefit for most users will be the ability to crop into an image and still be able to print it at A4 - the largest size that most home printers max out at.

Ho hum.
29-08-2006, 02:09 PM
awm

I get it, sorry about that, read to fast and missed the link.
29-08-2006, 02:14 PM
Steve

I have a PowerShot A520. I absolutely love it. It's a bit bulky but it makes up with it with its feature set and the price I got it for (£200ish a year ago, I think.)

I keep my eye on subsequent PowerShot products because I figure at some point I'll upgrade.
29-08-2006, 03:08 PM
awm

I love my PowerShot A85, the 3 MP are pleanty but I wish it had more than a 3X zoom. Unflutuneatly zoom seems to increase much more slowly than MP, I guess shrinking optics is more difficult than shrinking silicon.
29-08-2006, 03:48 PM
Bob Crabtree

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Originally Posted by awm

I get it, sorry about that, read to fast and missed the link.

Sorry, I didn't mean to be quite so ungracious!
29-08-2006, 03:53 PM
Bob Crabtree

Something I didn't include in the article but should have was the detail of how fast these new models are to switch on and be ready to shoot.

I was told that this is now just 1.4secs (from 1.7sec) but didn't time that. Even so, the difference between the Canon models and the old Minolta that I was using to shoot them was VERY pronounced!

:(
29-08-2006, 04:38 PM
awm

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Originally Posted by Bob Crabtree

Sorry, I didn't mean to be quite so ungracious!

I deserved it, I'm sure lots of people like me fail to read the articles before commenting on them.

Edit: fixed grammer-o

[Bob C adds - grammar, actually! :mrgreen: ]
29-08-2006, 04:46 PM
Steve

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Originally Posted by awm

I deserved it, I'm sure lots of people like me fail to read the articles before commenting on them.

Edit: fixed grammer-o

It's better than slashdot; they just read the headline.
05-09-2006, 09:40 AM
DeMilo

Any Plausible reason why they havn't released a 10MP camera with a 6x optical zoom? if they did i'd buy it no questions asked
05-09-2006, 09:44 AM
Bob Crabtree

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Originally Posted by DeMilo

Any Plausible reason why they havn't released a 10MP camera with a 6x optical zoom? if they did i'd buy it no questions asked

None that I can think of - apart, perhaps, from fears about it being too expensive and also the need, as they might see it, for range-differentiation.
05-09-2006, 11:28 AM
BenW

Love our a620, got it for about £160 2 months ago. The only complaints i have are the screens a bit small (Sorted in this) and the AiAF is crap and you can't change to center focus in auto mode