Canon PowerShot A60 Digital Camera [2MP 3xOptical] Canon ( ) Electronics Our Price : £ 99.99 Prices subject to change. This item is not in stock or has been discontinued.

My experience with the A60

I am a long-time Canon SLR user, I am still putting my foot in the water as far as digicams are concerned. I am also, unfortunately, on a very tight budget, and this is my third digital camera. I wanted to use the camera to get pics for my website, so I would reduce them to 800x600 anyway, so I figure a 2MB should be OK. The main reason for getting a 3MB camera is that you can crop the results. I was a bit worried about the long time it takes to take a picture (according to the serious reviews), but in fact I did not find this to be a problem. I am not into action photography, but for those of you who are, the A70 is faster. I ordered it from Amazon on the Saturday and it arrived on Wednesday, two days earlier than they said. Pros: Full of features (P, Tv, Av, M etc, etc), even has an output to the TV. Not too small and the controls are nice Five zone focussing system, impressed by that. AF assist meaning that you can focus in the dark, loved that Good colour rendition, nice that View finder zooms, this is important for composing an image in full sun because the LCD monitor is hard to see with the sun behind you. Good battery life Lens is covered up when camera switch off, important to keep the dust out. Takes nice indoor flash pics Uses compact flash memory which is cheap (you need a 64 or 128 MB card) A 64MB card will take 60 pics in superfine and 120 in fine mode at 1600x1200 Can stitch pictures together to get a panorama shot. As a SLR user there was a reassuring click when it takes a picture. There are wide-angle and zoom accessories, I like landscape photography. Cons: Images could not pick up the detail of difficult subjects like a leafless tree in winter or berries on a bush or tiles on a roof. This was using ISO 50 and superfine mode on a sunny winter day. Lens only goes to F8 which means that using shutter speed priority a bit difficult. Cannot focus easily on a bush (probably the same on most AF cameras). I knew the image processing software was crap, but I use Thumbs Plus software, so I do not care. For the money, you get a lot of bang for the buck. I was pleased at the indoor shots using flash, my dad came out great and so did the books in my bookcase (these were stunning, better than my SLR). But, I was quite disappointed at the lack of detail in some difficult outdoor subjects, and this is where the rubber hits the road. Unfortunately, I cannot compare it to other digicams (Olympus C-350, Sony DSC-P72), so I do not know whether the lack of detail is due to the lens or the sensor, I suspect the former. This camera will do for my holiday shots, and my website but I shall have to save up my shekels to get my next digicam to get pics as good as my SLR. Overall, it is amazing value for money and Amazon was the cheapest, but you know that anyway. Digital cameras do not do miracles, you still need good lighting to get good results.

A good value for money under £100

I bought my Canon A60 after initial research and reading various reviews. I decided to purchase from Amazon because of a bargain price of £99 and have had my camera for over a week. I have conducted my initial tests and summarise below my findinds for any potential buyer: 1. The design, built in quality and added features are all excellent and provide opportunties for further experiments. 2. My initial tests provided excellent results at both auto, Tv/Av and macro modes. The image colours are well balanced and vibrant. 3. I found some evidence of shutter lag and auto focusing is difficult in the low light conditions. 4. You need NiMh high capacity batteries and charger along with 128Mb CF card for more flexibility. In conclusion, this is a very good camera for £99 and in my opinion there isnt a better camera in the market with 2M pixels. My camera was dispatched within 4 days not as stated 24 hours - be prepare to wait bit longer. Buy now before it is too late.

Fantastic

Well, I dont really want to bore you with whats already been said, so Ill keep it short... I got my camera through this morning (just in time for my trip away to Portugal). Had a little go with it, although there is 2 big manuals that tell you how to work the software on the PC and also the camera its self. Clear, crisp is the only way to describe the pictures it takes and the zoom function is great. It has so many options that you think how is this camera so cheap... Im sure once I have read what other functions the camera has Ill be even more excited about it, but for now I have alot of reading to do, so Ill leave you to purchase one of these fantasic cameras online now. The camera took 24hrs to arrive from been dispatched, so that was excellent to. Thanks Amazon.