Canon Powershot A720 IS

I have owned this camera for about 6 months now and never ceased to be amazed at its photographic capabilities. Ok its not a speed machine, you could not go to F1 races and expect to capture the action, well, what do you expect for about £130.00. some reviewers on that huge River web-site seem to. If all you are after is chilled day out taking quality photos this is the one to buy. I have taken pictures in low light, never any problems with focus. No problems as yet with camera shake. I always use on 80 iso so that is big deal for me, quality anti-shake on a camera. A great deal of my pictures have been printed off at A4 size and ...  Read the complete review

I borrowed this camera from a friend as my Canon A95 went for repair. As this camera came 2-3 years after A95, I was expecting lot of progress made in terms of features etc. But looks like Canon is delibarately moving away from compact camera market where it ruled with powershot series. The camera is bulky without any reason. It doesn't feel very solid and gives flimsy plastic box feeling. It is one of those ugly looking camera in the market. I miss that metal brush finishing and solid feeling of A95 along with the swivel screen. But things are not all that bad. It is still a very descent camera and takes better quality pictures than most of the ...  Read the complete review

This is a wonderful camera for amateurs. It has got lot of nice features. The quality of the picture is really great. One can zoom to minute details of the shot without quality degradation. There are many settings like portrait, landscape, night scene etc. But the night scene is not very effective relatively and the battery life is only for around 65 shots. There is also a provision for taking video. With all this it is Light and compact and has a elegant look

It's a point and shoot, but not as we know it... Yes, it has all the standard point and shoot features but it also has - a reasonable (not fantastic) optical viewfinder - aperture priority, speed priority, manual, program and auto modes in addition to the by now standard pre-set scene modes - a decent stabilisation system to ward off camera shake. You can even get add-on lenses for this little beauty, though for me that would negate its really value as something you can hang off your belt and forget about until you want to take a picture. It really does seem to have gone a long way towards being reasonably compact and light but also capable ...  Read the complete review