Canon Powershot A80

I have owned the Canon Powershot A80 (4.0 mega pixels) for just over a year now. I must admit that I am extremely happy with the quality of the pictures it takes in all weather conditions. It is my first experience with digital cameras and I did a lot of painstaking research before I eventually decided on this model from our local branch of Jessops. I was going to go for a Fuji of around the same spec but slightly more expensive, but the salesman took me outside on a very wet and misty Saturday afternoon, took a shot of the street, and then did an example print-out from the A80 and the Fuji for me, the reproduction of the colours of the Canon far outshone ...  Read the complete review

Four years ago I received a 35mm camera as a gift on my birthday. From that day on I turned into a snap happy wannabe proffessional photographer. Unfortunately like always I got my pictures back from the developers and most were of peoples feet, or those phantom blurry ones you always get. So after a while I just gave up. For my last birthday my 'little bear' Chantelly bought me a digital camera; a Canon PowerShot A80 (what can I say she loves me) and trust me going from a camera that has had 1 shot button and a wind on wheel, to one thats got 14 different modes and 12 buttons in total is a little bit scary. I was absolutley amazed when I picked it up and turned the dial ...  Read the complete review

This is my second review of an older piece of kit and for a good reason. We have had this camera for about three years now and it hasn't let us down once. Also, if you check out ebay, you can pick these up for around the £30-£35 mark, often with a memory card too. If you compare this price with the rubbish that £30 or even £40 buys you in the digital camera market, you get a lot more for your money with the likes of the Canon. When this was new it was our main digital camera. Things have moved on in technology, so we now have a higher resolution camera. The Canon A80 always gets used for ebay pictures though and quick snaps, due to its ease of use. With the ...  Read the complete review

I bought the Canon Powershot A80 to be a family camera, it has proved to be sturdy and very easy to 'point & shoot' and obtain sucessful results. The 4-megapixels, battery life and 3x zoom is a perfect spec for ordinary use, and all in all I have encounted no problems with this model having purchased it well over a year ago. I only have two minor quibbles with this camera, firstly the weight (250g) which is slightly heavy compared to a lot of similar spec, cheaper cameras and the lack of indication of battery life. Although batteries usually seem to last a decent amount of time, I find that it is often worth buying the specialist camera batteries rather ...  Read the complete review

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