Powershot - hot or not? (Canon Powershot A95)

Member Name: mattsterrr

Product:	Canon Powershot A95
Date:	04/05/05 (130 review reads)
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Advantages: 32MB memory card, 5 megapixels, 1.8 inch rotating LCD screen

Disadvantages: Poor background noise, Bad movie functions, Better available at this price

The Canon Powershot A95 Digital Camera is the successor of the Powershot A80 and was released in August of 2004. It has 5 megapixels and an impressive 1.8 inch LCD monitor which rotates to suit your every photographic need.

As with many Canon entry level phones, the A95 has pretty poor background noise reduction and, therefore, inadequate movie mode.

It does have good colour resolution, though, and with the usual price tag of around £150, it's not a bad option for an entry level digital camera.

It features 3x digital zoom and flexi zone auto focus, which works incredibly well.

All in all, if you purchase this camera as a camera and ignore the poor background noise as well as the poor video feature (you can only ever record about 3 minutes on a digital camera anyway) then this is a reasonable camera for the money, but there is better out there in this price range.

It comes with a 32MB memory card for storing your photos in any of the 3 photo settings (normal, fine or superfine).

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