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With its streamlined silhouette and smoothly curved edges, the Canon Powershot A480 Digital Camera has the compact sophistication and relaxed simplicity that make it a natural for beginners and everyone else who craves style and convenience. The 10.0-megapixel resolution and 3.3x optical zoom make it easy to capture the action in dazzling color and brilliant detail. The DIGIC III Image Processor keeps it all looking sharp. While a bright, bold 2.5-inch LCD makes shooting and playback a genuine pleasure. Features New compact design – simple with smooth curved edges in 4 fun colors: Red, Blue, Silver and Black. 10.0-megapixel digital camera and 3.3x Optical Zoom make it a breeze to print large size images with clarity and detail. DIGIC III Image Processor ensures sharp images and improved functionality. With 15 Shooting Modes including 12 Special Scene Modes, you’re ready for whatever shot comes your way. High-quality 2.5-inch LCD for easy on-camera viewing. Use more info
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John Parsons review of Canon PowerShot A480 camera
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
It is a bit smaller than I would like, but is ideal for the gift I chose it to provide. Fits neatly in a pocket, yet provides remarkable features for either point and shoot or adjustment for custom photos. I like it.
Inexpensive, yet fully featured
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I bought this camera for my twelve year-old daughter. For the price, it has so many great features! She had no problems learning how to operate the camera. She is really enjoying it and loves the blue color. I noticed that the viewscreen on this camera is very clear and a nice size. I plan to purchase another for myself, as my current six year-old Canon digital camera is much bigger, heavier, lacking in features, and has a smaller viewscreen.
Canon rocks!
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
I’ve always been pleased with Canon products and this camera is no exception. Even though it is a low end camera (price-wise) the pictures are great. Isn’t that what a camera is about?
May be too early to tell but I like it!
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
So far so good. This replaces my Konica/Minolta that I paid a lot of money for about 7 years ago. I didn’t use it all that much, just took on a few vacations and for the last year it wouldn’t hold a charge of the batteries. Took it in and was told – can’t get parts … buy a Canon. And I did. But this time I wanted a simple little shooter that was light weight and simply took pictures without a lot of bells and whistles. Am hoping the Canon reputation holds up! If you want a simple camera that seems to capture the subject pretty well, then this is the camera for you. Not sure about the battery life yet, but one plus is it takes regular as well as rechargeable batteries.
Simple, Small and Cheap CANON
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
This product satisfied me a lot.
I bought it for a friend and this will be his first digital camera so, I insisted on being SIMPLE.
Secondly, the name CANON is really trusted so, I didn’t believe that it is for that price.
When I tried it, I was really pleased.
It feels good in your palm because it is compact enough.
It is fast enough and the picture quality is really nice.
For the video quality, it is really good too and you can zoom during the video. I really appreciate this feature.
TO SUM UP IF YOU WANT A GOOD PICTURE AND VIDEO QUALITY WITH SMALL SIZE AND PRICE GO FOR THIS PRODUCT.
PLEASE NOTE THAT IF YOU WANT A MORE DEVELOPED CANON CAMERA GO FOR THE SD1200 AND DO NOT BUY THE A1100 BECAUSE IT IS THE SAME LIKE THE A480. I COMPARED IT MYSELF.
OH DIGITAL WHERE FORE ART THOU ?
Rating:1 out of 5 stars
YOU KNOW I WANTED TO LIKE THIS CAMERA. I TRIED ALL THE MODES. I USED FRESH ALKALINE CELLS. A SANDISK EXTREME III SDHC CARD.
25% OF THE SHOTS WERE BLURRED (POOR AUTO FOCUS) THE REST WERE OF POOR QUALITY TOO. SOME THE SHOTS WERE OF THE SAME EXACT SCENE
TAKEN MULTIPLE TIMES. 25/75 WAS AS GOOD AS IT GOT…
OUR OLD NIKON COOLPIX 4800 STILL DOES A BETTER JOB !
BEAR IN MIND ALSO THAT I SHOOT NIKON FILM CAMERAS. AN N90S. SOME N2000′S. NIKON LENSES. THE PRINTS FROM THESE CAMERAS ARE AMAZING !
400 FILM. 100 FILM. NIKON SB-23 FLASH. RARELY DO I GET A BAD PHOTO…
MY SON’S CANON G10 ALSO DOES NOT IMPRESS ME.
COME ON, MAKE A GOOD DIGITAL CAMERA ! PUT GOOD LENSES IN THEM. ALLOW MANUAL CONTROL TOO !
THERE’S NOTHING WRONG WITH FILM. GET A 35mm NIKON (NOT AN N65!) AND GET GOOD PHOTOS.
Good camera, good value
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
It’s comparable to other cameras at similar price. Decent not too big size, good lens, plenty of auto settings for the average birthday pictures. I picked it because I wanted the smallest camera I could find but that still took AA batteries. This is about it. Size, battery, features and value are all about right. The only thing it was missing for me is you can not take pictures at lower resolution. You always have to take 10 megapixel pictures. I was thinking I would most often like to take smaller sized pictures and only take 10mp pictures when I was doing something special. But you can’t change that setting. So if you want to take pictures and email them to people the photos are going to be large files unless you manually resize them. Otherwise, decent value.
My camera
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Love my newest gadget, wish the manual instructions was on hard copy instead of the CD as I now have to print the whole thing to really sit down and get a good read. Camera works well, have taken over 200 pictures already and the different features are wonderful for the different occasions. Thanks a Million
Canon PowershotA480
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Great affordable 10 mp digitalcamera! Easy to setup and use great software. Very sastified with this camera
Cheapest bottom basement Canon model
Rating:1 out of 5 stars
This camera has the same image processor as the other point and shoots from Canon. But, to reach a particular price point, Canon designed a model with no internal rechargable battery and they manufactured it out of cheap thin plastic. Otherwise, it has all of the features of most of their other models.
A lack of internal batter and charger and the super thin cheap plastic housing is not worth the measly 20 dollars saved buying this model over their next model.
I bought 2 of these for Christmas and they both got returned. The better models, for 20 dollars more, aren’t just a little better….they’re a LOT better.
My advice is to spend the extra 20 bucks and get another model.
would recommend
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Good, basic camera, purchased for our construction field staff, with varying levels of technical ability. Seems to be an all around good camera, with basic easy to use fucntions. Perfect for our needs.
Good budget camera
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
this is a solid quality budget camera. For under $100, you get a camera that takes high-resolution (10megapixels) photos. Response time is however slow as it takes many seconds to recharge the flash and be ready for the next shot. There is no view finder other than the LCD screen. However, back to my previous point, this is a basic low-budget camera so you would need to manage your expectations. You get great pictures, easy of use, and not a lot of bells and whistles.
I love my little camera
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I just got my camera and so far I love it. The only thing I would have to say is that the recycle time is a little slow, so it wouldn’t be good if you had to take a lot of rapid shots. But I dont so its perfect for what I need.
Software does not work on Vista
Rating:3 out of 5 stars
Camera easy to use. Picture quality ok. My problem is the software loaded on Vista does not see the camera. Went onto Canon website and downloaded the latest software and still cannot see the camera. Have to remove SD card and manually load onto my PC.
Canon A480
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
If you’re buying a camera in the $100 range don’t expect fantastic pictures. For the price of this Canon A480 it does a fine job. The camera will be good enough for general use for the average consumer. If you want really great pictures you will need something like a Nikon D3000 with a starting $500 price range. I know most people won’t carry around a big camera like this to take pictures of the kids at the zoo.. It’s easy for a Woman to throw in her purse and snap snap you are good you will get decent quality photos. This is more of a family camera or a good camera for someone not wanting to spend much money and still wanting decent pictures. It has pretty basic features but everything you will need, the battery life isn’t great so I recommend getting a recharge unit and some rechargable batteries for around $15 to $20 it will save you in the long run. It has a camcorder built in that does a really good job for a cheap camera and the sound it records is really good. This very well could be the best camera in this price range. I find it to take slightly better photos than the Nikon coolpix s220 which cost just a little more. I suggest getting a 4gig memory card the one it comes with won’t hold but like 10 pics the 4gig will hold a 1000 + photos, get yourself a case to. Bottom line if you are looking for a camera in the $100 range this would be the one I would get.
Too fragile at any price
Rating:1 out of 5 stars
I have bought hundreds of cameras for an insurance company, for use by Claims personnel. We started with Sonys and then I started buying Canon PowerShot a510, for reasons mentioned below. We rarely had “lens error” issues, I remember about 4 out of hundreds. When we got to the a480 being sold at the time of this writing, after almost no problems up to the a560, we got stuck lens with 6 out of every 10 cameras provided to our users.
We liked Canon because unlike the Sonys, they used standard batteries, required no special and expensive cable to transfer, and the only dislike was that there was no native memory on the camera, requiring a memory stick from the get-go. All through the “A” series (530-580) we got good life from these cameras. But the newest model was virtually broken in the box.
I assumed that this weakness of a spring or gearing was endemic to all cameras in this price range (under $150) since they all appear to spew from the same Chinese factory. We now buy Samsung SL30s are waiting to see what happens.
Canaon PowerShot A480 10
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I love this camera. It takes nice pictures and has nice capabilities that I have not used yet. I purchased it for basic picture taking. My only complaint is the power button and taking picture button on too close together. I kept turning the camera off at first. It took a while for me to get use to the buttons being so close together. I am still exploring the camera’s features. It has a lot of memory, but I did purchase the additional memory disk. I have not used the additional memory disk yet. If you are looking for more range/zoom then this camera may not be for you. The zoom is great for intimate pictures but not if you are trying to focus farther out, i.e. concerts, weddings and you are not up front.
Why pay more?
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
This camera has been a great starter camera for my 13 year old daughter—Makes outstanding photos, very easy to use, easy to handle. Go Canon!
Very simple camera, good for kids
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
I got this camera for my 6 year old son, who has been wanting his own camera (having borrowed my point-and-shoot enough now). I wanted something very simple, but that would turn out decent pictures and this fits the bill well. It is very easy, just turn it on, and push the button. The pictures have come out well, the flash is recharging pretty quickly (I’d say about 6-7 seconds), and he really loves the “movie mode” as well as the regular still picture mode. The zoom button is on the back face of the camera (not on top), so a little getting used to. Given the price, the quality, and the simplicity, this is a good camera for someone who wants to take pictures without any thought involved in technical setup. Oh, and he thinks a red camera is cool.
A decent Introductory camera
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
I got this camera for my girlfriend. She is not tech savy but we went through it together and this camera allows her to take nice pictures in most conditions without too much trouble.
Fatal Error strikes again
Rating:2 out of 5 stars
I was OK with this camera and just getting used to it. It does take a long time to recharge the batteries, even with recommended batteries, but its now got a “Lens Error” every time I try to use it. SO far Canon refuses to take it back even though it’s within the year warranty. I think it’s defective. They think I broke it. I was only able to use it for 5 months and I’ve been very careful with it. I’m going back to my Kodaks.
very nice
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
I like this camera far better than previous ones. except when using flash, picture is delayed a few seconds but its okay. its easy to use and it snaps great looking pictures. I cant get over how easy it is to use…
reasonable camera
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
pros: Relatively good camera with good features. These are the video and mic quality av input so you can view pictures on your tv
Cons: it has to charge the flash, slow shutter speed, has difficulty in getting good shots in the nights appears somewhat grainy at times, one of my shots had a red eye beats me how that got there. doesnt have image stablization so you may have to hold still to take a picture. When zooming a picture the quality become blurry and grainy.
Overall consider the low cost for a Canon, if you are not a techy person, this camera can be used for a everyday use.
good! exactly what you’d expect maybe more
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
over all features are great. also nice having battery power so if yer in the desert or forest you can swap batteries and not be stuck with a plug-in/re-charge. picture is good, even better if you are fimilar with settings. and speaking of which, all the setting are accessible with the flick of a switch. setting ISO, flash and even timer settings is quick an painless. for its price, A+. way to go canon
great little camera
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I purchased this for a trip to Vegas and it was great! Great pictures, and it’s small enough to fit in a tiny purse.