canon powershot a430 review

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Average Ratings
Image Quality8.2/10 Based on 5 ratings
Battery Life7.6/10 Based on 5 ratings
Features9/10 Based on 5 ratings
Ease of Use8.6/10 Based on 5 ratings
Value for Money8/10
Overall rating7.3/10
83% Recommended5 out of 6 Reviews

expert review of Canon PowerShot A430

By mikeince6025 Rank: Corporal on 7th Jun 2007

mikeince6025's Ratings
Time Digital Camera Owned6 - 12 Months
Image Quality8/10
Battery Life8/10
Features9/10
Ease of Use7/10
Value for money10/10
Overall value8/10
yes mikeince6025's recommendation

Good Points

Fantastic Macro, excellent quality and features for the price. 4x optical zoom, good video with sound.

Bad Points

No dedicated zoom control. No zoom whilst videoing.

General Comments

I ordered the Canon PowerShot A430 for my 14 year old daughter before Christmas (she paid the £75). She has hardly been separated from it since.
The camera is packed with features, the functions are fairly intuitive and it is quite easy to get started with the camera - although the more complex functions (such as stitch assist and colour swap) might need referral to the manual.
We haven't used the Canon capture software on the PC so I can't comment on that.
The 4x zoom compensates for the 4.1mega pixel capacity - although for 6x4 prints I think 4.1 is way more than needed.
The image quality and all-round ability of the camera amazes me. It can cope with indoor / outdoor / low light / flash very well even with auto settings. The flash range is probably average for a small camera.
Video is only 320 x 240 - but the frame rate is very good, it copes well with low light and the sound quality is very good whether loud or quiet.
My favourite feature is the Super Macro - this can focus at 1cm and produces some stunning images.

I'd definitely recommend this camera - or it's bigger brother the Powershot 530 which I've also used. Our main problem now is that my daughter has taken around 10Gb of photos and storing and organising them is getting to be a problem!

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