Canon PowerShot A430 - UK Digital Camera Review

Canon PowerShot A430 Review

The Canon PowerShot A430 produces excellent results due to the 4 megapixel CCD and a total combined zoom of approximately 14x for still images (4x optical/3.6x digital). The Canon PowerShot A430 also has DIGIC II with iSAPS technology and 9-point AiAF, 1-point AF (fixed centre) to ensure speedy quality results.

The Canon A430 has various shooting modes including; auto, stitch assist, manual, super macro, colour accent and colour swap together with scene modes where appropriate settings have already been preselected - portrait, night, snow, fireworks, beach, kids & pets, indoor and foliage. Photo effects can be created using My Colours choices such as vivid, sepia, neutral, black & white, lighter/darker skin, positive film and custom colour.

Canon PowerShot A430 Front
Canon PowerShot A430 Back

VGA movies can be recorded as 640 x 480 (10 fps), 320 x 240 (30 fps) and 160 x 120 (15 fps) and are stored as AVI (Motion JPEG compressed + WAVE monaural). Still images are stored as JPEG compression (Exif 2.2). The Canon A430 has a real-image zoom optical viewfinder and images can be viewed on the 1.8" P-Si TFT monitor which has approximately 100% coverage and adjustable brightness.

White Balance modes are auto, daylight, cloudy, tungsten, custom and fluorescents, ISO equivalents are auto/64/100/200/400 and the built-in flash modes include; auto, manual on/off, slow sync and red-eye reduction.

The Canon PowerShot A430 is supplied with 2x AA size alkaline batteries with an approximate battery life of 90 shots with an AC adaptor kit available as an optional accessory. Images can be stored on SD/MMC card and a 16MB memory card is supplied with the PowerShot A430.

Software includes Canon's ZoomBrowser EX (Windows) and ImageBrowser (Mac) with membership of CANON iMAGE GATEWAY providing 100MB of web space for sharing online. The Canon PowerShot A430 is PictBridge compatible and is available in silver grey, gold, red and blue.

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Canon PowerShot A430 Specifications & Features

  • 4 Megapixels
  • 4 x Optical Zoom
  • 3.6 x Digital Zoom
  • 14 x Combined Zoom
  • 1cm Focusing Distance
  • Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H and Custom Balance Settings
  • 1.8" Low temperature P-Si TFT, approx. 77,000 pixels
  • Auto, Manual, On and Off Flash Modes
  • Red Eye Reduction
  • Maximum Image Size 2272 x 1704 Pixels
  • 640 x 480 10fps Movies up to 1GB
  • PictBridge Compatible
  • Secure Digital (SD/SDHC) or MultiMedia (MMC) Card - 16MB SD Card supplied
  • 2x Size-AA Alkaline or NiMH Batteries
  • Approximate Weight 160g

Canon PowerShot A430 User Reviews

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Reviewer: Graham - UK
I had my first digi camera stolen.. I bought a Canon A430 after being undecided what to get.. I got talking to a camera shop sales woman who got out several cameras for me to handle.. I liked the feel of the A430, seemed to fit my hand snugly... I used it for several months then I was asked to photograph my friends wedding rings for her album cover. She was so pleased with the result as I was in close up mode. on the 21/06/2007 I photographed her wedding from start to finish signing the register and walking up the aisle to thewm leaving at night for their honeymoon.. The camera handles large crowds of people with ease after I struggled to get them in the right order.. I took 60 photos in differing light conditions: In thre sunshine, rain, and at the recption.. I tried to keep to natural light which faded a little as the night wore on.. I was happy with the results and so was the bride and groom.. I made two CD's for the happy couple as a wedding present from me....

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Reviewer: Sassi - UK
Mum bought me this for Christmas as I had been going on about having a camera of my own for ages. It is very easy to use and I have got some lovely pictures that I have taken to school and shown my friends.

I know some of my friends would like one now - hope they are lucky too.

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Reviewer: mike - UK
If you going out taking pictures for the day and haven't yet bought any rechargeable batteries then I would suggest taking a pocketful of AAs with you. Mind you, this is really the only negative thing I have to say as, apart from the battery life, it is a great little everyday camera.

Good price, easy to use and enough featurs to keep me interested.

Would recommend for older children and starters.

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Reviewer: Deepa - UK
A friend of mine, who is a much more experienced photographer than me, gave me this camera when he bought a replacement - he thought it would be a good one for me to learn on.

I have to agree with him because I have found it so easy to pick up and use and produce great results, there are so many features to help me with different situations.

I have bought another memory card as the 16MB that I was given with the camera is not big enough.

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Reviewer: Bonzo - UK
For - easy to use, small in size, speedy, lots of features.
Against - battery life (buy rechargeables they are much better), 16MB memory card not big enough, flash could be better

However, good camera for its price

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