Canon PowerShot A630 - UK Digital Camera Review

Canon PowerShot A630 Review

The Canon PowerShot A630 has 8 megapixel CCD, 4x optical and 4x digital zoom which when combined give approximately 16x zoom producing high quality results.

Four AA size alkaline or NiMH batteries (NB4-200) can power the Canon PowerShot A630 giving approximately 350 shots with the alkaline batteries supplied. Images are stored on SD/SDHC/MMC memory card with 16MB card supplied with the camera.

Canon PowerShot A630 Front
Canon PowerShot A630 Back

Still images are stored as JPEG compression (Exif 2.2) and movies as AVI (Motion JPEG compression + WAVE monaural). Movies can be recorded as 640 x 480 (30/15 fps), 320 x 240 (30/15 fps) and 160 x 120 (15 fps).

The Canon PowerShot A630 houses DIGIC II with iSAPS technology and has 9-point AiAF, 1-point AF. ISo modes are; auto, high ISO auto, 80/100/200/400/800, White Balance has auto, cloudy, tungsten, daylight, fluorescents, custom and underwater and the built in flash modes include; auto, manual on/off, slow-sync and red-eye reduction.

Images can be viewed on the vari-angle 2.5" P-Si TFT monitor and the PowerShot A630 has a real-image zoom optical viewfinder.

Shooting modes include; auto, program/shutter priority/ aperture priority AE, manual, night, stitch assist and custom together with scene modes where settings have been preselected - night, kids & pets, foliage, beach, fireworks, snow, indoor, underwater, colour accent and colour swap. The Canon A630 also has the My Colours mode with choices of; off, vivid, sepia, neutral, black & white, light/dark skin, custom and positive film.

The Canon A630 is PictBridge compatible.

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Canon PowerShot A630 Specifications & Features

  • 8 Megapixels
  • 4 x Optical Zoom
  • 4 x Digital Zoom
  • 16 x Combined Zoom
  • 1cm Focusing Distance
  • Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H, Underwater and Custom White Balance Settings
  • Vari-angle 2.5" Low temperature P-Si TFT, approx. 115,000 pixels
  • Auto, Manual, On and Off Flash Modes
  • Red Eye Reduction
  • Maximum Image Size 3264 x 2448 Pixels
  • 640 x 480 30fps Movies up to 1GB
  • PictBridge Compatible
  • Secure Digital (SD/SDHC) or MultiMedia (MMC) Card - 16MB SD Card supplied
  • 4x Size-AA Alkaline or NiMH Batteries
  • Approximate Weight 245g

Canon PowerShot A630 User Reviews

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Reviewer: Miranda - UK
My Dad is a photographer but I have only recently developed an interest in taking photographs myself. He suggested I try the A630 and this camera has certainly encouraged me to continue.

It is easy to hold, the menus are fairly easy to master and with all the features available it doesn't seem capable of taking a bad shot.

I am very pleased with what I have achieved so far and I can see that I still have a lot of experimenting I can do, such as using the My Colors feature (I can dream up some unusual photos here).

Would recommend this to anyone

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Reviewer: dave - UK
Having previously been a Sony fan, I was taking a chance buying this camera but, on paper, it looked to be a worthwhile gamble. Outcome is that I am very pleased I took the risk, it is a great camera and I have done some of my best work so far. With 8 megapixels, 4x zoom and DIGIC II, precision and colour are excellent and another excellent feature is the swivelling LCD screen. The stitch assist mode has let me take some very passable panoramic shots and the My Colors is worth playing with. All in all well worth buying.

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