It's pretty much spot on. Among the available options is Smart Flash Exposure that will automatically trigger fill-in flash if it detects harsh shadows on a subject's face for example.
Face detection, self portrait enabling Face Self Timer, plus automatic red eye correction if first activated via the on-board menu screens also combine to ensure that portraits come out looking the best they possibly can within the operational parameters of the camera itself.
Again, as with the latest generation IXUS models, the A features a Low Light Mode for low light imagery, which, along with Motion Detection Technology, aims to prevent blurred shots when shooting handheld. Two notable scene modes are the color saturation reducing 'Poster Effect', and, by contrast, saturation enhancing Super Vivid mode. Video recording too can be found here, though at a modest standard definition x pixels at 30fps, which even when coupled with the 10 megapixel headline resolution, doesn't really suggest much need for the camera's offered compatibility with extremely high capacity up to 2TB SDXC cards alongside the more commonly available SDHC up to 32GB.
Of course you have to make some compromises for the cheaper price point and these go further than the plastic body and AA batteries. Generally the A, equipped with a Digic III rather than IV processor like its IXUS counterparts, is slower, a case in point being that the user has to put up with occasional on-screen prompts informing them that they will have to wait to take a shot while the flash charges. Also on a practical level, the A's shutter release is very sensitive with little feel of a definite halfway 'bite' point at which the camera traditionally sets focus and exposure.
In fact one could say it's over sensitive, with just a fraction harder press prompting the camera to take the shot while the user is in fact still framing up. As mentioned above, the A has unfortunately dispensed with any form of hand-grip, although, with batteries inserted lending a bit of weight and the camera's overall bulkier than usual proportions for its point and shoot class, this doesn't feel like a model that could suddenly slip from your grasp.
At the top of the left-hand corner of the camera body is a lug for attaching the customary wrist strap provided in the box. A press of the latter and the A powers up in just over a second, such speed in this case belying its budget status, rear LCD blinking into life whilst the zoom lens extends to its maximum not-very-wideangle setting.
Go on to take the shot and there's a wait of three seconds whilst a maximum resolution JPEG is committed to memory, screen briefly blanking out then freezing with a display of the captured image. The rocker switch for operating the 3. Below this control is an obvious playback button. Press this, and then the zoom rocker again and you can crop into an image to check detail, or, by pressing the wideangle end of the zoom switch, call up recent shots as a series of thumbnails, each subsequent press bringing up an ever increasing number of thumbnails and thus increasingly smaller ones.
Next, at the bottom of the pad, is a means of deleting duff images on the fly or selecting the self-timer options two seconds, 10 seconds or custom option , whilst the ability to adjust the flash settings off, slow synchro, on, auto and switch focus from infinity to macro and back complete the package. Beneath the cross keys are two further buttons.
There's no button marked 'display' as one might expect to find, but rather one that allows the user to alternately tab between still image and video capture. Press this and four shooting mode options are shown on a toolbar across the top of the screen.
First is full auto - or Smart Auto - next is Program, which allows for a modest amount of manual tweaking, then scene mode s here's where you'll find the poster mode, super vivid, blur reduction and low light options, the latter two modes dropping resolution down to two megapixels, along with face self timer , and finally the video capture option.
If staying in video mode users can manually tweak white balance settings or choose from the My Colors options, including Vivid, Neutral, Sepia, Black and White, plus Custom colour options. In regular auto mode, the wider range of options is disabled so all the user can adjust is image size and quality, while, if switching to Program mode, users have additional access to ISO ISO , evaluative, centre weighted or spot metering, plus single shot or continuous capture options.
The button to the right of this is the self explanatory 'menu'. But even at ISO , noise and noise suppression are well-balanced, making 4x6 prints possible. When photos are viewed at percent, you will see noise, particularly in darker areas of photos. However, it's nothing that would keep me from recommending this model. Basically, the more light you have, the better off you'll be, but as long as your subjects aren't moving, you'll get nice photos indoors and out.
The lens has minor barrel distortion at its widest position and no discernible pincushion distortion when zoomed out. Center sharpness is very good, though there was some softness in the very corners. The amount of purple fringing in high-contrast areas is average for its class: visible when photos are viewed at full size, but not likely to destroy a photo.
Colors are great from the A vivid, bright, and pleasing. Exposure is generally very good, though clipped highlights aren't out of the question. The auto white balance indoors is warm, so if you don't like what you're seeing, I suggest using a preset or taking a manual reading. The Movie mode is VGA-only with no use of the optical zoom while recording; digital zoom is available, but I'd use it sparingly. The video quality is good enough for a quick clip to post online, but not much else.
There's a Low Light setting that captures 2-megapixel shots at ISOs from to , although I wouldn't bother using it, as the results, even at small sizes, just aren't good.
Canon also includes Face Self-Timer, which, when activated, will wait to take a shot until the camera detects an additional face in the frame. Top 17 Best Cameras For Kids There are no comments here! Be the first!
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