Review based on a production Canon PowerShot A720 IS
The PowerShot A720 IS is a minor update to the A710 IS and is the latest in Canon's popular 'A-series' of cameras offering a strong feature set and good degree of user control at a competitive price. It isn't the smallest or most powerful camera in the World, (or even in the Canon range), but it does a little bit of everything and gives a good degree of control over what the camera is doing, if you want it. This focus on making small cameras that do their job well has seen Canon dominate this sector of the market for some time so it will be interesting to see if the A720 IS does anything to upset this situation. The specification highlights are:
- 8.0 Megapixels and 6x zoom
- Optical Image Stabilizer
- DIGIC III processor with Face Detection AF/AE
- ISO 1600
- 17 shooting modes including VGA movies (30 fps) with sound
- Optional accessories available, including Underwater Case
Key differences compared to A 710 IS
As mentioned above the A720 IS is an incredibly subtle revision of the A710 IS. The full extent of those changes reads something like:
- More pixels (8.0 vs 7.1 million)
- Face detection AE/AF
- ISO range extends to 1600
1 comments:
Canon A720 powershot is good camera
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