Canon PowerShot A640
10.0 megapixels | 2.5" screen | 35 – 140 mm (4×)
At Photokina 2006, Canon launched successors to the popular A610 and A620 PowerShots. Both cameras featured 2.5-inch vari-angle LCD screens, 4x optical zooms, Digic II processors and higher megapixel sensors; 10 megapixels for the A640 and 8.0 megapixels for the A630. Both the new cameras also offered a maximum ISO 800 sensitivity setting and a new 'Safety Zoom' feature.
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Like many new compacts this year, the PowerShot A640 is basically an enhanced version of an earlier model. Since its predecessor was the award-winning A620 though, this is no bad thing. Essentially Canon’s taken the A620, enlarged its screen to 2.5in, popped in a 10 Megapixel sensor and...
Like many new compacts this year, the PowerShot A640 is basically an enhanced version of an earlier model. Since its predecessor was the award-winning A620 though, this is no bad thing. Essentially Canon’s taken the A620, enlarged its screen to 2.5in, popped in a 10 Megapixel sensor and increased the maximum sensitivity to 800 ISO.
Taking each enhancement in turn, the bigger screen is welcome and puts it in line with other compacts.
We’re also really pleased Canon’s kept the...
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