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Canon PowerShot A530 (the cheese, 28 Oct 06)

Click for full specifications: Canon PowerShot A530
5.0 million effective pixels
35 mm - 140 mm (4x) zoom		the cheese's Rating

 Construction()()()()() 3.00
 Features()()()()() 4.00
 Image quality()()()()()() 3.50
 Ease of use()()()()() 4.00
 Value for money()()()()()() 4.50
 Overall()()()()()() 3.80

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Opinion

I've received this camera in exchange for my broken A70, which I think is excellent service from Canon.

This is an improvement in many ways:

- Higher resolution

- 4x zoom

- Higher ISO up to 800

- Faster focus

- Losts of features (Not many that I care about)

It's a great snapshot cam for a very reasonable price.

Problems

I am a little dissapointed in the improvements Canon has made with regards to noise. ISO 400 is almost as noisy as my 3-year old A70 ISO 400. (Fuji did much better in the F20 and F30). It got more detail/less noise reduction than my old A70 though.

I was a little supprised that it hardly has an aperture control. It has only 2 step: Wide open and 1/4 open. There is nothing in between or above. This makes it not the perfect cam for learning photography, in a hardware perspective.

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