Owners Ratings:
Canon PowerShot A80 (Overall)

Click for full specifications: Canon PowerShot A80
3.9 million effective pixels
38 mm - 114 mm (3x) zoom
Average rating (218 responses)

 Construction()()()()()() 4.43
 Features()()()()()() 4.65
 Image quality()()()()()() 4.58
 Ease of use()()()()()() 4.56
 Value for money()()()()()() 4.53
 Overall()()()()()() 4.55

Owners Opinions: Canon PowerShot A80

NamePostedOpinion preview
Schwarze_Sonne29 Aug 09The camera served me for many years, traveled around the world, ...
farmdevil16 Apr 07This is an excellent camera. But for me personally, it occupies ...
bearchow18 Oct 06after owning one of these shortly after they hit the market and ...
fstoponepointfour30 Jun 06I bought mine back in april 2004 and have taken 1000's of photos ...
JimAWG5 Jun 06Great until E18 Error brought it to a screaming halt for no ...
Jack Steehler6 Jan 06Excellent P/S camera. We've used this model for about a year ...
Carlos Eduardo25 Sep 05Excelente equipamento, ótima empunhadura, grande autonomia de ...
gordon00717 Jun 05(No text)
kamaaina20 May 05After having the camera a year I had a chance to REALLY use it ...
JoBo8 Apr 05I have had this camera for over a year, replacing my first ...
ithus10 Mar 05Already used it for 1 year, all is excellent, the pictures, the ...
coco_r2 Mar 05+1 year of using, 6000 photos and still very satisfied! Good ...
leuleu16 Feb 05(No text)
astrian7 Feb 051. high quality pictures2. accurate white balance3. long battery ...
astrian7 Feb 051. high quality pictures2. accurate white balance3. long battery ...
adahucis29 Jan 05so far so good, take high quality photos up to 8 RS.
sakisan14 Jan 05Nice photossharp focusgreat price - $250 onlynot eat batteries
clearday7 Jan 05Great camera, flip out screen best feature. Good quality photos ...
grandunla31 Dec 04I am happy to be the 200 persons who gives comment on this ...
Darhawk30 Dec 04I bought this camera Oct 2003 and it is now Dec 2004. I am very ...
mikalau4 Dec 04have it for already one year now, just feeling it's a very good ...
carrhighlander4 Dec 04(No text)
brassis127 Nov 04an useful cam for all new photographers,the lcd can be twisted ...
john12318 Nov 04a lovely digi-cam, produces excellent pictures.have used it for ...
yesdoot15 Nov 04bought it for over 9 months, use it for every sunday, a superb ...
yesdoot15 Nov 04bought it for over 9 months, use it for every sunday, a superb ...
Dave Ellis15 Nov 04From the outset i have found the A80 to be frought with ...
braly09013 Nov 04my wife's favourite digital camera, with lot of functions, with ...
ipch11 Nov 04相片的質素不俗,&
b211 Nov 04very excellent photo qualitylong battery lifefocus accuratelygoo
tbben9 Nov 04I have had the camera for 3 months.Scenery / Landscape pictures ...
susannayip31 Oct 041. superb nice pictures2. sharp marco3. with manual, AV,TV, Auto ...
sophia4026 Oct 04Excellent camera!!
daniel_lin23 Oct 04have this camera for 1 year, still in very healthy and excellent ...
daniel_lin23 Oct 04have this camera for 1 year, still in very healthy and excellent ...
Mike SSS8 Oct 04To happy owners of a 80 :-) Ladies and Gentelmens need your help.
rick5 Oct 04sometimes age defines quality as time goes by, and as people ...
Aydar19 Sep 04I bought this camera after a half a year research the market in ...
leuiod18 Sep 04nice digital camera for new home users,very sharp marco and ...
whippet lady10 Sep 04I've had my A80 for 12 months now, and I can honestly say that I ...
godwin8 Sep 04I have been using a80 for the past 8 months.its really a feature ...
andrea.lenzi@enel.it7 Sep 04The best buy at the present price !I have bought it when it was ...
parkwel1 Sep 04so far so good camera, best for beginner.best photos quality and ...
i8kermit25 Aug 04This is a wonderful camera. BUY IT! I'll start by saying I did ...
John A Pile25 Aug 04Beautiful piece of engineering. Camera performs extremely well ...
michael wileman22 Aug 04I have owned many digital cameras,but this one is the best i ...
chas300018 Aug 04Owned A40 before this and loved it. A80 is nice upgrade. filp ...
lpl18 Aug 04Excellent
Big Chill A17 Aug 04BEWARE...E18...BEWARE!!! CANON DOES NOT SEEM INTERESTED IN ...
lobo23516 Aug 04After using many digital cameras of Friends, Family, coworkers ...
crusi14 Aug 04I am a really novice photographer (if may i use this word ...
sputza12 Aug 04The A80 is one of the best cams that is on the digital market. ...
csalvian12 Aug 04This camera has been fantastic! We bought it a few months ago to ...
CDima12 Aug 04(No text)
Bill Allen11 Aug 04I used the camera on our vacation and it worked flawlessly. It ...
Anthropos3 Aug 04A really good camera! I bought the A80 about a month ago, have ...
TRAN Vu30 Jul 04Nice picture, good priceI bought it 1 week ago, and shot some ...
Gaby VS29 Jul 04What should I buy? Canon A80, Canon S410 or Sony W1? Which is ...
Ananda29 Jul 04I have been using this camera since December 2003 and i have ...
Swindon Pete27 Jul 04This is my first digital camera and I'm having lots of fun with ...
mmace22 Jul 04Canon defect E18.I owned S45 (still do, now broken). The fact ...
Tarjeiv19 Jul 04Bad autofocus, horrible on contrasts, all in all a no-good ...
leibniz17 Jul 04My first digital camera and I love it. Actually, it's my first ...
Salvatore Chiazzese15 Jul 04Very good image quality. Solid structure, with metal and sturdy ...
Ken Timchuck10 Jul 04I bought the camera yesterday so I am just getting use to all ...
Hajo9 Jul 04Excellent value for the price. More features than 300D. I'm now
JT523 Jul 04Fantastic camera for the price. Good for new users and for ...
Sean Bean29 Jun 04I originally purchased an S400 a few months ago, and this was ...
salamander25 Jun 04Love/hate - I've had this camera for about 4 months now. I love ...
Mathijs Beukema5 Jun 04Solid camera, nice rotatable lcd screen, very good macro ...
julia25 May 04excellent camera. very good sharpness. I am happier with this ...
Saeid23 May 04fantastic sharpness. i'm so impressed. i will post an image for ...
mrnews23 May 04This is my second digital camera, and my second Canon A-series. ...
nostromo9 May 04As owner of a 10D i use the A80 as a 'take to everywhere' cam. ...
T-Ray7 May 04I have been using my A80 for about three months now. I must ...
maabril5 May 04As a use of EOS Cameras , Elan , EOS5 , EOS620 , I find this ...
rmadams28 Apr 04I purchased this camera back in November '03. Since this is my ...
ozziegn28 Apr 04Bought the A80 for $159 including sales tax with the recent ...
Omar28 Apr 04This is my second digicam. as a starter i am totally happy. the ...
pictaker22 Apr 04The camera provides just what Canon said the camera would. ...
BrianBK22 Apr 04A nice digital camera with excellent pictures quality.bought it ...
longtimer13 Apr 04I have had the A80 for three months and bought it after a long ...
Ed.S9 Apr 04A camera that rocks!!!This is my second digital camera and my ...
Ariel Macedo9 Apr 04Excellent product, worth every dollar I payed for it.I'm happy ...
glenn6036 Apr 04the A80 is an excellent all-around digital camera. easy enough ...
raymond626 Mar 04same opinion with rienzi235 below, a very excellent camera and ...
rienzi23525 Mar 04My earlier views regarding the excellence of the A80 have not ...
Jayar23 Mar 04Takes nice pictures, but my one failed badly.
lindawuong21 Mar 04相片質素高,顏色&
lindawuong21 Mar 04相靚, 夠sharp;save ...
suen200019 Mar 04A80 is one of the digital cams which is great value for money, ...
Black12318 Mar 04My third digital cam, highly recommend to all new users, easy to ...
sheong16 Mar 04This is my second digital camera. I love it. Image quality best. ...
mike bustad14 Mar 04I have this camera to take when I don't want to use my 10D and ...
Smiley7712 Mar 04This is the best camera yet. I love it so much. :o) I got ...
Potts11 Mar 04I am very pleased with this camera, feature wise its second to ...
NickR9 Mar 04Wanted a digital camera before going on vacation, tired of film ...
esbri9 Mar 04A great digital camera. outstanding pics
k397 Mar 04(No text)
DennisM3212 Mar 04Nice features and easy to use
John Hor29 Feb 04I am almost ready to buy the A80 after an intensive reading of ...
Civi28 Feb 04very-very good camera! realy!
Too Choosy27 Feb 04After seeing how fun, convenient and cost-effective digital ...
hstoffels27 Feb 04I've had this camera for two months and have used it extensively ...
Kathy Block26 Feb 04I’ve only had this camera a few weeks and have found to perform ...
markodaris24 Feb 04Camera OK/ Drivers SUX. I wanted to warn the future buyer about ...
Andre Mader23 Feb 04The wonderful picture quality, great features and ease of use of ...
Andre Mader23 Feb 04The wonderful picture quality, great features and ease of use of ...
ozute22 Feb 04This is my 3rd digicam, and by far the best. I had a Fuji S602 ...
Adit Mahale16 Feb 04I just purchased the Canon Powershot A80 and I believe it is an ...
andygsu16 Feb 04I've had this camera since November of 2003 and I have taken ...
Sanctuary16 Feb 04This is my first digital camera. I use it for about 14 months. I ...
John Demanuele16 Feb 04This little Canon sure has power! I have used it for about 3 ...
geop15 Feb 04Being a newcomer to serious photography as well as digital ...
Pascal S13 Feb 04I acquired this camera a little over a week ago, after doing ...
Martin Joergensen12 Feb 04I bought the A80 as a replacementr for my CoolPix 775, with ...
Billie212 Feb 04I decided to go with the Canon A80 for just 2 reasons.. After a ...
Precipice11 Feb 04I love this camera! I bought it for a business trip to Europe, ...
Forbes11 Feb 04I was one of the early purchasers of this camera. Originally I ...
jeandegun8 Feb 04A80 Could have been a super great camera BUT has lost the A70 ...
Carsten Segerlin8 Feb 04This is my first digitalcamera.Reasonable price in Denmark: DKK ...
zolatoy2 Feb 04I have taken about 1000 pictures and still every picture I take ...
seabird2 Feb 04a very nice digital camera for new users, with high quality ...
matt5371 Feb 04I’m shooting pictures with the A80 for about two month now. It’s ...
Naren Kanar28 Jan 04(No text)
A80Joe27 Jan 04This being my second digi cam, I can appreciate it's ...
Shrirang Nene27 Jan 04This was my first digital camera and its been a pleasure to use ...
marcus_swe27 Jan 04Ok this was my first digital camera. After months and months of ...
jon ajuna25 Jan 04fantastic little camera! this is our first digital having used ...
Suffix25 Jan 04(No text)
peter pan25 Jan 04I have just brought this A80 1 hour ago in Hong Kong at HK$3050 ...
Ramnik21 Jan 04I had planned to buy A70 but bought A80 even though it was a ...
hendra poerwita21 Jan 04this is my third digicam, I decided to buy this one after read ...
km21 Jan 04Excellent digital camera for me, nice photo quality and ...
gal ben gur17 Jan 04Made In China!!!Hi, I read so many reviews before I decided on ...
LAURENT R.17 Jan 04After one month and one thousand picture, still glad to use it ! ...
Peter P15 Jan 04I've been taking pics / developing since childhood.I'm one of ...
Mervf15 Jan 04Bought this camera since a month ago. I think this camera's ...
Asif Zaidi14 Jan 04(No text)
Jarrett Gorin14 Jan 04Overall this is a great camera. We needed a basic ...
Stéphane14 Jan 04I bought the Canon A80 about 1 month ago and took about 900 ...
Pim Boswijk14 Jan 04It took a time to get this camera. It was difficult to get in ...
Russell Neilson13 Jan 04First of all, the construction rating: It was dropped (almost ...
clownfish11 Jan 04This is my first digicam, which I chose over my other option, ...
Enigmata11 Jan 04Purchased camera several months ago, and have been trying it out ...
Simon w.l. Lin11 Jan 04Very good DCto get better image in focus need to trun off ...
inkyape10 Jan 04Impressive. Decided on this one over the canon s50, since a lot ...
sanna v.d. heide9 Jan 04I bought this camera after a long time reading reviews and ...
Tim Chmielewski4 Jan 04I am still working out all the features on this camera after ...
Daniel Dobrin3 Jan 04What can i say? I bought the camera and the camera is great. I ...
Albert2 Jan 04http://albert.achtung.com/cameras/A80/index.htmlI have given a ...
Grizzl.E.ace2 Jan 04Santa brought me this camera that had been on my wish list since ...
Mr. Palomar2 Jan 04The image quality is very good, better than all the other ...
Boon Hin30 Dec 03Everything else is good except the following :
Fabrizio Trabison30 Dec 03(No text)
Robert Confare28 Dec 03All I have to say is.....WOW! I have been looking for a camera ...
thunderation20 Dec 03This is my fourth digital camera and they just keep getting ...
boozm19 Dec 03The A70 could be a better option if you're undecided. The 2 ...
jonlee118 Dec 03I have had at least 8 other digital cameras prior to this one ...
L Skeet15 Dec 03Very well made and easy to use compact camera with mostly metal ...
whitelabel14 Dec 03Has vignetting at wide and fringing. Otherwise above average ...
crodog12 Dec 03I have had the A80 for about 6 weeks. It is a great camera for ...
Shekharpatel12 Dec 03This is my 3rd digital camera (Nikon990, Canon G1 and now A80). ...
andreas.wikstrand12 Dec 03I´ve been using my new A80 for a month now and I have explored ...
LerBH11 Dec 03Got this A80 about 3 weeks ago. This is my first digital camera, ...
Photoballs8 Dec 03I was innitally impressed with this camera. But the main ...
Rob Bernhard8 Dec 03In short: this is a fantastic camera for the money. This is the ...
asiafish7 Dec 03I'll start by saying that I don't own the Powershot A80. I own ...
brian5 Dec 03my second digital camera, and it is an excellent camera. the ...
qingfish4 Dec 03plenty of manual functionalities. the 1/1.8' CCD produces low ...
Lorenzo Campori29 Nov 03A tiny gem. No RAW files. This is the only missing feature in an ...
Tapan28 Nov 03This is my first digital camera and I am very much happy with ...
JoeD26 Nov 03I've had the A80 for 2 weeks now. My first Digital camera was a ...
BarryJ26 Nov 03This is my first digital camera. I wanted something with ...
Edwin CHAN25 Nov 03I'm a 10D owner and ex-G3 owner. I take this camera with me ...
Diego G. Momotiuk25 Nov 03Excellent manual camera for this price. The swiveling LCD is a ...
the claw23 Nov 03This is my first digital camera. It is extremely versatile and ...
David I Hale17 Nov 03I've been very impressed with the entire A-series cameras so far ...
Darryl Ellingson14 Nov 03Although I consider myself somewhat of a novice when it comes to ...
mcbit14 Nov 03Overall, it is not a bad camera. I've had it for almost a month ...
yoonheng13 Nov 03I have my A80 for abt 2 weeks.... At first I don't impress by it ...
Ken R12 Nov 03I've had the A80 for about 2 weeks now, and I've been very ...
iixer0ii12 Nov 03The Canon A80 is a great camera. You can start off as a novice ...
lizardking10 Nov 03Let me start by saying this is my first digital camera. I have ...
zorcas10 Nov 03Size, weight and features-especially the swivel-tilt LCD- makes ...
webdivauk9 Nov 03This is my second Digital camera, my first being a Kodak DX4900 ...
FearlessFloyd9 Nov 03ProsThis one replaced my 2 meg Kodak 280Z I have had for three y
Arun Jain8 Nov 03Excellent image quality. This is my second digital camera, after ...
Gary/Lou7 Nov 03I was reading some of the reviews and would have to agree with ...
Luppapa6 Nov 03The 4.5 for the image quality is for the occasional purple ...
ucla5 Nov 03This is my first digital camera. I did a lot of research before ...
flylow5 Nov 03The size of the LCD screen does appear smaller than the one on ...
CharlyD4 Nov 03I seem to be in the minority, but I just returned a CANON A80 ...
Smile693 Nov 03waited for this camera as i wanted the right camera for me... ...
Isabel Cutler3 Nov 03Having fallen in love the Canon S400 and having to share it with ...
dragius31 Oct 03What can i say great value for money, took night shots and close ...
wlachan30 Oct 03Construction: It feels solid and better built than A70. However, ...
6x4.530 Oct 03Looks very attractive at first, went to the shop, tried in on ...
Genka30 Oct 03Very good camera, but
Richard Hather28 Oct 03This was the first digital camera I bought and I was instantly ...
Richard T. Jones27 Oct 03This is my first digital camera, though I've previously used half
Kwak_Kwak27 Oct 03This is, as expected, a great camera. I reviewed many products ...
sh826 Oct 03(No text)
Feltr0426 Oct 03My first digital camera was a Fuji s602 zoom. I had to find a ...
Jonathan Timar25 Oct 03(No text)
uraso24 Oct 03This is my first digicam after many months of learning from ...
Cary S.24 Oct 03For me, my 2 week old A80 was a compromise between what I really ...
adrock24 Oct 03i got my a80 this morning and have already fallen in love with ...
Kevin Cole22 Oct 03The A80 is solid and well built despite only part of the case ...
Thomas_S21 Oct 03I struggled for weeks with the decision whether wait for the A80 ...
St. George21 Oct 03This is my first digicam so I have little to compare it to. I ...
telco12321 Oct 03I have found this to be an excellent camera. I previously owned ...
Charles TS Chan21 Oct 03(No text)
Cotta21 Oct 03(No text)
mtleu20 Oct 03This an excellent camera which is out of my expectation. I have ...
btbrown20 Oct 03Feels good in the hands. LCD small but sharp - flip-out worth ...
btbrown20 Oct 03(No text)
sueanne19 Oct 03(No text)

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