Canon PowerShot A460 Digital Camera - Silver (5.0MP, 4x Optical Zoom) 2.0" LCD

Amazon Customer Reviews

(5 out of 5)

Excellent!

Bought this new model as my first digital camera and boy, am I impressed, this is an excellent camera! It comes in a range of colours (red, blue or silver) and the pack includes AA batteries, wrist strap, memory card (only 16MB - I recommend you purchase a 1Gb card as you'll want to take loads of pics & video clips with this), cable to connect to the tv, camera to computer USB cable, basic camera user guide, advanced camera user guide + software to edit your photos from your computer. Digital cameras use alot of power so I recommend you invest in a battery charger & rechargeable AA batteries for this camera. The new A460 camera (replacing the previous A430)has a 2 inch LCD screen, 5MP, 4x optical zoom & movies with sound. Images are excellent-even in low light using the auto flash (which you can override). Colours, contrast, detailed pictures are all superb. Focusing is extremely quick and accurate with a green square(s) appearing on the LCD screen to show you what is being focused on before the picture is taken. You can use the Auto mode if you prefer for the camera to automatically select settings and just point and shoot or there are loads of manual settings you can select and play around with for those who are more adventurous. The software supplied is very easy to use and its amazing how you can edit your photos. A great site for printing your photos is PhotoBox - as a new customer and applying via Amazon I got 90 free prints! I researched many different camera review sites before deciding on this camera (camera.co.uk is an excellent site - although the existing review is on the previous Canon A430). This is an excellent camera at a great price, I'm 100% happy with my new toy - highly recommended!

(3 out of 5)

Great camera for low price, with 4 x optical zoom.

We chose this camera over the Canon IXUS range for a number of reasons:

1. Firstly, although the IXUS range is slightly smaller and in particular slimmer, we didn't consider the size issue to be worth spending double the money on the equivalent IXUS. This camera, the A460, is perfectly small enough to fit on your pocket or handbag.

2. The optical 4x zoom is great, and you generally only get 3x zoom on the thinner style cameras. Simply, the greater the optical zoom, the better your pictures will be. Read up on the difference between optical zoom and digital zoom if you don't know the difference - it is optical zoom that is important!

3. Price. For less than £100 you can buy the camera, the DCC-400 case, a 2GB memory card which will hold approx 1000 photos, and some rechargable batteries.

We've had the camera for 6 months now, and noticed just one negative point. In dusk or dark conditions when you can't or don't want to use flash (for example in a museum, or if taking distance shots sightseeing) this camera is not great, the image is dark and grainy compared to our other more expensive Olympus camera. But other than that, and for pictures in normal light conditions, or with regular flash indoor pictures the camera is great.

(4 out of 5)

Not bad for the price

For Canon's reputation and the relatively cheap price, the Canon PowerShot A460 seems to be a good camera. I enjoyed the 4x optical zoom and the 5 mega pixels are just good enough for quick photos.
This camera is not as slim as it appears to be or compared to other cameras. The 16MB memory card that comes in the box is just enough for around 10 photos so one might want to consider buying a larger capacity card directly.

(5 out of 5)

Super for use at school

We orginally purchased 6 of these for school use by teachers and primary children. They were so good and robust, we have now purchased another 7 so each class has a camera. We set the camera at less pixels to get more on the card, and the quality is still good. We have never had any problems with them, even when they have been dropped!!! We use rechargeable batteries and they seem to last for ever before needing recharging. Certainly worth thinking about for school use.

(5 out of 5)

Excellent product recommended to others

I am not a good digital camera buyer, but when I bought this camera I was really impressed at the photo/video quality and the great capability to shoot photos in the dark. It also has a traditional viewer to get the angle view of the photo perfect.
This camera in any occasion will not let you down, with sharp, clear and precise photos/videos I would recommend this camera to anyone that wants a good start in Digital Photography or does it as a hobby.
In conclusion, I would give this camera a 10/10 score.