Canon PowerShot A480 10 MP Digital Camera with

Good camera, good value
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
It’s comparable to other cameras at similar price. Decent not too big size, good lens, plenty of auto settings for the average birthday pictures. I picked it because I wanted the smallest camera I could find but that still took AA batteries. This is about it. Size, battery, features and value are all about right. The only thing it was missing for me is you can not take pictures at lower resolution. You always have to take 10 megapixel pictures. I was thinking I would most often like to take smaller sized pictures and only take 10mp pictures when I was doing something special. But you can’t change that setting. So if you want to take pictures and email them to people the photos are going to be large files unless you manually resize them. Otherwise, decent value.

It just takes good pictures
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Easy to use,very good battery life,Pictures are true to color. Red or blue looks very nice. 1 to 2 secs between shots, with flash on 4 to 6 secs,start up time is 1.5 to 2 secs. I use 2 aa energizer lithium batterys or 2650 to 2900mah rechargable batterys and can get 600 pictures. A 2 gig sd card san disk ultra II or III will give you about 750 pictures. The lcd screen is not the greatest but not bad for the price,it just will not show you how good your pictures really are. This camera does not have image stabilzertion but still does very well with out it. I bought a red one for 6 year old granddaughter and the blue for my 4 year grandson and they use them every day. I also use them because of thier great pictures.

Good Inexpensive Camera
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I purchased this camera for a fly-in fishing trip to Canada. I wanted something that was relatively inexpensive, highly reliable, and used AA batteries. This camera took excellent photos both indoors and outdoors. I would highly recommend it.

lens didn’t work
Rating:3 out of 5 stars
I don’t own this camera. I bought it for a friend as a gift. She was able to take some pretty good photos with it, but after only 10 days, the lens faltered and failed to retract and now we have to get it fixed. Hopefully, this is uncommon, but it’s something you as a future buyer might want to know.

“Almost” sent it back.
Rating:2 out of 5 stars
After receiving the camera I almost sent it back because I was so disappointed in the quality of the pictures. It doesn’t have “Image Stabilization” and believe me you can tell. I knew that it didn’t have “IS” when I bought it but I chose to listen to the reviews that said it took great pictures instead of those who said it had poor quality photos. That is my fault and it will never happen again. The up side is that it can take some great normal everyday pictures. They come out clear and the camera is very easy to use. If you are trying to take special pictures though, like football games at night, then forget it. All my pictures I have taken have been blurry no matter how I try to set the camera or using a tripod. If you don’t zoom at all you can get “some” good pics but any zoom at all and the pics will make you nauseous. Because I have another camera to use for the night time action photos I have been able to make this one work for me which is why I didn’t send it back. I can’t express enough though not to waste your money on a camera that doesn’t have some type of Image or Picture Stabilization on it. You’re wasting your money if you do!

Hungry for batteries
Rating:3 out of 5 stars
Great camera except mine eats batteries. 30-35 photos and it says to replace batteries. The alkaline batteries, (normally 1.5 volts) test at 1.47 volts when it says to replace them. The “dead” batteries worked in a flashlight for 4 hours before I shut the flashlight off. It reccomends NiMH batteries for longer shooting time. NiMH batteries are 1.4 volts. They probably won’t even work in this camera. I took the camera to the CANON service center. I’m hoping they tell me there is something wrong and repairable. Otherwise I could spend more in batteries in a year than I spent on the camera.

John Parsons review of Canon PowerShot A480 camera
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
It is a bit smaller than I would like, but is ideal for the gift I chose it to provide. Fits neatly in a pocket, yet provides remarkable features for either point and shoot or adjustment for custom photos. I like it.

Love It
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I bought this product for us to take on vacation to Busch Gardens and loved it. Even though my two little ones could not stay still I got clear, great pictures of them.

great little camera for price
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I was pleasantly surprised at how easy this camera was for me to use,

I took several little videos and posted them right away for my kids,

I took them of myself, and of my cat, they came out beautifully,

The pictures I took were of myself also for account pics at facebook,

I just love the camera, haven’t had to change batteries yet either,

have been using it for a couple of weeks now,

also took some video of a ftreworks dispaly one night,

beautiful color, and good sound!

I am making a video diary of my move back to my home town,

I am very pleasantly surprised as I am electronically challenged.

Three Canon products, three disappointments.
Rating:1 out of 5 stars
I am very disappointed with Canon. I just bought Canon Powershot A480 digital camera. Prior to this, I few months ago, I bought Canon all-in-one printer for by business, and Canon disappointed me. The entire product didn’t work as I expected. It’s fax/phone doesn’t work properly. It’s scan require computer software to scan. Prior to that, my Canon digital camera malfunctioned which was replaced by PowerShot A520. Now, that camera’s lens cover doesn’t open automatically. I have to use my finger to open it. And now, the Canon’s ZoomBrowerEX software doesn’t work with installing / uninstalling /reinstalling. Is this Powershot A480 will be good camera? I wouldn’t bet on it. This is my last Canon product.

About as good as they get for under $100
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
I have used and owned probably well over 15 lower cost point and shoot cameras between home and work. Sony, Nikon, Polaroid, Kodak etc. My experience has been that the Canon is the best under $100 camera you can get. Just enough functions to suit whatever you want to shoot, clear pictures without any special photography skills, standard style USB hook-up (like 90% of devices use, not an oddball Canon-only thing or something like the Polaroid I had previously), uses the most common memory cards, etc. Also takes better video clips than most. I’d recommend the Canon to anyone looking for a camera under $100. This is the 3rd of 4th one I have or have had, and after I try others, I always go back to the Canon.

Great Camera
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
This is a great big camera in a little package. I already have a Canon Power Shot but it was big and bulky so I was looking for something smaller that I could carry in my pocket, but I didn’t want to sacrifice quality. This camera take wonderful pictures, and still has the video capability that I loved in my other Power Shot. Canon always makes a great camera, I definitely recommend this item!

Great little digital
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I purchased this camera for a quick trip out west and wanted to be able to stick it in my pocket without bulkiness of my regular digital. The quality of pictures, the ease of use and costing under $100 make the Power Shot A480 a winner! A full 10 MP, not much bigger than credit card and easy to download to my computer. Buyting any other compact digital just wouldn’t make any sense!

I think it’s just okay – not great.
Rating:3 out of 5 stars
I’m used to using my Canon SLR and love the results, but I wanted a camera I could toss in my purse and take with me wherever w/out lugging my slr around my neck or in a bag. I have always been a canon fan, and prior to my SLR I had a powershot and love it! This one falls short of ‘loving it’ by a mile. It takes a LONG time for the flash to ‘recharge’ and the autofocus is slow. It shoots okay pics but does tend to e a bit grainy-looking but then I haven’t really taken it out of the house in natural light or done much else other than indoor photos (son’s bday), but I’m not exactly impressed with this particular point and shoot. . .now it may be an improvement from the powershot I had before, but it’s been 3 or 4 years since I upgraded to the S3 IS and then the SLR so I’d have to search archived photos and compare. I do like the features it has – those are kinda neat and I’m looking forward to playing around and seeing what it can do. I guess with this camera being just a little over $100, you get what you pay for. Luckily my daughter (who is 10) has been wanting a dig. camera, so I’ll probably just box this one up and let her have it for Christmas. I’ll go buy the SX10 IS – I think it’s more what I’m looking for, even though it isn’t as small it is definately not as heavy and I LOVED the S3IS I used to have with awesome results – I’m sure that one won’t disappoint me!

Very good picture quality, solid value
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Bought two of these as gifts for two young nieces. Surprisingly good picture quality for such a reasonably priced point and shoot. Only downside would be that the body of the camera is quite thick and it would be difficult to pocket.

I love my little camera
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I just got my camera and so far I love it. The only thing I would have to say is that the recycle time is a little slow, so it wouldn’t be good if you had to take a lot of rapid shots. But I dont so its perfect for what I need.

fair
Rating:3 out of 5 stars
I am not thrilled with this camera but it works fine. My major complant with it is that it has to recharge the flash after every 5 pictures or so. Very annoying when you have to stop for your camera to charge!

Cute, simple, and compact
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
I’ve just had this nice Canon A480 camera 3 days. I bought it in exchange, returning a more expensive $200.00 canon model. With the $200.00 Canon model, too many adjustments were necessary before snapping the simplest picture which made mad. But this A480 has very few function buttons which makes it easy to operate. Of course it has setting functions for the more fussy photographer. But if you just want a picture to capture a moment, you can practically point & shoot. Good pictures outdoors and it takes REALLY GOOD FLASH SHOTS INDOORS AT NIGHTIME, which is most important to me for taking pictures in nightclubs.

I HAVE ONE WARNING ABOUT THIS CAMERA WHEN IT COMES TO INDOOR PHOTOS. To avoid blurry indoor photos in places where the lighting is subdued, push the shutter halfway down first to allow the camera to “auto focus” first. You will see the little square narrow down on the LCD screen and then the camera will beep. Once it beeps then you can now press the shutter all the way down to snap the picture. THE INSTRUCTIONS TELL YOU TO DO THIS, AND BELIEVE ME, IT IS IMPORTANT FOR INDOOR PHOTOS. If you dont do this, some of your indoor photos may come out a tad blurry. Most of the time the auto focus function works very well on it’s own by just snapping the picture. But there are times indoors when it wont auto-focus correctly by it self, and that’s when you have to push the shutter half way down to make it focus.

INSTRUCTION BOOKLET: The paper instruction booklet that is enclosed with the camera gives only short summarized instructions. If you want to read the helpful detailed intructions that will really help you to understand this camera, you will have to insert the CD into your computer and download the 114 paged booklet. Trust me, it’s worth it to download the book. I’m keeping this camera, but here’s my opinion “WHEN IT COMES TO INDOOR PHOTOS, NONE OF CANON’S DIGITAL CAMERAS ARE REALLY ‘POINT & SHOOT’. With all Canon cameras, indoors I adivse to check your focus first.

quality product for little money
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
very inexpensive canon that does what it says it will do. build quality seems to be good enough to last a few years if well taken care of. i bought five for a construction company and have had no problems as of yet.

Great starter, low-cost camera
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
Very nice, inexpensive camera. Takes regular AA batteries, so it is easy to always be ready to take some pics. I paired it with a cheap, hi-capacity memory card, and I can take photos for days.

The included settings are very nice and this camera takes very good photos right out of the box, no monkeying around. If you are a camera novice like me, and do not want to spend $200 or more on a camera, this camera is going to do everything you need it to do.

I am not a pro, nor an amateur, nor even much of a hobbyist. I do not read the manual that comes with cameras. I needed a small, light, not too expensive camera to be able to take nice, high res photos with good, accurate color and detail and that is exactly what I got, at a price that is shockingly good.

This is a very light, small camera, but it is maybe an inch to an inch and a half thick, so this is not the camera you want if you are looking for a tiny subcompact camera that fits in a shirt or jeans pocket with no bulge. But, it is small, but takes great pics, and there are a bunch of built-in scene modes, like Portrait, or Landscape–stuff like that so you can set the camera for what you are doing and take a nice picture. It has a 3.3x zoom, which is handy. You aren’t going to be able to see the lion’s eyeball if you take the camera on safari, but it allows you to zoom in on your friend’s face, or a houseplant, or your dog, whatever, without dancing back and forth, to and fro to get a good framed shot.

It is ready to take pictures in less than a second from the time you hit the power button, and it has surprisingly good battery life (I have a 5 MP Canon Powershot from 5 years ago higher up the line with doodads and features I only rarely used, but the battery life on that thing stinks). The battery life on this camera is pretty darned good.

Great starter camera for a kid or young adult, great camera for someone like me–who like to take some pics but will probably never worry about aperture or exposure or white level. All around, general purpose camera that rocks sums it up well.

pretty good for the price
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
this is a pretty good camera for the price… i initially had another canon that cost about the same but had horrible photo quality for indoor shots. this one is much better in low indoor/low-light settings and is very crisp in outdoor settings. the macro setting also isn’t horrible, and considering the price, is very good.

Good budget camera
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
this is a solid quality budget camera. For under $100, you get a camera that takes high-resolution (10megapixels) photos. Response time is however slow as it takes many seconds to recharge the flash and be ready for the next shot. There is no view finder other than the LCD screen. However, back to my previous point, this is a basic low-budget camera so you would need to manage your expectations. You get great pictures, easy of use, and not a lot of bells and whistles.

Best of the cheap
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
I am a real estate agent so I have been through a lot of point and shoot cameras. While I use a Rebel SLR to take my main pics, I chose this one to take anywhere since it’s small enough to pack and forget. The price is right, the quality is great, and it’s easy to use. Very intuitive. It is also easy to download pics to a computer. Actually this is my 2nd one. My kids dropped the first one and the zoom motor was broken, frozen in place. I can’t really blame the camera given that they dropped it from pretty high onto a hard tile floor. I figured that my shipping, return, hassle, etc. would cost more than the camera so I just immediately ordered a new one. That’s why I didn’t give it 5 stars. But still, at this price, it can’t be beat, in my opinion.

Very nice
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
I liked this camera very much, especially the night mode without flash picture. It will take clear snap for long distance in night. I will recommend it to my friends

Jasmin
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Excellent camera. Exactly what I thought it would be and very easy to use. Did not want a complicated camera and this is exactly what I was looking for. Takes great picture, clear and sharp.

My kids love this camera
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
My kids (7 and 9 yrs old) got this camera. They took pictures all over the places. The camera is easy to use. Almost fool proof. Photo quality is usually great, but indoor or lower light photo quality is definitely not good at all. Battery life is excellent. All-in-all, the A480 is an excellent camera for the price. But there are much better camera at slightly higher price.

People should also check out the Kodak camera for “value”.

did better than my S90
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Did a quick walkaround Old Town Alexandria and it did great. Results were better than a small Nikon Coolpix and equal to and in once instance better than the fancy S90 of mine. This was all outdoor work.

good! exactly what you’d expect maybe more
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
over all features are great. also nice having battery power so if yer in the desert or forest you can swap batteries and not be stuck with a plug-in/re-charge. picture is good, even better if you are fimilar with settings. and speaking of which, all the setting are accessible with the flick of a switch. setting ISO, flash and even timer settings is quick an painless. for its price, A+. way to go canon

Another Lens Error
Rating:1 out of 5 stars
Lens Error one day after I received camera. Pictures and video were good for a point and shoot until the lens seized while extended. Returning tomorrow.

Excellent camera
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I bought this for a trip to San Francisco. It worked like a dream. I have no problems with the camera except that I wished the batteries would last longer. However, I was informed that 200+ shots is pretty good for a camera before needing to switch batteries. Other than the batteries, this camera works great. Excellent quality and easy to use.

Be Aware of Warnings on this A480.
Rating:1 out of 5 stars
This camera was taking decent pictures for a couple months and change, until about a week ago. Ordered April 11, 2009. Now it’s July 6, 2009, and the mechanism that open & closes the lens, and also allows you to zoom has basically FAILED. It makes a “clicking” sound as it’s trying to grab whatever it can to open & close it. The zoom has completely failed. The camera LCD reads, “Lens Error, Restart Camera.” This seems to be a noted problem, already, in the amazon.com reviews. Some are also saying that Canon is NOT admitting that there is a mechanical problem with the the lens motor of this A480, and are denying responsibility. Maybe they’ll tell me I dropped it, or got sand in it. We’ll see. Though it is still under warranty, we will have to pay to ship & insure it back to “Elk Grove Village, IL.” There are NO LOCAL service centers. We paid $129 on Amazon, so some might say you get what you pay for. My suggestion would be to say that if manufacturers can not offer a budget digital camera that is sturdy enough to last for a couple years …. then don’t offer one. I will update this review when I get they Canon deals with the repair.

Acceptable camera
Rating:3 out of 5 stars
It’s a practical camera.Size is ok, easy to understand instructions.It gives you great options if you are taking pictures of an aquarium, night scene, children, landscape which is quite helpful. But I was disappointed with the time it takes to charge the flash specially during night scene, you miss out on candid moments while you wait on the flash. This is my only inconvenience. Your 2AA Batteries can last up to 650pics. Rechargeable batteries are recommended. It is a bargain price for the quality of the pictures.

Mine started out great. And then…
Rating:1 out of 5 stars
… The camera began to give lots of “lens errors”, and would refuse to open and close the lens correctly.

Hopefully, I simply got a lemon, but I bought on May 22, gave it to my wife on June 13, and it had quit by July 24. Pretty discouraging.

Frankly, I want to return it for a refund. Hopefully, Canon will cooperate. This was my first foray away from Olympus, and in a mere 6 weeks of use, this one camera has given me more problems than all my Olympuses (Olympi?) have combined.

Please help me out here, Canon.

Great camera, great price.
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Well reviewed, great little camera at the best price around on Amazon. I wanted a camera that would produce great pictures, be small and easy to use, and also be relatively durable for a child. This is the one that all my research pointed me to. So far we have not been disappointed.

Great Pictures!
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
This is a great camera for the price! For $100 you get everything you need to start taking photos- a memory card, batteries and a USB cord for downloading. The camera is very easy to figure out and it takes excellent pictures. For the money, it’s a steal! I purchased more memory and a battery charger for mine.

very nice
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
I like this camera far better than previous ones. except when using flash, picture is delayed a few seconds but its okay. its easy to use and it snaps great looking pictures. I cant get over how easy it is to use…

Takes good pictures
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I am very happy with the picture quality produced by this camera. I’ve taken about 100 pictures so far and only a few have been less than perfect. I like to print 8 x 10′s of my children who are 6 and 3 years old (this age group is not known for sitting still). I can easily get crystal clear quality in an 8 x 10 of almost any picture I’ve taken so far.

Good little camera, but…
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
The PowerShot A480 produces attractive photos that are sharp and colorful. However, 128 pages of instructions do not exactly make it the “point and shoot” camera that my wife wanted. There are features that she will never use, but she will like the camera when she figures out the basic functions she wants.

Excellent small camera!
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
I used this camera to take several great photos at our local quilt show. Very good flash coverage.

Canon PowerShot A480
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
This was a gift for my daughter so I haven’t personally used it, but when I spoke to her about it, she simply said she loved it and that it did everything she needed it to do. She also liked the red color.

Canon Powershot A480
Rating:3 out of 5 stars
Overall very pleased with the product. Still learning to use it. Very impressed with the quality of the pictures. Recently traveled to Vancouver and the pictures taken from this trip were wonderful. I did have a problem recently with the flash not going off properly but this may have been due to the lighting in the area I was taking pictures. I do like the smallness of the camera. I am planning a cruise and will be carrying the Cannon Powershot on this trip and look forward to taking many great pictures.

Great camera
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
The picture quality is excellent in day time and at night with the flash. If you turn off the flash and it’s not bright enough, the shutter speed slows down to increase exposure time resulting in a blurry image if you don’t have a tripod to keep it perfectly still.

The video quality varies from poor to great depending on the light. It’s common for it to be grainy without the right light.

Something I think is odd: When zooming in video mode, it doesn’t zoom with the lens while recording – it digitally zooms which results in a blurry video. You have to zoom before pressing record for it to use optical zooming.

Overall, I’m pretty happy with it. It’s a great camera for casual use and at a great price.

Awesome lil camera!
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I bought this camera as a throw around to just keep in my purse. I LOVE this thing! The battery life is awesome. I used it for a 6 day trip to Vegas AND for another 2 day adventure, and still have not needed to replace the aa batteries and have taken over 200 pix with it!

Buy it! It’s a great camera, especially for the price. It’s a steal!

Nice camera, just a little big.
Rating:3 out of 5 stars
Overall a nice camera but looked smaller (thinner) online. I returned it for a Canon Powershot SD1200IS instead, paid a little more (luckily found a nearly new one for $125), but well worth it. If form factor isn’t a big deal to you, this is a nice camera for the price.

Not bad for the price
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
Bought this for my daughter. The recycle time for the flash is longer than I would like but for the price, it’s a great camera.

Fatal Error strikes again
Rating:2 out of 5 stars
I was OK with this camera and just getting used to it. It does take a long time to recharge the batteries, even with recommended batteries, but its now got a “Lens Error” every time I try to use it. SO far Canon refuses to take it back even though it’s within the year warranty. I think it’s defective. They think I broke it. I was only able to use it for 5 months and I’ve been very careful with it. I’m going back to my Kodaks.

Poorly Built Camera Unworthy of Canon Brand
Rating:2 out of 5 stars
I just returned my A480 to Amazon after less than one month of use. I’ve previously used Canon cameras and thought they were one of the best point-and-shoot brands. However, I was disapointed with the A480 the moment I unboxed it, and my disapointment only got worse with time. I’m very likely to buy another brand as a replacement as a result of my experience with the A480. The only good aspect of the camera was it’s image processor, which was as good as they get. When all went well, it took great pictures. It’s really a shame Canon put this into such a cheaply built camera body. You feel the cheapness of it as soon as you pick it up. This turned out to be more than just an impression, as my lens mechanism began making a horrible grinding noise in a matter of weeks. I was actually relived that it did, as it gave me a real reason to ditch the camera. Other than it’s sad lack of quality, it had the following problems:

A) No image stabilization meant that unless you were in very very bright light, or using a flash, you would need to stabilize the camera against something or use a tripod or monopod to get a clear image.

B) It eats batteries like candy, I only got useful battery life from the most expensive lithium photo batteries.

C) No click-wheel for settings means you’ll spend time running through unintuitive on sreen menus to find a setting instead of taking pictures. Likewise, you’ll likely have to do the same inconvienient multi-menu process to turn off a mode, or worse forget to do so, and take an afternoon of outdoor pictures while still in “aquarium” mode.

D) The flash takes far too long to recharge & during this time the camera is useless, 5-10 seconds between shots is seems to be the standard recharge time for this model.

Be careful of shipping charges
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
This camera was a Christmas gift to my son and daughter-in-law. They are truly elated with the camera. The picture quality, for the price, is great. It is the second camera for them and in just a few days my daughter-in-law was showing me videos taken with the camera. Very compact, but large viewing screen. A highly recommended camera from them and me. If you’re looking fo a great, simple, compact camera, buy it!!

Here’s the rub. There was a “bundle” deal, if you also bought a case and 4gig card you paid an addtional $14 and some change. Well, the card came from another vendor so, you guessed it, there was an additional shipping charge for just the card of $16.95. I live in SE Michigan and eventualy saw the card at Meijers for $11 and some change, just under $12.00. Be mindful of the shipping charges. I waited for the last minute to buy this camera and had no choice but to pay the additional shipping. I actually paid $16.95 shipping for the camera and case AND $16.95 for just the card

Inexpensive, yet fully featured
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I bought this camera for my twelve year-old daughter. For the price, it has so many great features! She had no problems learning how to operate the camera. She is really enjoying it and loves the blue color. I noticed that the viewscreen on this camera is very clear and a nice size. I plan to purchase another for myself, as my current six year-old Canon digital camera is much bigger, heavier, lacking in features, and has a smaller viewscreen.

Liked it while it worked
Rating:3 out of 5 stars
Great small camera that took awesome pics. However, I had it for 2 months, replaced the batteries and it had a blank screen and wouldn’t take any pics. Canon help center very accomadating, but had to send in to be fixed.

Nice Cam with
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
This is a nice cam has all the features and has great value for money.

Simple, Small and Cheap CANON
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
This product satisfied me a lot.

I bought it for a friend and this will be his first digital camera so, I insisted on being SIMPLE.

Secondly, the name CANON is really trusted so, I didn’t believe that it is for that price.

When I tried it, I was really pleased.

It feels good in your palm because it is compact enough.

It is fast enough and the picture quality is really nice.

For the video quality, it is really good too and you can zoom during the video. I really appreciate this feature.

TO SUM UP IF YOU WANT A GOOD PICTURE AND VIDEO QUALITY WITH SMALL SIZE AND PRICE GO FOR THIS PRODUCT.

PLEASE NOTE THAT IF YOU WANT A MORE DEVELOPED CANON CAMERA GO FOR THE SD1200 AND DO NOT BUY THE A1100 BECAUSE IT IS THE SAME LIKE THE A480. I COMPARED IT MYSELF.

This will do
Rating:3 out of 5 stars
Decided we would go with the cheaper model since the last one locked up on vacation and, as you know, cameras – no matter what you pay – are disposable items, when something goes wrong, there is no one to fix them, you simply buy a new one. This model is less expensive than our previous Cannon, and definitely feels cheaper. Case design, material etc, feels cheap but sturdy, it is a nice size, and takes the same memory chips as the previous one (different battery though). The controls are almost the same as the other, and it says it will take almost the same range of pictures as the higher end Cannon – less zoom though. There viewfinder is also missing on this model. As far as the purchase, everything was great – came as promised, etc, well packed, everything was there and worked. We have yet to use it other than to download pictures from the previous camera. Software was the same, so overall this is a good purchase so far.

Canon A480
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
If you’re buying a camera in the $100 range don’t expect fantastic pictures. For the price of this Canon A480 it does a fine job. The camera will be good enough for general use for the average consumer. If you want really great pictures you will need something like a Nikon D3000 with a starting $500 price range. I know most people won’t carry around a big camera like this to take pictures of the kids at the zoo.. It’s easy for a Woman to throw in her purse and snap snap you are good you will get decent quality photos. This is more of a family camera or a good camera for someone not wanting to spend much money and still wanting decent pictures. It has pretty basic features but everything you will need, the battery life isn’t great so I recommend getting a recharge unit and some rechargable batteries for around $15 to $20 it will save you in the long run. It has a camcorder built in that does a really good job for a cheap camera and the sound it records is really good. This very well could be the best camera in this price range. I find it to take slightly better photos than the Nikon coolpix s220 which cost just a little more. I suggest getting a 4gig memory card the one it comes with won’t hold but like 10 pics the 4gig will hold a 1000 + photos, get yourself a case to. Bottom line if you are looking for a camera in the $100 range this would be the one I would get.

Very simple camera, good for kids
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
I got this camera for my 6 year old son, who has been wanting his own camera (having borrowed my point-and-shoot enough now). I wanted something very simple, but that would turn out decent pictures and this fits the bill well. It is very easy, just turn it on, and push the button. The pictures have come out well, the flash is recharging pretty quickly (I’d say about 6-7 seconds), and he really loves the “movie mode” as well as the regular still picture mode. The zoom button is on the back face of the camera (not on top), so a little getting used to. Given the price, the quality, and the simplicity, this is a good camera for someone who wants to take pictures without any thought involved in technical setup. Oh, and he thinks a red camera is cool.

A good camera for the price
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
This a excelent camera compare with your price, good picture quality, easy portability and good batery life, only I would like that was more rapid.

Cheapest bottom basement Canon model
Rating:1 out of 5 stars
This camera has the same image processor as the other point and shoots from Canon. But, to reach a particular price point, Canon designed a model with no internal rechargable battery and they manufactured it out of cheap thin plastic. Otherwise, it has all of the features of most of their other models.

A lack of internal batter and charger and the super thin cheap plastic housing is not worth the measly 20 dollars saved buying this model over their next model.

I bought 2 of these for Christmas and they both got returned. The better models, for 20 dollars more, aren’t just a little better….they’re a LOT better.

My advice is to spend the extra 20 bucks and get another model.

CRAP CAMERA
Rating:1 out of 5 stars
VERY SLOW operation. Crappy video quality. bad image quality in low-light. And I’m not talking night, just low room light. Charges the flash frequently causing you to “miss-the-moment”

Was snapping some pics of the kids in the snow and the thing locked up on me and shut off.

Canon makes some greate cameras, but don’t buy this camera!

great little camera
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I purchased this for a trip to Vegas and it was great! Great pictures, and it’s small enough to fit in a tiny purse.

great pocket camera
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
I bought this for my daughter to take pictures on vacation. It works great for that purpose. The pictures are very clear and detailed indoors and out. My only complaint with this camera is that if you take a vertical picture, it doesn’t know that’s what you did, so you have to turn the camera sideways to view it properly and do the rotation in your photo management software too.

My camera
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Love my newest gadget, wish the manual instructions was on hard copy instead of the CD as I now have to print the whole thing to really sit down and get a good read. Camera works well, have taken over 200 pictures already and the different features are wonderful for the different occasions. Thanks a Million

cannon power shot camera
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Found the camera very simple to operate and took a nice picture.the size was great, very small and easy to carry in my purse.

Great Shirt-pocket Camera!
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
We’ve had three other Cannon cameras. Eventually, we end up getting them wet or smashing the display in accidents. This time, the one we smashed was the shirt-pocket sized Elph. So we wanted to replace it with another tiny one.

This one’s better. The menus are better organized than our older A630 (We *love* the display on that camera!) and the “Super Macro” feature is amazing!

We prefer the newer cameras that use AA batteries to the older ones that used their own special batteries. When shooting flash pictures two AA’s don’t last very long, but there isn’t room for four of them in this little camera. Oh well, that’s why we have a bigger camera in addition to this little guy.

We think the picture quality, the ease of use, the portability and the price of this camera make it a great package. If you can only afford one camera, get this one.

OH DIGITAL WHERE FORE ART THOU ?
Rating:1 out of 5 stars
YOU KNOW I WANTED TO LIKE THIS CAMERA. I TRIED ALL THE MODES. I USED FRESH ALKALINE CELLS. A SANDISK EXTREME III SDHC CARD.

25% OF THE SHOTS WERE BLURRED (POOR AUTO FOCUS) THE REST WERE OF POOR QUALITY TOO. SOME THE SHOTS WERE OF THE SAME EXACT SCENE

TAKEN MULTIPLE TIMES. 25/75 WAS AS GOOD AS IT GOT…

OUR OLD NIKON COOLPIX 4800 STILL DOES A BETTER JOB !

BEAR IN MIND ALSO THAT I SHOOT NIKON FILM CAMERAS. AN N90S. SOME N2000′S. NIKON LENSES. THE PRINTS FROM THESE CAMERAS ARE AMAZING !

400 FILM. 100 FILM. NIKON SB-23 FLASH. RARELY DO I GET A BAD PHOTO…

MY SON’S CANON G10 ALSO DOES NOT IMPRESS ME.

COME ON, MAKE A GOOD DIGITAL CAMERA ! PUT GOOD LENSES IN THEM. ALLOW MANUAL CONTROL TOO !

THERE’S NOTHING WRONG WITH FILM. GET A 35mm NIKON (NOT AN N65!) AND GET GOOD PHOTOS.

Canon PowershotA480
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Great affordable 10 mp digitalcamera! Easy to setup and use great software. Very sastified with this camera

A gift
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
This camera was given as a gift to our daughter to take pictures of our grandson. She seems to love the camera and uses it daily to take and share pictures with our family. I have not personally used this camera, but judging by how happy she seems to be with the camera, it was a tremendous gift that has made her very happy!

I did research this item first and I’ll have to say that it seemed to be a very high quality item, at a very reasonable price.

A decent Introductory camera
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
I got this camera for my girlfriend. She is not tech savy but we went through it together and this camera allows her to take nice pictures in most conditions without too much trouble.

Canon A480
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
Beautiful litle camera & has all the bells & whistles that a beginner like me would use. I’m going on a cruise this month & needed a camera for the trip. Will know more when I get back.

Decent for an entry level point and shoot
Rating:3 out of 5 stars
For an entry level point and shoot, this camera is ok. There are a few cons about this camera as well as pros.

Con:

The first camera I bought had auto-focusing issue. It will not auto-focus correctly in “normal” and “infinity” mode. I went back to the store and exchanged it. I made them open the box so I can test it there and the 2nd camera worked fine. Just FYI.

After having it for 30 mins, dust already got inside the LCD screen. It is not a big deal unless you have OCD or something.

The video quality is pretty decent at the highest settings, however, the camera cannot handle light reflections off the water. If light reflects off the water and into the camera,the video will cause a vertical line streak. One streak isn’t so bad, but when you’re at the beach with tons of light reflecting off the water/sand it caused tons of vertical lines streaks.

Also becareful when replaying videos on the camera. Sometimes it will start where you last stopped. I accidentally deleted several videos thinking the video was shorter than it really was.

Pros:

I used the alkaline batteries provided with the camera and regular Duracell batteries. I got a good amount of photos and videos before I needed to replace them. I am happy with the battery life.

Even though the camera isn’t as thin as the digital elphs, the camera is pretty compact for an AA-powered camera. The button layout is pretty nice. Really simple interface. You can pick it up really quick.

Lots of nice program settings such as super macro, portraits, beach and my favorite: long shutter(up to 15 seconds).

Conclusion:

Overall, I am pretty happy with the camera. The picture quality of the camera is pretty good. I am happy with the video quality so long it’s not at the beach. I wanted an inexpensive point and shoot. Just remember this is the absolute bottom line of Canon’s point and shoots. It’s decent for the $99 I paid for it.

No IS, otherwise just fine
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
This is an entry-level and amateur camera that produces excellent photographs, and has multiple scene-settings. It doesn’t have some convenient features of more expensive cameras, including rechargeable batteries and, particularly, IS. But I use it casually, and I’m very pleased with it.

reasonable camera
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
pros: Relatively good camera with good features. These are the video and mic quality av input so you can view pictures on your tv

Cons: it has to charge the flash, slow shutter speed, has difficulty in getting good shots in the nights appears somewhat grainy at times, one of my shots had a red eye beats me how that got there. doesnt have image stablization so you may have to hold still to take a picture. When zooming a picture the quality become blurry and grainy.

Overall consider the low cost for a Canon, if you are not a techy person, this camera can be used for a everyday use.

Grainy pictures
Rating:1 out of 5 stars
Pictures are very grainy, quite surprisingly. The A70 that I have is much better in comparison. The flash recharge indeed is very annoying and I do not expect it to do that with fresh batteries. Returned.

Heck of a deal on a great camera
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
A friend suggested I take a look at this camera. We had just replaced our ancient A80 with a Nikon CoolPix S220 and couldn’t have been more disappointed. While the Nikon was adorable and tiny, it took absolutely awful photos. So when I started reading reviews of the A480, I was ready to try another camera. After the first five minutes with the A480, I was already in love.

The A480 is perfectly easy to use, right out the box. It’s really just a point and shoot – as in, every time you simply point and shoot, you’ll get a great shot. If you’re not looking to mess around with lighting, depth of field and shutter speeds, this is your camera. It’s a little bulky and heavy for a small camera, but the controls are easy to use, the LCD screen is large and clear, and the image quality makes up for any other non-ideal characteristics.

I usually shoot a Nikon D40, but often times, I like the leave the big camera at home and just throw a P&S in my purse/pocket. With this camera, I can count on quality photos every time. Thanks, Canon!

Disappointing…
Rating:2 out of 5 stars
Disappointing product. Picture quality is worse than my old 5MP camera and the flash recharge is really annoying.

My power button also kept getting pressed while in the in my purse and now the lens open/shut mechanism is messed up. Overall, a HUGE letdown by Canon.

Excellent Digital Camera
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Great product. Wonderful pictures, and easy to use. Nice size and handles great!

would recommend
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Good, basic camera, purchased for our construction field staff, with varying levels of technical ability. Seems to be an all around good camera, with basic easy to use fucntions. Perfect for our needs.

Get the SD1100IS instead
Rating:3 out of 5 stars
Bought this as a gift and got to use it a couple times. I would highly recommend skiping this and getting the SD1100IS instead. Not much difference in price for a smaller, better performing, more durable camera that is just as easy to use. Trust me you will NOT notice the difference from 10MP to 8MP! If this is your price range – get the slightly older model that is a much more refined product!!!

Why pay more?
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
This camera has been a great starter camera for my 13 year old daughter—Makes outstanding photos, very easy to use, easy to handle. Go Canon!

OK small camera
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
I purchased this in Japan in great haste because my much better Panasonic TZ4 was stolen. It has some limitations but it was, under the circumstances, a reasonable last minute substitute for the stolen camera and it used the SD flash memory used in the TZ4–and it was much cheaper than the Japanese version of the TZ4 (labelled the TZ7 which doesn’t seem to be marketed in the US). The lack of image stabilization meant that a few pictures went awry–a few more than I would have expected with the TZ4. I missed the 28mm wide angle of the TZ4 occasionally and, on a few occasions,the 280 mm telephoto. But it is 10mp and I can blow up some shots where the 280 telephoto would have been useful. In all I took over 1700 pictures and most turned out OK. The batteries (I’m not entirely sure they were alkaline–they had Japanese labels) lasted about 200 shots plus or minus, but I turned it on and off with great frequency–perhaps 850 times for 1700 shots (which, possibly, drains the battery a great deal?). As a main camera I’d still go with the Panasonic TZ series but the TZ4 costs more than twice what this costs on Amazon.com. For occasional use, especially in situations where one can take time to compose and hold the camera steady, it seems to be a good camera at a low price.

all’s good
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
for my first digital camera i was impressed.my batteries lasted very long(disposibles).need to to see if i can get ni-cad’s(not ni-mh!) for it(thinking green!!).shipping was very quick.price was good.i just need to spend more time with it,to understand it better.

Nice, light travel camera
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Nice little camera. Good for taking on trips. Takes good pictures and seems easy enough to use. Only takes two batteries at a time, nice.

good pics
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
Got it for my 14yr old, so far so good,good pics for the type camera,but wish it had the ion battery instead of AA’s

Software does not work on Vista
Rating:3 out of 5 stars
Camera easy to use. Picture quality ok. My problem is the software loaded on Vista does not see the camera. Went onto Canon website and downloaded the latest software and still cannot see the camera. Have to remove SD card and manually load onto my PC.

Clunky
Rating:2 out of 5 stars
I was looking for something that would slip easily into a pocket. The photos look like it is small, but it is somewhat triangular to account for the AA batteries and is quite wide at one end. The best word to describe it is “clunky.” I love my Canon S3 IS and would love to stick with Canon for my pocket camera, but I can’t deal with the size and returned it.

Lens problem
Rating:2 out of 5 stars
Like the AA batteries and size of camera, however, first day on a 2 week trip to Italy my camera lens would not retract when I shut the camera off. Made a terrible clunky sound and eventually I learned how to manually twist the lens so it would shut off and close! I guess you get what you pay for, but I am going to see if someone will fix it since I only had the camera a few weeks!

Great camera!
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I just received my camera today and I was impressed. It’s so tiny and has so much in the way of capabilities. All I wanted it for was to take pictures of restaurants when I eat out (for Yelp). Without adjusting the white balance or anything, every picture has been pefect. I have three other Canon cameras: a G2 which cost me about $800 when new, a D60, and a 20D. All of them are too large to lug around with me, while the A480 goes in my shirt pocket. I uploaded some pictures, take a look.

May be the perfect affordable digital camera.
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
I have several more expensive Canon cameras and bought this one for a student. I ran it through its paces first, and came away with a very favorable impression for a 10MP camera that sells for barely over $100. It is very easy to use and the picture quality is excellent. I like that it uses AA batteries which are easy to find anywhere. In addition to its standard “automatic” mode it has several options for “custom” modes. It has the normal “macro” setting for close-ups, but it has even another mode for very extreme close-ups which I find handy. It also records good video with sound, and you can play it back in various slow motion speeds if you want, in the camera or on a big screen TV. All in all I give it very high marks and especially for its price range. Its only disadvantage I could find is it is just a bit thicker than other small pocket cameras.

flash recharge is NOT acceptable in 2009
Rating:2 out of 5 stars
I am a die-hard Canon fan, and I was not dissapointed at all with the picture quality. For a small, inexpensive camera, the image quality and features are unbeatable. HOWEVER, one aberration that I personally could not overlook was the constant “flash charging” pause every time it was used. No camera in this day and age should have that issue. Camera was promptly returned. Sorry Canon…better luck next time. I don’t think this one will sell very well.

Canaon PowerShot A480 10
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I love this camera. It takes nice pictures and has nice capabilities that I have not used yet. I purchased it for basic picture taking. My only complaint is the power button and taking picture button on too close together. I kept turning the camera off at first. It took a while for me to get use to the buttons being so close together. I am still exploring the camera’s features. It has a lot of memory, but I did purchase the additional memory disk. I have not used the additional memory disk yet. If you are looking for more range/zoom then this camera may not be for you. The zoom is great for intimate pictures but not if you are trying to focus farther out, i.e. concerts, weddings and you are not up front.

Sending it back…
Rating:2 out of 5 stars
Bought this camera looking for an easy point and shoot that would still take good quality pics — to offset our larger digital SLR (just too much of a pain to drag along some times).

After 4 days of use we are unimpressed. The picture quality is extremely grainy. The “charging flash” is extremely annoying. And the battery life is poor — at least compared to other cameras I’ve had.

I’m sending this one back.

Fast, Fast, Fast Shutter. You can’t go wrong!
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
FAST, FAST, FAST… What a great Camera! I was frustrated by my 2 year old Olympus point & shoot camera. Every time I would press the shutter button, the camera would delay up to 1 second before taking the picture. By then the smile was gone; the ball was kicked; the candles were blown out; the moment was missed. To get anything had to anticipate the shot and click the shutter before the right moment hoping that all the right elements came together at just the right time. I missed so many great shots over the last couple of years.

This time before I bought I tested each camera in the store. The only camera that took a picture when I wanted it to was the Canon SureShot A480. It doesn’t matter if the photo uses the flash or not, it is instantaneous. The screen is bright. The images are crisp… and it uses 2 regular AA batteries so I can carry extras or buy them from a local store even when traveling. You can’t go wrong with this camera.

Handy pocket camera
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
Just a quick note about this handy little camera. I shoot semi-professionally (Canon 40D with L lens) and wanted a pocket camera for my family to use, especially on our cycling trips. We plan on strapping it onto one of our bikes and video taping the trail. We have had the camera for a couple of months and everyone in my family has had fun using it. My husband has never been a huge camera user but used it on our daughter’s field trip and found it to be user friendly. We have been pleased with the video and picture quality for a $79 camera. The smaller and lighter Elphs would have been better but at $79, we can afford damages on rough trips. All in all, it is inexpensive, reliable and delivers well for an entry level point-and-shoot.

canon digital camera review
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I love this camera. The only drawback which I am realizing now is that I should have taken more care to protect the screen because it has a couple of scratches on it, but the picture quality is excellent. it is easy to use, the batteries last a really long time and I will definitely buy another one when this one wears out.

Excellent canon product
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
Canon provides an excellent, inexpensive, point & shoot compact camera

free of problems. Provides very good quality picture for prints or

internet use- my wife loves her gift!

Great camera for the price
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I love Canon cameras and for the price this one perfect. This is an extra digital camera for our family, for the beach and one to always have with us when we travel around. It so easy to use, has features that are useful for the more experienced picture taker but an auto for those who prefer to just point and shoot. The pictures are wonderful and I’d recommend this for any experienced or first time digital camera user.

Great point and shoot for beginners
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
Bought this camera for my wife who can barely turn it on. Few buttons with the few features she uses is perfect for non-technical types who only look for decent “snapshots.”

Astounding macro shots
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
This is a nice camera overall, but the macro shooting on the little A480 is positively splendid! The super-macro feature is unbelievably good. We’ve come a long way from the Kodak Instamatic cameras of 30 years ago, where your only chance of getting a tight closeup was to hold a very strong magnifying glass in front of the lens and hope that one of the photos turned out.

I regularly use the A480 as a back-up to much more expensive gear – and every now and then it actually outperforms a DSLR camera and lens kit that cost me ten times its price. Anyone who enjoys taking experimental photos or shooting in the great outdoors — nature geeks like me — will appreciate this camera’s macro abilities. It easily finds the correct focus and light levels, even on very difficult shots. The trick with a beautiful close-up photo is to have an attractively blurred background. Very smooth, “creamy” blur (referred to as bokeh) allows the subject to really pop from the photo. The bokeh of the A480 exceeds the quality of some of the more modestly priced, though reasonably good, DSLR lenses that fall in the $200-$400 range.

Like most other point and shoot cameras, the A480 really shines in good strong lighting, and falls off a bit when used in dark settings with a flash. But even in poor lighting it is a remarkable little piece of equipment. Compared to most other point and shoot cameras, the A480 creates exceptionally rich photos with attractive color, sharpness, and tone. I use it regularly for website development projects, either to build photo galleries showing businesses and products, or to create textures and special FX graphics. The added Canon software is great as well and helps to supplement this camera. The Photostitch program, which creates a large panoramic image from a series of shots taken in sequence from left to right, was nearly perfect, and a riot to watch in action. It works best with photos taken from a tripod.

The trick with any point and shoot is to take tons and tons of pictures, and then aggressively throw most of them out, retaining only the best. Unlike the old film days, it pays to burn through as many photos as your heart desires. Print only the best. This camera will help you create some real masterpieces.

May be too early to tell but I like it!
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
So far so good. This replaces my Konica/Minolta that I paid a lot of money for about 7 years ago. I didn’t use it all that much, just took on a few vacations and for the last year it wouldn’t hold a charge of the batteries. Took it in and was told – can’t get parts … buy a Canon. And I did. But this time I wanted a simple little shooter that was light weight and simply took pictures without a lot of bells and whistles. Am hoping the Canon reputation holds up! If you want a simple camera that seems to capture the subject pretty well, then this is the camera for you. Not sure about the battery life yet, but one plus is it takes regular as well as rechargeable batteries.

Bulky
Rating:2 out of 5 stars
The camera took a long time to arrive, when it did I was dissapointed. It’s bulky and I didn’t realize that it needed batteries. I returned it and got the sd1100 instead. It has the plug to charge it on the wall it’s thin and hold lots of video time. It was worth the extra 20 dollars.

good point/shoot
Rating:3 out of 5 stars
Bought for my 12 year old daughter — She never opened the manual and had this thing figured out . Snap shots and movies are good quality . Sound (movie mode) sound a bit tinny and distant — this is to be expected. Menus are clear and orderly after 2 passes through them. Battery life …… Buy a set of rechargeables ( I would say that about any of these types of cameras- they are all battery suckers due to the big video display) Zoom is acceptable until the digital kicks in then it starts to look like a cell phone photo.

So far , it has been a sturdy little camera at a reasonable price.

Hard to Change Focus Modes
Rating:2 out of 5 stars
I expected the same quality as the previous model A470, but this model, A480 is hard to change the focus modes. Only modes came out with the initial setting was Auto and Video mode. What a disappointment!

Last April I ordered Canon PowerShot A470. It’s easy to change the focus modes from Manual to Auto, Portrait, Night Light, Kids & Pets, Indoor, Sunset, Foliage, Beach, Snow, and Video by pressing Functio/Set button. I love this older model A470, but lately the shutter jams from time to time. I returned this model A480 yesterday and ordered Canon PowerShot A1100IS model today instead. There might be a way to change the focus modes with A480, but it was not explained in it’s manual also.

cheap camera don’t trust it
Rating:1 out of 5 stars
It’s a cheap camera it feels cheap it looks cheap. I am a Canon camera fan but this one has to be the cheapest lowest quality camera they make. I bought this and since Amazon does not ship to APO addresses (IRAQ). I had them ship it to my wife then she shipped it to me. It ended up taking a month to get to me. I have only had it for almost 3 weeks and I turned it on today and it made a horrible grinding noise and now the lens dosen’t move. being that it takes about 3 weeks to ship from here to the states and another 2 weeks to ship back here I am biting the bullet on this and not returning it. I will never buy a cheap camera again. The video picture is really grainy and the pictures most seem to be a little out of focus. Our 5megapix Canon IS has a 10x better pic quality than this one also the Samsung camera I replaced this on with has a way better pic quality, Hell even my old canon powershot 2megapix camera takes better pics than this one. Do not buy this unless you want to buy another in a couple months.

Nice Camera with a small price tag.
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I have a canon digital SLR camera, and wanted to go on a hummer 4×4 extreme off road adventure. Rain was in the forecast and several days of rain on the trail already, taking the digital SLR was totally out of the question.

I picked this nifty device based on the price, the batteries, storage on the SD card, and the 10mp really perked my interest. The gentleman at the camera shop showed me the easy access on/off button, and where the “press here for picture” button is located. 20 minutes after the purchase, I was in the hummer taking photos and within the hour, I was being bounced around, getting muddy water all over me, I was able to laugh and press the button to take pictures without problem.

Ease of operation:

I use my cameras in the auto mode, (the if SLR is for my wife), and the auto mode does work. I was able to view the pictures I took using the 2.5″ view screen with ease. I did not even need the instruction manual.

The batteries and memory card were easy to install too, without the need for instructions. The camera does boast a host of different shooting modes, but auto is all I use.

Picture quality:

Not a fine as my digital SLR camera, but the price difference is over 1000.00 dollars.

Compared to my old 5mp camera, this camera does a very good job for the price. Image stabilization is WONDERFUL. I was trying to take picture of the hummer tires while we were in motion bouncing everywhere (the tire at times was in the air) and the pictures look almost as if the tire is still. You can read the manufacturer on the tire

Battery life:

After two days of use, the camera was still able to go. To save battery life, the LCD screen turn itself off and the followed by the camera (the auto shut off was annoying some times)

Summary:

The camera is very easy to operate, image stabilization works very well. Time from button press to picture taken is almost unnoticeable.

Picture quality is pretty darn good.

For the entry market, or for those looking for a good camera that won’t break the bank, this maybe the camera you are looking for/

Good quality for the price
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
For what I paid, this is a great snapshot camera. I’ve taken some decent video with it, both inside with low light and outside with good light. The batteries last a long time, even when using the flash (I’m using NiMH rechargables). The only thing I don’t like about it is that it doesn’t do a good job of focusing when it is on the Program mode and there isn’t good contrast. My other Canon’s (even my 20-year-old EOS 650!) do a much better job. It does better on Auto, but you often have to try a few times before it will focus on what you want. Photo quality (especially in Super Macro mode) is very good for a point-n-shoot. All in all, I’m very satisfied with this purchase.

Canon rocks!
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
I’ve always been pleased with Canon products and this camera is no exception. Even though it is a low end camera (price-wise) the pictures are great. Isn’t that what a camera is about?

Too fragile at any price
Rating:1 out of 5 stars
I have bought hundreds of cameras for an insurance company, for use by Claims personnel. We started with Sonys and then I started buying Canon PowerShot a510, for reasons mentioned below. We rarely had “lens error” issues, I remember about 4 out of hundreds. When we got to the a480 being sold at the time of this writing, after almost no problems up to the a560, we got stuck lens with 6 out of every 10 cameras provided to our users.

We liked Canon because unlike the Sonys, they used standard batteries, required no special and expensive cable to transfer, and the only dislike was that there was no native memory on the camera, requiring a memory stick from the get-go. All through the “A” series (530-580) we got good life from these cameras. But the newest model was virtually broken in the box.

I assumed that this weakness of a spring or gearing was endemic to all cameras in this price range (under $150) since they all appear to spew from the same Chinese factory. We now buy Samsung SL30s are waiting to see what happens.

Far exceeded my expectations
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I wanted a small digital that would fit in my shirt pocket that used AA batteries and of course took good pictures.

The Canon A480 far exceed my expectation. Out of the box it was so intuitive to use that I hardly looked at the manual. I took tons of pictures and they all came out great.

There was a bad review here by someone who said there was a problem with “battery charging” all the time, however I noticed it once and that was it, and even then it was for just a couple of seconds.

If you want an easy camera that does alot (the movies were great on this little guy) then this is the ticket.