Canon Powershot A650 IS Value Camera

Canon has been release their new PowerShot A650 IS on the market with feature Digic III processing, face detection focus/exposure technology, 6X optical zoom with optical image stabilization that provides a 35 to 210mm focal length range (35mm film equivalent).

Canon knows they view the A-series as providing a lot of performance at a value price . PowerShot A650 - the brother of PowerShot A640 come with a 2.5 inch variable angle LCD monitor to go along with that 12MP sensor, ISO to 1600 with a 3200 setting on tap as a “special scene” mode, and a full set of manual controls to complement the typical point-and-shoot automatic modes.

Canon packages this all into a nicely-appointed titanium-colored metal and composite body with bright chrome accents. Camera dimensions are about 4.41 x 2.67 x 2.21 inches with the lens retracted, and a shooting weight (4 AA batteries and memory card installed) of 13.25 ounces. The camera accepts SD, SDHC, and MMC memory cards. Movies may be captured in AVI format at 640 x 480 pixels and 30 frames per second (fps) or 30 fps LP (selecting LP results in file sizes of 960KB/second versus 1920KB/second) ; 320 x 240 (30 fps) for up to 4GB or 60 minutes and 160 x 120 for 3 minutes at 15 fps.

The good from Canon A650 IS are have good image quality and color, optical image stabilization and good shutter response. But the battery civer awkward to close.