Canon Powershot A630
The Canon PowerShot A630 is a 8.0 megapixel CCD with a 4x optical zoom lens that offers a 35mm equivalent focal range of 35 to 140mm. Designed with ease of use the Canon A630 offers both a range of features for experts as well as beginners. For beginners there’s a fully automatic mode, and a generous selection of 13 scene modes. For expert photographers there is Manual, Aperture shutter priority, manual White Balance and three Metering modes. The users have the ability to exert more control over the photographic process. Two new features in the A630 are Safety zoom and Digital Tele-converter.
The auto white balance feature handles a wide range of lighting well. The shutter response is excellent at wide angle settings. The A630 has an accurate LCD viewfinder. The camera has an excellent battery life and a good low light capability. The case design is done so well that it fits into large as well as small hands. The A630 has a good user interface which makes sense.
There are some drawbacks of the A630 camera, they are:
• Inaccurate optical viewfinder
• Too many manuals to find what you are looking for
• Flash hides in the corners while shooting at wide angles
• Its noisy at ISO 800
• It has no image stabilization
• Not ideal for low light shooting
Specifications:
Megapixels - 8.0
Weight (oz.) - 8.6
Optical Zoom - 4x
LCD Size - 2.5 inch
Flash Range (ft) - 1.5 to 14 ft
Image stabilizer - No
Battery type - 4 x AA
Special features – Good skin tones, continuous shooting mode, color swap mode, custom
setting mode, DPOF and PictBridge Printing Capability, Print/Share button for direct printing and image transfer.
Summary:
Though the A630 is not a great choice for low-light shooting, yet the Canon A630 is a solid, feature-rich digital camera. The Canon A630 is just an excellent multi-purpose digital camera. It’s easy to see why Canon A630 continues to be popular. They are well-built and the design is user friendly, the pictures are outstanding and they’re easy to operate.