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37 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
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11 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Multi position LCD Screen
10MP
Grid can be superimposed on the LCD Screen
Spot metering
Excellent value for the money
Bright
Attractive color that stops short of seeming overdone
Good skin tones
Auto white balance handles a wide range of lighting well
Better than average exposure accuracy
Good lens
Generally low distortion and chromatic...
Flip out LCD monitor with wide view
Flash exposure compensation
Only 10 MP compact cam with manual controls
4x optical zoom lens
Manual controls
Great movie mode
Not yet reviewed by editors.
Lots of manual controls
Flip-out LCD
Accepts accessory lenses.
Very good resolution
Very clean results at lower ISO settings
Bright
But natural colors
Excellent handling
Decent edge-to-edge lens performance
Useful 35-140mm equiv. 4x zoom lens with decent F2.8-4.1 max aperture range
Reliable focus in most situa...
Excellent image quality
Very lowdistortion lens with no chromatic aberration
Low noise from 80 to 200 ISO
25inch pivoting LCD monitor
Fully useable ISO range
Fast to operate
Wellpriced
Very high resolution images at low sensitivities
4x optical zoom slightly longer than rivals
Large flip-out screen and optical viewfinder
Full manual controls and decent grip
The editors didn't like
No ISO in data?
Inaccurate optical viewfinder
Flash vignetting in the corners at wide angle
Too many manuals to find what you need when you need it
Auto rotation not recognized by many other standard applications
High noise levels
Slow start-up and operation
Inaccurate viewfinder
Only 115k on LCD
Barrel distortion
Heavy and clumsy camera body
Expensive $399 price
Not yet reviewed by editors.
Noisy at ISO 800
No image stabilization.
Clipped highlights in bright
Contrasty conditions (not helped by high default contrast)
Focusing at tele end in low light can hunt
Zoom is not very smooth - only 7 steps from wide to tele
No ISO button - WB
Drive
Metering etc only accessible via men...
25inch monitors resolution a bit low for its size
Optical viewfinder shows only part of the frame being captured
Redeye reduction flash mode requires accessing the menu
Very high resolution images at low sensitivities, 4x optical zoom slightly longer than rivals, Large flip-out screen and optical viewfinder, Full manual controls and decent grip
Relatively large and heavy for a compact, Screen is low resolution for its size, No live histogram facility, Rechargeable batteries not included
Canon PowerShot A640 verdict Like many new compacts this year, the PowerShot A640 is basically an enhanced version of an earlier model. Since its predecessor was the award-winning A620 though, this is no bad thing. Essentially Canon’s taken the A620...
Abstract: The PowerShot A640 and A630 digital cameras are equipped with high resolution 10.0 and 8.0 Megapixel CCDs respectively. Both cameras feature the same body design, high-quality Canon 4x Optical Zoom lens, optical viewfinder as well as a 2.5-inch Vari-An...
Sharp pictures, great chromatic aberration performance, colourful shots
Some image noise issues, bulky design The Final Word The PowerShot A640 is an excellent all round advanced camera. While its features arent quite as robust as some more expensive models, for this price tag, its a good buy.
The PowerShot A640 is an excellent all round advanced camera. While its features arent quite as robust as some more expensive models, for this price tag, its a good buy.
Picking up the chunky A640 is like travelling back to a simpler era - it's unashamedly heavy, has an optical viewfinder and uses good old AA batteries. And while the PowerShot's charcoal grey casing might not be much to look at, it's made (mostly) from...
Quite bulky for a compact, Occasionally inaccurate AF
Remember the days when digital cameras looked like digital cameras, instead of slivers of sculpted metal or retro SLRs? Picking up the chunky A640 is like travelling back to a simpler era - its unashamedly heavy, has an optical viewfinder and uses goo...
