Canon PowerShot A480

Canon PowerShot A480 has a compact design and easy to use interface that makes it just right for beginners. The camera is also high on style quotient.

This entry level digicam from Canon offers 10.0-megapixel resolution with 3.3x optical zoom. With its DIGIC III Image Processor, the images are brilliantly sharp with vivid colors. Clicking images in a large pre-shot display and playback is all very exciting and fun with its 2.5 inch LCD display. Canon Powershot A480 is great on battery life also, as the camera has auto shutoff feature. This means, after a few seconds of idle time, the LCD screen will turn itself off and then the camera will also be in a standby mode. This may be quite irritating when you continuously want to use the camera. All the features with the user interface are very simple that you will get used to it quite quickly. The images produced are sharp and vibrant without much noise. It also works well in low light. There are some preset settings for programs including portraits, super macro, beach etc. A480 is a good camera that is easy to use and produces good quality images. This makes it the perfect choice for the first time digicam buyer. A great buy and pocket friendly too!

Though Canon Powershot A480 is quite a basic digital camera, it produces decent images without the need of expert photographic skills from the user, that too at an attractive price of a little over hundred. However, if you are interested in more than just snapshot photographs, save up for something more exciting and expensive.