Canon PowerShot A640 Reviews

Pros: It has an amazing 10MP to make your quality photos look real-life. It has a nice 2.5" display screen so yhat you can view your photos after taking them. It has a variety of different shooting modes. It's canon so its trustworthy and it comes with a 1yr warranty.

Cons: It only has 4x zoom .

Overall: The quality of it's pictures are simply astounding. You won't be dissapointed after you buy this camera. Don't miss out on real-life pictures ! It has a nice look and feels very comfortable in your hands. It aint cheap, but its worth it !

Overall: THE GOOD: Feels good in your hands
Looks
10 megapixels (8x10 prints...oh my gosh!)
movie mode
21 different shooting modes
portrait mode doesn't wash out your subject
Fast shutter time (invest in high speed memory card {recommend Sandisk Extreme III 1 GB)
2.5" Swivel LCD---protects the LCD from scratches
Zoom is enough

THE BAD: Accessing the memory card is cumbersome. You have to open up the battery compartment everytime to access card.
So many bells and whistles that it can be intimidating to a non-tech user, yet still easily used to point and shoot.

OVERALL: Not much of a camera buff but knew I needed to upgrade to better digital camera. Looked up various cameras and kept coming to this. I currently had a HP 3.2 megapixel camera that I used quite a bit but never printed photos. I mainly was looking for a strong camera that utilized the movie feature. This camera offers standard (640X480 pixels), which is a huge upgrade to what I had, and compact (160x120 easier to email). The first video I took was like a video recorder playing back on my computer! Wow. For 10 mega pixels, 21 shooting modes (by the way, portrait just simply takes wonderful photos of people) including fireworks, 2 kinds of night photos and the name Canon, you can't go wrong. The swivel LCD is nice because it can cover itself so nothing gets scratched plus cool when taking timed photos. Just got the Canon IP6700 (awesome!) and printed off some 8X10 photos, and I must say in layman's terms, the photo quality printed is simply outstanding. They appear professional due to the 10 pixels and quality of the printer. I recommend that you get a high speed memory card because it just runs circles around the 32 mb card included. The high speed allows the camera to take faster photos and process easier. Get the high speed card. It has good weight to it and feels good in your hands. Not a pocket camera. I have big fingers and the buttons are easy to push. I like the grey gunmetal look too.