Customer Reviews
Canon PowerShot A495 10 Mega Pixel with 3.3x Optical Zoom Digital Camera (Red)

  cheap, quick, easy By construct on February 04, 2011
Verified Purchase Review submitted for Canon PowerShot A495 10 Mega Pixel with 3.3x Optical Zoom Digital Camera (Red) (CNPSA495R) Pros: Easy To Use Cons: Poor Image Stabilization Other Comments: We use these cameras for job site pictures in our construction work. They are quick and easy to use. They have the ability to set for low resolution pictures that will e-mail quickly. The price of under $100 makes it an easier decision because sometimes they get dropped on the job. For the money and what we do, it's the best value. Yes, I recommend this product Was this review helpful?     |     Report this review
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  Great little camera By Krysten G on December 31, 2010
Verified Purchase Review submitted for Canon PowerShot A495 10 Mega Pixel with 3.3x Optical Zoom Digital Camera (Red) (CNPSA495R) Pros: Good in Low Light, Short Lag Time, Fast/accurate auto-focus, Nice Body Color, Great Zoom, Good Image Quality, Small / Compact, Good Image Stabilization, Easy To Use, Large Clear LCD Cons: Other Comments: Great item, I use it for fun. Yes, I recommend this product Was this review helpful?     |     Report this review
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  Very happy with this camera By Grouchy Grandma on September 04, 2010
Verified Purchase Review submitted for Canon PowerShot A495 10 Mega Pixel with 3.3x Optical Zoom Digital Camera (Red) (CNPSA495R) Pros: Nice Body Color, Good Image Stabilization, Good in Low Light, Great Zoom Cons: Other Comments: I bought this for a trip to Washington DC with my granddaughter in August. She used it most of the time with NO problems. She is 12. Am extremely pleased with the picture quality! Yes, I recommend this product Was this review helpful?     |     Report this review
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  Horrible battery life! By WestMilfordBear on September 03, 2010 Review submitted for Canon PowerShot A495 10 Mega Pixel with 3.3x Optical Zoom Digital Camera (Red) (CNPSA495R) Pros: Good in Low Light, Good Image Stabilization, Nice Body Color Cons: Short Battery Life, Limited Zoom Other Comments: Great camera, very well priced but, it has an EXTREMELY SHORT BATTERY LIFE! It's so bad that I don't use it anymore...I will give it away and stick to Nikon...sorry! Was this review helpful?     |     Report this review
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  0 By cb on July 06, 2010
Verified Purchase Review submitted for Canon PowerShot A495 10 Mega Pixel with 3.3x Optical Zoom Digital Camera (Red) (CNPSA495R) Pros: Nice Body Color, Good in Low Light Cons: Limited Zoom Other Comments: good value Yes, I recommend this product Was this review helpful?     |     Report this review
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  A good value, that takes great pictures By Campjeep on July 03, 2010 Review submitted for Canon PowerShot A495 10 Mega Pixel with 3.3x Optical Zoom Digital Camera (Red) (CNPSA495R) Pros: Nice Body Color, Great pictures, Easy to use, Feels good in hands Cons: NO CAMERA IS PERFECT Other Comments: Simple, easy to use, feels good in the hands and it does take great pictures. A 2.5 sec delay between shots with out the flash, ( with the flash on the avg is around. 3 TO 6 secs ), and start up time is 1.6 sec. The camera does not have optical image stabilization. I use a 2gig san disk sd card ultra II (you do not get one with the camera) that gives you about 750 pictures. I use 2 AA energizer (lithium batterys)(or 2650-2900 mAH rechargables) and that gets about 500-550 pictures . You would not be happy with just standerd AA battery life. The AA batterys are probably the reason the LCD screen takes so long to recharge after the flash goes off (and to take the next picture) even with the good batterys it is recharging the flash up to 8sec on a (full flash) recharge and the times that are stated above... I set the disp overlay to grid lines to help take a straighter picture, You may use it for the 1/3 rule also). Cons: None for this price point. No camera is perfect Some are having trouble with the shutter button trying to push it half way down trying to compose there picture, on this camera, you only have to touch the shutter button and the weight of your finger will do the trick, if you try to push it half way like the canon A480 or your old camera it will take the picture... (Update)> It seems to free up the more you use it but still not like the cameras before it... Other Thoughts: The A495 takes great pictures but you will not be able to tell it by the low resolution lcd screen, you will have to wait and look at them on the computer to realy see how good they are. It is sometimes hard to compose your shot in very bright sun light also. I know this all sounds bad but for the price this camera does take great pictures and is easy and fun to use. It is on par for this price point. I have bought these for my 4 and 6 year old grand kids ( The canon A 480s) and have had no trouble for a year now. The next step up is a canon SD 1300 that I know anything about and you can get a upgrade on this stuff if you just can't live with the A495 (I have never used a A3100)so I can not speak for it. I am no expert and I am trying to be honest here and help out if I can, these are just my thoughts, check out some of the other reviews on the A495 and good luck on your next camera. I have these cameras (SD 1300,A480 A 495) I really like them. Yes, I recommend this product Was this review helpful?     |     Report this review
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