Compare Prices : Canon PowerShot A510 - Expert Reviews

Pros: Excellent image quality.Program, Priority and Manual modes.Low sensitivity to noise.4X zoom.Excellent value.

Cons: No uncompressed format.LCD monitor can be hard to see outdoors.A bit slow to display the menu.

Award: Recommended!

Review summary: As Canon's PowerShot production line relentlessly rolls on, Cliff Smith risks getting wet on more than one occasion to bring you his expert opinion of the budget priced A510.

Verdict: Despite its weather-altering abilities, the Canon PowerShot A510 is a great little camera, and about as good as you're going to get for under -120. It has all the features you could want, only skimping on image size and a smallish LCD screen. It would ...

Review summary: There's plenty to like about this camera, especially the manual controls. Images are less noisy than with the A520, but the camera is fairly slow. ...

Review summary: The PowerShot A510 is a rectilinear-shaped point-and-shoot digital camera crafted by Canon with a (slightly) extended 4x optical zoom lens that leads back to its 1/2.5 inch 3.3 MP CCD. Internally, the camera includes a DIGIC image processor and a 9 ...

Pros: Manual control of shutter speed and aperture for engaged users,Much improved performance at the ISO 400 setting,Intelligent microphone placement,small compact size without excessive controls,straightforward menu structure,simple and well labeled ...

Cons: an overly complicated battery cover makes a simple action aggravating,Small viewfinder (virtually unusable),Incredibly slow shot to shot speed in all photo modes

Verdict: The Canon PowerShot A510's small compact frame will greatly please the point-and-shoot user looking for an introductory camera with solid performance. The simple physical design comes equipped with a wide variety of manual control options - a ...

Review summary: The PowerShot A510 is a rectilinear-shaped point-and-shoot digital camera crafted by Canon with a (slightly) extended 4x optical zoom lens that leads back to its 1/2.5 inch 3.3 MP CCD. Internally, the camera includes a DIGIC image processor and a 9 ...

Pros: -Manual control of shutter speed and aperture for engaged users -Much improved performance at the ISO 400 setting -Intelligent microphone placement -small compact size without excessive controls -straightforward menu structure -simple and well ...

Cons: -an overly complicated battery cover makes a simple action aggravating -Small viewfinder (virtually unusable) -Incredibly slow shot to shot speed in all photo modes

Verdict: The Canon PowerShot A510's small compact frame will greatly please the point-and-shoot user looking for an introductory camera with solid performance. The simple physical design comes equipped with a wide variety of manual control options - a ...