Canon PowerShot A650IS - Expert Reviews

Review summary: The Canon PowerShot A650 IS proves that you don't need to invest in a dSLR to get manual options and large, detailed pictures. Featuring 12 megapixels and a range of shooting modes, the A650 IS gives you a great opportunity to control your images than ...

Pros: Great picture quality ; manual exposure controls ; flip-out screen

Cons: Sluggish performance ; heavy and bulky ; can't use a neck strap

Verdict: Performance issues aside, the Canon PowerShot A650 IS combines large, good-looking photos and a generous feature set into a fine midrange shooter. Its great picture quality and wealth of features make this an excellent secondary camera. It's also ...

Review summary: Canon's newly-introduced Powershot A650 IS becomes their self-described "new top-of-the line" A-series camera offering, and anyone who follows Canon knows they view the A-series as providing a lot of performance at a value price.

Pros: Good image quality and color ; Optical image stabilization ; Good shutter response

Cons: Battery cover awkward to close

Verdict: Canon provides 4 AA alkaline batteries, a 32MB memory card, wrist strap, CD-ROM software, AV and USB cables and an owner's manual with each camera

Review summary: The Canon Powershot A650 IS is one of the best value compact digital cameras you can find. Picture quality is some way above average and you will also find a wide range of features too. Recommended.

Pros: Picture quality - viewfinder - flip out and twist LCD screen - red eye correction tool

Cons: Skies can lose colour when the lens is zoomed in.

Verdict: The Canon Powershot A650 IS is one of the best digital compacts on the market. It has a number of highlights and picture quality is up there with the best. In terms of features it has more than most similar digital cameras and I am happy to recommend ...

Review summary: Canon's extremely popular A Series reaches a milestone with the PowerShot A650 IS, its new top-of-the-line camera. 12.1 megapixels offers unparalleled resolution for a compact camera, while the p...

Pros: Great picture quality; manual exposure controls; flip-out screen

Cons: Sluggish performance; heavy and bulky; can't use a neck strap

Verdict: Performance issues aside, the Canon PowerShot A650 IS combines large, good-looking photos and a generous feature set into a fine midrange shooter.