Canon PowerShot A470 Specifications

By Will Greenwald on 26/03/2008

More Canon reviews , RRP: AU$149.00

The good:

  • Inexpensive
  • Fast performance

The bad:

  • Noisy pictures
  • Chunky design

The bottomline:

For the money, you'd have a hard time finding a better snapshot camera.

Editors' rating:

7/10

Users' rating:

10/10

Audio

  • Built-in microphone
  • Yes

Battery

  • Battery type(s)
  • 2 x AA
  • Battery Charger
  • External power adapter

Camera

  • Optical sensor
  • CCD
  • Megapixels
  • 7 megapixels
  • Light sensitivity
  • ISO 80, ISO 100, ISO 200, ISO 400, ISO 800, ISO 1600
  • Lens aperture
  • f/3.0-5.8
  • LCD display size
  • 2.5 inch
  • Flash type
  • Built-in
  • Tripod Mount
  • Built-in
  • Optical zoom
  • 3.4 x
  • Focal length
  • 38-132mm

Connectivity

  • PC Connection
  • PictBridge, USB
  • Video Out
  • NTSC, PAL, User selectable

General

  • Camera Type
  • Digital compact
  • Dimensions (H x W x D)
  • 55.1 x 104.8 x 40.7 mm
  • Weight
  • 165 g
  • Available colours
  • Silver, Silver with blue accent

Other

  • Remote control
  • No

Still images

  • Still image format
  • JPEG
  • Still image resolution (max)
  • 3,072 x 2,304 pixels

Storage

  • Storage type(s)
  • MultiMedia Card, Secure Digital Card, Secure Digital High Capacity
  • Internal memory
  • MB

Video

  • Video capture format(s)
  • AVI (Motion JPEG)
  • Video capture resolution(s)
  • 640 x 480 pixels
  • Video capture speed
  • 30 fps
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