Canon PowerShot A480 10 MP Digital Camera with 3.3x Optical Zoom and 2.5-inch LCD (Black)
Canon PowerShot A480 10 MP Digital Camera with 3.3x Optical Zoom and 2.5-inch LCD (Black)
Affordable, intuitive and fun, the PowerShot A480 uses Canon know-how to let everyone take great 10 megapixels photos. Its compact, lightweight design slips easily into any pocket.
User Ratings and Reviews
4 Stars Perfect
Not having to charge batteries and getting that picture quality and for around $[...] bucks, a great product
4 Stars good pics
Got it for my 14yr old, so far so good,good pics for the type camera,but wish it had the ion battery instead of AA’s
4 Stars Inexpensive yet great images
I love Canon. This little camera takes great images in all kinds of conditions. It’s not designed for low-light photography but even those images come out pretty good. During the day indoor shots are great too even without a flash.
For someone new to digital photography this is a great first camera. My teen-aged daughter uses it as her first camera and had taken some amazing shots! The A480 would also be good for an older person who wants to get into digital photography. You could also use it as a backup camera and be very happy with the results.
If you need an inexpensive, dedicated camera that you can carry around you’ll do well having this one. The best camera is the one you have with you! You won’t be able to capture the images without a camera!
5 Stars Good pictures/video with ease
This camera is perfect for my needs. I wanted a small, easy-to-use camera that would produce good quality pictures. This one does the trick at a very reasonable price.
4 Stars Great Budget Camera
This is my second Canon digital point and shoot camera and it is a winner. My wife and I seem to have lost our A620 (how do you lose a digital camera?!) and needed to replace it quickly with something inexpensive. After doing some research we went with the A480 and are very satisfied. The camera is svelte enough to travel in a pocket and is reasonably attractive in design. Our bottom line most important criterion was picture quality, and the A480 delivers. The pictures are close in quality to those of the A620, an older but significantly more expensive Canon “A” series model that offered more manual controls. I was really surprised to get such good shots from such a budget price. I’ve owned Fuji & Casio digital cameras and I find that comparably price Canon cameras take better pictures for the most part and the A480 only confirms this expectation. The A480 is a model of simplicity, both in terms of controls and features. There are a dozne “scene modes” but 90% of the time we simply use the auto mode and let the camera do the rest. The pictures look great, both outdoor and indoor. I was figuring that with a $90 camera we’d have to sacrifice picture quality but that isn’t the case. Speed-wise the camera is only average, showing a little bit of irritating lag time between pressing the button and capturing the shot. You’ll also have to wait a few seconds after shooting for the camera to ready itself for the next shot. The A480 does, however, start up very quickly when you turn it on. The less-than blazing speeds are not surprising given the price, and that’s really the overall deal with the A480 - it all comes down to expectations. This is a budget camera and for the sub-$100 price you get a quality instrument capable of delivering really good pictures, but without much in the way of features and a performance level that is not top tier. A solid no-frills digital camera that offers good bang for buck and very good photo quality in a simple point and shoot package.
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