It always happens with me. Just recently, I bought a Canon A540. And today Canon comes out with an announcement that they are expanding the PowerShot series by introducing A550 and A460. Well you would want to know, what the features of these cams are?
Canon A460
- The new PowerShot A460 digital camera features 5.0 megapixel resolution with a 4x optical zoom lens and a 2-inch LCD screen, up from 4.0 megapixels and a 1.8-inch LCD screen on last year’s PowerShot A430 model. The new camera also incorporates Canon’s renowned DIGIC II image processor, which delivers superb image quality, fast performance, and excellent battery life. Additional features include an optical viewfinder and compatibility with MMC, SD and SDHC memory cards. At its value price point, the PowerShot A460 digital camera is an ideal purchase for a first time digital camera buyer.
Canon A550
- The PowerShot A550 digital camera features 11 standard shooting modes and A460 features ten standard shooting modes for still pictures, automatically adjusting the cameras’ settings to match the surroundings. Still shooting modes include Full Auto, Auto with manual adjustment of exposure compensation and white balance, Portrait, Night Snapshot, Kids and Pets, and other Special Scene modes. Additionally, each new model can record movies with sound – so you can capture your baby’s first steps or first words with point and shoot simplicity.
PowerShot A550 and A460 use Canon’s AiAF “Smart†auto focus system with Canon’s patented iSAPS intelligent scene analysis algorithm to determine optimum settings for focusing, exposure and white balance button. So all you have to do is click and you get nice snaps. Both the cameras will hit the retail market in mid-February 2007. Canon A550 will cost $199.99 (approx. Rs. 8800), while the A460 will cost $149.99 (approx. Rs. 6600).
The top one is photo is a Canon PowerShot A450 not A460.
Hope you correct it. Does not make much diff except for the 4x optical zoom.