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Canon A580

Dennis Hissink
PMA 2008 Report
Sunday 3rd, February 2008
Posted by: Dennis Hissink

Canon announces the launch of a new A-series compact camera with powerful new features that say bye-bye to blur and offer enhanced point-and-shoot capability. The Canon PowerShot A580 camera includes brand-new blur-reducing Motion Detection Technology, plus new technology evolutions. Canon’s Face Detection Technology now features Face Detection White Balance, and Red-Eye Correction, can now remove red-eye automatically as the user shoots. The Canon A580 camera also has a Face Select & Track function. The 8.0 Megapixel Canon PowerShot A580 digital camera offers 4x optical zoom, a 2.5-inch LCD monitor and an optical viewfinder, plus new Easy mode.

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Canon A580

Canon A470

Posted by: Ilse Jurrien Sunday 3rd, February 2008

Canon announces the launch of a new A-series compact camera with powerful new features that say bye-bye to blur and offer enhanced point-and-shoot capability. The Canon PowerShot A470 camera includes brand-new blur-reducing Motion Detection Technology, plus new technology evolutions. Canon’s Face Detection Technology now features Face Detection White Balance, and Red-Eye Correction, can now remove red-eye automatically as the user shoots. The Canon A470 camera also has a Face Select & Track function. The 7.1 Megapixel Canon PowerShot A470 offers 3.4x optical zoom, a 2.5-inch LCD monitor in four colour variations : Red, Blue, Green, Silver.

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Canon A590 IS

Posted by: Ralf Jurrien Sunday 3rd, February 2008

Canon announces the launch of a new A-series compact camera with powerful new features that say bye-bye to blur and offer enhanced point-and-shoot capability. The Canon PowerShot A590 IS camera includes brand-new blur-reducing Motion Detection Technology, plus new technology evolutions. Canon’s Face Detection Technology now features Face Detection White Balance, and Red-Eye Correction, can now remove red-eye automatically as the user shoots. The Canon A590 IS digital camera also has a Face Select & Track function and include Canon’s leading lens-shift optical Image Stabilizer lens for additional blur reduction and low-light shooting capability.

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Canon IXUS 80 IS

Posted by: Dennis Hissink Sunday 3rd, February 2008

Canon announces the launch of a new IXUS compact camera with powerful new features that say bye-bye to blur and offer Canon announces the launch of a new IXUS compact camera with powerful new features that say bye-bye to blur and offer enhanced point-and-shoot capability. The Canon Digital IXUS 80 IS (SD1100 IS Digital Elph in America - IXY Digital 20 IS in Japan) includes brand-new blur-reducing Motion Detection Technology, plus new technology evolutions. Canon’s Face Detection Technology now features Face Detection White Balance, and Red-Eye Correction, can now remove red-eye automatically as the user shoots. The Canon Digital IXUS 80 IS also has a Face Select & Track function and include Canon’s leading lens-shift optical Image Stabilizer lens for additional blur reduction and low-light shooting capability.

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Canon SD1100 IS

Posted by: Ralf Jurrien Sunday 3rd, February 2008

The PowerShot SD1100 IS Digital Elph camera -the newest entry in Canon USA, Inc.'s ever-fashionable line of catwalk-worthy Elph cameras - adds another dimension to the line's active lifestyle eye appeal: color. Whether the activity du jour involves painting the town red, dancing 'til dawn, soaking up golden rays as the sun rises over a coral-colored beach or getting lost in a loved ones' baby blues, these petite and colorfully clad cameras make the scene and capture it, for the magic of the moment or for more enduring memories. The PowerShot SD1100 Digital Elph camera is offered in five lyrically named designer shades that suit the style, present the personality and express their user's taste and tempo.

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Canon PowerShot A450

Posted by: Ralf Jurrien Wednesday 7th, March 2007

Canon updates its bestselling PowerShot range with an affordable new model: the Canon PowerShot A450 digital compact camera. Replacing the PowerShot A420, the entry-level Canon A450 camera adds improved specifications while retaining the point-and-shoot simplicity of its predecessors. Remarkably compact and lightweight, the Canon PowerShot A450 compact camera offers the superb build quality found throughout the PowerShot range. The new PowerShot A450 features a Movie mode for VGA quality clips with audio of up to 60 minutes in length or 1GB file size (whichever is reached first). Movies and photos can be viewed on a TV via the AV out connection. The availability of the Canon A450 depends on the region.

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Canon HV20 HD camcorder

Posted by: Dennis Hissink Friday 2nd, March 2007

Canon extends its leadership role in the creation of feature rich, high-quality, HD camcorders for consumers with the introduction of the Canon HV20 HD Camcorder. With its proud professional pedigree plain to see, the HV20 HD Camcorder draws on decades of Canon’s proven excellence in optics and technological innovation, incorporating professional level HD video features in a handy, horizontal-style, user-friendly design. The Canon HV20 HD Camcorder kit includes a compact power adapter, a wireless remote control, the new, and energy efficient BP-2L13 battery pack, a stereo video cable, a USB cable and a component video cable. In stores in April, the HV20 HD Camcorder carries an estimated price of $1099.

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Canon PowerShot A460

Posted by: Mark Peters Friday 2nd, March 2007

Canon updates its bestselling PowerShot range with an affordable new model: the Canon A550 digital compact camera. The 7.1 Megapixel Canon PowerShot A550 replaces the PowerShot A530 and incorporates several new design features for enhanced ease of use. Remarkably compact and lightweight, the Canon PowerShot A550 camera offers the superb build quality found throughout the PowerShot range. The new compact PowerShot A550 features a Movie mode for VGA quality clips with audio of up to 60 minutes in length or 1GB file size (whichever is reached first). Movies and photos can be viewed on a TV via the AV out connection. The 7 Megapixel Canon PowerShot A550 camera will be available in February 2007.

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PMA 2009 - The digital SLR camera market is booming. Compared to last year the DSLR camera sales increased with impressive numbers and it seems the digital SLR camera has become a mass consumer product. New entry level D-SLR cameras with 6 Megapixels surprisingly were welcomed very well by the amateur photographer and it seems that within this segment of the digital camera market the resolution range of 6 - 10 Megapixel fulfils the need of the amateur photographer. Without lenses the digital SLR camera would not be complete and it is for that reason we see a huge number of digital SLR lens introductions appear this year. There are multiple camera manufacturers offering their best own brand solution for its DSLR camera, but there are even more specialized lens manufacturers who offer an impressive number of lens solutions too. Keep your eye on the digital SLR lens section of this PMA 2009 report for the latest introductions!