5 Megapixel Digital Camera - Canon Powershot A460

The Canon PowerShot A460 is a nice compact digital camera. Simple, easy to use, and stylish PowerShot A460 offers the high-performance features and high-quality design that make great pictures. The Canon Powershot A460 is an entry level digital camera. Canon Powershot A460 Digital Camera has five megapixels and a four times zoom lens. Its 2.0-inch LCD screen has a paltry 86,000 pixels, an in-camera flash, and a 4x optical zoom lens. Canon Powershot A460 Digital Camera comes equipped with a full auto mode, a manual mode, eight preset scene modes and a movie mode with audio capture. Manually speaking, the camera offers a surprising number of controls considering the price. Canon Powershot A460 Digital Camera’s autofocusing is done with an intelligent 5-point system, and its ISO sensitivity goes up to 400. Canon Powershot A460 Digital Camera has three metering modes, seven white balance modes, and nine scene modes.

The Canon A460 digital camera offers a 10 frames-per-second VGA video mode with sound in AVI (Motion JPEG) format, and supports SDHC as well as SD/MMC memory cards. The PowerShot A460 is powered by two AA batteries, and interfaces include USB 1.1 and A/V (NTSC or PAL) connections. It utilises 2 AA batteries and its weight along with the batteries is just 215 grams. The canon A460 digital camera has a good array of Scene modes for difficult situations. If you're begginers with digital cameras, these are good to learn about and explore, but you should always remember to turn them off after use, returning to either Full auto (marked with a big red camera icon) or Program mode (big red camera + M). Available Scene modes include Portrait, Night snapshot, Kids&Pets, Indoor, Foliage, Snow, Beach, and Fireworks . The built in flash unit can be set to always on, always off and automatic. Settings for red eye reduction and slow synchro can be used too. The maximum range of the flash unit is 3m. This falls to 2m when the zoom lens is in use.

Canon Powershot A460 Specification in Short
* Resolution: 5Mp
* Zoom: 4 xs optical, 4x digital
* Processor: DIGIC II
* Focusing: 5-point AiAF
* Modes: 12 shooting modes and My Colors
* Video: Yes, VGA movie clips with sound
* Macro: Yes, 1cm Super Macro mode
* Monitor: 2.0in LCD screen
* Printing: PictBridge and Print/Share button
* Power: AA batteries

By: Monty Alexander

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