Customer Rating: 
Summary: Short of an SLR, the Canon A640 is the best 10MP camera for the money, hands down.
Comment: You can spend a little more and get a G9, but what you won't get is a mobile display that is very handy and excellent AA battery options. Unless you require a raw mode, the display and the battery options far out way anything out there. Oh yea, it takes excellent pictures. Five Stars here.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great camera....even for amateur
Comment: Canon PowerShot A640 10MP Digital Camera with 4x Optical Zoom
This is a great camera especially for the price. I bought it in the fall of 2007 for $[...] through Amazon.com....and surprisingly enough the price has risen greatly since then. So I feel I really got a good deal. Its ease of operation has been great. I am just starting to get into photography...and after my research found this to be just the ticket. My only complaint (hence the four star rating) is the blurriness at times during long exposures.. for example a dark path in the woods. I really wish it had an image stabilization feature...and I will make sure my next camera comes with it. Other than that it had everything I had hoped for. I did order some photo taking books to aid in learning more about all of the features....which have helped. So good luck! I hope you enjoy.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Awesome every day camera w/ Great features & video w/ sound too!
Comment: First, let me say, I think this camera is wonderful, and offers everything I really need, for taking every day and travel pictures.
The story of this Camera for me, and how I arrived at purchasing it follows:
About 8 years ago I purchased an Olympus 1.3 megapixel, that I really enjoyed and got a few years of great use. It had a flip up flash, that was sufficient for good pictures in dark lighting. It worked off a smart media card, which never presented a problem.
When I need a larger dimension format in photo size, I decided to look for a reasonably priced secondary camera that I could use.
I figured most of the Olympus line was good, since I had read that they usually focus on the quality of their lenses. Being tight with the budget, I ended up getting an Olympus Fe-110, figuring the 5MP would be better than the 1.3 megapixel.
I was so wrong, and I was disappointed in several things with The Olympus Fe-110 camera. I will write a separate review on the Olympus camera, but the core of it, was the photos were not as good, and it was impossible to get good night photos with it's very small flash. (also the XD proprietary media card is just a compatibility inconvenience)
I always ended up going back to my Olympus 1.3MP camera, over the 5MP.
When I dropped my original 1.3MP camera, and broke it, I was very sad to see it go. I needed a reliable every day, every vacation camera, and it as not going to be the Olympus Fe-110.
(I know this isn't a review of these Olympus camera's, I simply wanted to provide some background on how I arrived at my selection of the Canon A640.
I did a little better research this time, and found this Canon A640 received very high marks and, as I've come to find out, rightfully so. From day one this camera has given me very high quality photos and video with sound. Actually the video is probably better than my handheld Panasonic video camera, which I'm amazed at. Good night photos with the flash, long battery life, and accepts standard SD media cards. It's been great.
I'm just now experimenting with some of the various settings, but for standard, everyday or vacation photos, this camera is GREAT. It also seems to have some expandability options (larger zoon lens) that I like. It is very convenient to hold and shoot with this camera. (I like that). I will let the special camera features, be reviewed by other folk who experiment with that type of stuff. For my needs, this camera is great, and also seems reasonably durable. (I dropped it once, with no problems) (got lucky)
In summary of price ranges for my digital camera:
$250 - Olympus - with flip flash = Approx $250 (great camera)
$125 Olympus - Fe110 = Approx $125 (terrible camera)
$300 Canon A640 (wonderful camera for both photos & short video w/ sound).
I'm usually pretty "brand loyal when it comes to purchases, since I don't like to upgrade or change very often, but this Canon sold me over Olympus. If you can stretch the budget just a little bit, this Canon A640 should treat you well for years to come.
Customer Rating:
Summary: 640 too high price?
Comment: I justed ordered the a640 from amazon for $419. Now, a day later, I see the a650 for $363. What happened? is the 650 not as good as the 640 or am i ripping myself off?Canon PowerShot A650IS 12.1MP Digital Camera with 6x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom
Customer Rating:
Summary: Nice Camera; Flaky
Comment: I bought this camera and 2 kingston 8GB SD cards. Things were going smoothly until a video recording went poorly. Now both video and images on the two cards (even those previously ok) are corrupted with an "Unidentified Image" error. This is occurring even after several low-level formats of one of the cards. Too bad that I discovered this while on my honeymoon in India, which is why I bought the camera in the first place. I might consider going with a newer model, if I don't give up in frustration and go back to a trusty manual film camera.
Update: I contacted Canon; their support staff answered immediately, were friendly, and were helpful. After brief time where the support individual talked with other support personnel, their ultimate advice was to buy/borrow another card and try it on the camera. They could not think of any reason other than the card that would cause this issue. I borrowed a friend's regular SD card and found no problems with video/image corruption. They suggested an alternate card manufacturer other than Kingston. Until I find otherwise, the cards were what caused the problem.
Summary: Short of an SLR, the Canon A640 is the best 10MP camera for the money, hands down.
Comment: You can spend a little more and get a G9, but what you won't get is a mobile display that is very handy and excellent AA battery options. Unless you require a raw mode, the display and the battery options far out way anything out there. Oh yea, it takes excellent pictures. Five Stars here.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great camera....even for amateur
Comment: Canon PowerShot A640 10MP Digital Camera with 4x Optical Zoom
This is a great camera especially for the price. I bought it in the fall of 2007 for $[...] through Amazon.com....and surprisingly enough the price has risen greatly since then. So I feel I really got a good deal. Its ease of operation has been great. I am just starting to get into photography...and after my research found this to be just the ticket. My only complaint (hence the four star rating) is the blurriness at times during long exposures.. for example a dark path in the woods. I really wish it had an image stabilization feature...and I will make sure my next camera comes with it. Other than that it had everything I had hoped for. I did order some photo taking books to aid in learning more about all of the features....which have helped. So good luck! I hope you enjoy.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Awesome every day camera w/ Great features & video w/ sound too!
Comment: First, let me say, I think this camera is wonderful, and offers everything I really need, for taking every day and travel pictures.
The story of this Camera for me, and how I arrived at purchasing it follows:
About 8 years ago I purchased an Olympus 1.3 megapixel, that I really enjoyed and got a few years of great use. It had a flip up flash, that was sufficient for good pictures in dark lighting. It worked off a smart media card, which never presented a problem.
When I need a larger dimension format in photo size, I decided to look for a reasonably priced secondary camera that I could use.
I figured most of the Olympus line was good, since I had read that they usually focus on the quality of their lenses. Being tight with the budget, I ended up getting an Olympus Fe-110, figuring the 5MP would be better than the 1.3 megapixel.
I was so wrong, and I was disappointed in several things with The Olympus Fe-110 camera. I will write a separate review on the Olympus camera, but the core of it, was the photos were not as good, and it was impossible to get good night photos with it's very small flash. (also the XD proprietary media card is just a compatibility inconvenience)
I always ended up going back to my Olympus 1.3MP camera, over the 5MP.
When I dropped my original 1.3MP camera, and broke it, I was very sad to see it go. I needed a reliable every day, every vacation camera, and it as not going to be the Olympus Fe-110.
(I know this isn't a review of these Olympus camera's, I simply wanted to provide some background on how I arrived at my selection of the Canon A640.
I did a little better research this time, and found this Canon A640 received very high marks and, as I've come to find out, rightfully so. From day one this camera has given me very high quality photos and video with sound. Actually the video is probably better than my handheld Panasonic video camera, which I'm amazed at. Good night photos with the flash, long battery life, and accepts standard SD media cards. It's been great.
I'm just now experimenting with some of the various settings, but for standard, everyday or vacation photos, this camera is GREAT. It also seems to have some expandability options (larger zoon lens) that I like. It is very convenient to hold and shoot with this camera. (I like that). I will let the special camera features, be reviewed by other folk who experiment with that type of stuff. For my needs, this camera is great, and also seems reasonably durable. (I dropped it once, with no problems) (got lucky)
In summary of price ranges for my digital camera:
$250 - Olympus - with flip flash = Approx $250 (great camera)
$125 Olympus - Fe110 = Approx $125 (terrible camera)
$300 Canon A640 (wonderful camera for both photos & short video w/ sound).
I'm usually pretty "brand loyal when it comes to purchases, since I don't like to upgrade or change very often, but this Canon sold me over Olympus. If you can stretch the budget just a little bit, this Canon A640 should treat you well for years to come.
Customer Rating:
Summary: 640 too high price?
Comment: I justed ordered the a640 from amazon for $419. Now, a day later, I see the a650 for $363. What happened? is the 650 not as good as the 640 or am i ripping myself off?Canon PowerShot A650IS 12.1MP Digital Camera with 6x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom
Customer Rating:
Summary: Nice Camera; Flaky
Comment: I bought this camera and 2 kingston 8GB SD cards. Things were going smoothly until a video recording went poorly. Now both video and images on the two cards (even those previously ok) are corrupted with an "Unidentified Image" error. This is occurring even after several low-level formats of one of the cards. Too bad that I discovered this while on my honeymoon in India, which is why I bought the camera in the first place. I might consider going with a newer model, if I don't give up in frustration and go back to a trusty manual film camera.
Update: I contacted Canon; their support staff answered immediately, were friendly, and were helpful. After brief time where the support individual talked with other support personnel, their ultimate advice was to buy/borrow another card and try it on the camera. They could not think of any reason other than the card that would cause this issue. I borrowed a friend's regular SD card and found no problems with video/image corruption. They suggested an alternate card manufacturer other than Kingston. Until I find otherwise, the cards were what caused the problem.
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