Canon PowerShot A610 Review

Review of Canon PowerShot A610 Digital Camera

It's tax time again and for me that means a nice tax refund, and some purchases. I usually get to spend some of it on some kind of high tech gadget and this year we went with a new digital camera. Ours is a bit old and we could really use a newer and better one. More pixels would be nicer and maybe a few extra features. I looked on the web as I usually do and found some new information from the same site I usually go to for recommendations on my electronics. CNET is a great place to go for those high tech recommendations from professionals, and you might ask why am I writing this review. It's simple, you want to hear from someone who uses things just like you do and in a way that you can understand.

I went from the slightly smaller Canon A60 digital camera to the higher pixel and better featured PowerShot A610. I was very happy with my Canon PowerShot A60 and wanted to upgrade to a higher pixel count with a few more features. I have been doing more writing and want better pictures, especially for smaller stills like close ups of models for a hobby magazine. Looking around the net I found that many agreed with Canon's dominance in the digital camera realm. I had only one problem with my Canon A60 that I have found others had, the picture on the LCD screen would get static in it and if I gently moved the lens around it would go away. I know this is not a fix for the camera and in no way normal but I can handle a problem that goes away for awhile and never gets any worse. I recently contacted Canon about this and they say that I can let them know if I want to send it to them and they will fix it for free as long as it is the problem they are having with this model. Something about the CCD, or image sensor, they got from a certain manufacturer, I suppose I will send the older camera back and have them fix it.