14 DAY TRIAL // Aside from the leaked 400D, which now appears on Canon's Japanese site, the number one producer of digital cameras has also announced three new compact cameras.
The most important of them is the PowerShot A710 IS with 6x optical zoom and a 7.1MP sensor.
The PowerShot A710 IS maintains many of the features that made its predecessor so successful, including an extensive range of shooting modes, full manual control, VGA quality movie recording, ISO 800 shooting and a 2.5" LCD screen.
PowerShot A710 IS features:
7.1 Mega Pixels 6x optical zoom with optical Image Stabilizer DIGIC II, iSAPS, 9-Point AiAF, FlexiZone AF/AE Digital Tele-Converter and Safety Zoom1 2.5" LCD with wide viewing angle and real-image optical viewfinder 20 shooting modes
The other two models share many features and replace the popular PowerShot A610 and A620.
The PowerShot A640 and PowerShot A630 pack a vast array of advanced features into a remarkably compact space:
10.0 Megapixels (PowerShot A640) /8.0 Megapixels (PowerShot A630) 2.5" vari-angle LCD screen and real-image optical viewfinder 4x optical zoom DIGIC II, iSAPS, 9-Point AiAF, FlexiZone AF/AE Digital Tele-Converter and Safety Zoom1 21 shooting modes
The 4x optical zoom lenses achieve a 35-140mm focal length (35mm equivalent) while allowing the cameras to maintain a compact size. The lens construction incorporates 8 elements in 7 groupings, including two aspherical elements to maximize sharpness across the whole image. With a maximum aperture range of f/2.8 (W) to f/4.1 (T), the lenses are remarkably bright at the telephoto end.
