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Good camera for the rest of us

by Fiona Erna on Mar 31st, 2008 at 12:14 PM:

The camera is rather big, but it's still quite compact. It'll fit into a shirt pocket, purse, or a small pouch. I think the camera can be made smaller by using a proprietary battery (instead of the AAs). Even if you are using alkaline, they will be dead in a very short time. You should only use it in emergencies. I would recommend NiMH. If you can afford, I recommend you try Sanyo eneloop.



The 4:1 zoom ratio seems nice, but I'd rather have Equivalent Focal Lenght range starting from 28 to make more convenience indoor shots. I really like the TFT LCD monitor. It has wide viewing angle which really useful to have your pictures reviewed by someone stand next to you. However, you still can't shoot "over the head" freely with A460.



The bad news? This camera doesn't come with a charger! Furthermore, the user interface is not that good. A better menu design and button assignment would make A460 better.



In overall, I consider this A460 quite nice. If you give this camera to some camera expert, they might give a mediocre score. But many notice user will consider this camera really good. Some people criticize A460 for its excessive notice. But it's not true. The images are still good when they are viewed on a contrast computer screen in the full pixel size. It's because the camera uses some image-processing algorithms to perform image de-noising and sharpening.