Canon PowerShot A650IS 12.1MP Digital Camera with 6x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom

List Price: $349.99 Discount Price: Too low to display

Features:

• 12.1-megapixel CCD captures enough detail for photo-quality poster-size prints
• 6x image-stabilized optical zoom; 2.5-inch vari-angle LCD display
• Face Detection technology and in-camera red-eye fix
• 21 shooting modes, including 9 special scene modes; Print/Share button
• Powered by 4 AA-size batteries (4 alkaline batteries included); stores images on SD memory cards (32MB memory card included)

Accessories:
Built NY E-HCS-D07 Built Small Hoodie Camera Case (Brown)	Vista Explorer 60" Lightweight Tripod with Tripod Bag	Built NY E-HCS-OLV Small Hoodie Camera Case (Wood Grain Black)	Built NY E-HCS-BLK Small Hoodie Camera Case (Black)	Built NY E-HCS-SHS Small Hoodie Camera Case (Soho Stripe)

Customer Reviews:

Great Camera [Posted on 2008-07-13]
After doing a ton of research I decided on the Powershot A650. Amazon gets a 5+ for customer service, because my one day shipping took 4 days and they reimbursed me for it. Back to the camera, I have had it since March and I like it so far. It is much more camera than I need as I was told by friends but I plan on learning how to use all the extra features that it has. I love the software that came with it how it only loads the previously unloaded pictures to the computer, my old camera didnt do that. The reason I gave it a 4 instead of a 5 is (unless I missed something somewhere) it doesn't let you know that your batteries are low until its to late, and that it is slow in taking multiple pictures one right after the other, that may be in part that I currently have a sandisk 2gb ultra II and I have read that there are some better cards. All in all I'm happy with it.

Excellent [Posted on 2008-07-14]
Fantastic camera. We needed something to capture our two little boys (ages 3 and 1) in their active states.

Solid Small Camera [Posted on 2008-07-15]
The Canon A650IS is a small digicam that is easy to use and takes reasonably good pictures. I bought it as a "grab-and-go" camera for when I don't want to lug along my DSLR and lenses. If you are a DSLR owner, then you're probably spoiled by your main camera. As such, it is not fair to compare it to the A650 IS - it's an apples and oranges comparison. With this in mind, the Canon A650IS is a bargain for what it does: 12MP, 6X zoom, AA batteries, articulating LCD. It can take an 8Gb SDHC card so you'll have plenty of room for stills and movies. As with virtually ALL small digital cameras, noise levels above ISO 200 are quite annoying, but there is software out there that can reduce this noise. My one pet peeve with this camera is that you need to open the battery door to take out the SD card.
The camera does its best work in good daylight. It's one of the better small digicams out there, and I've tried quite a few.
Now here's something you won't read in most reviews of the Canon A650IS - this camera is a bit "dumbed-down". That is to say, it's distant cousin, the Canon G9, has more flexibility even though it has the virtually the same optics and sensor. I guess that Canon can thereby sell a cheaper camera by intentionally not providing what it provides in the G9. BUT inquisitive photographers can make their Canon A650IS into a camera that,
for example, shoots RAW, has a live histogram, bracketing, and has a full-time battery indicator. In this light, the A650 IS, a solid small camera as sold, becomes even more worth the price of admission. This information is on the internet for any enthusiast to find, as I did (and there are NO warranty issues to do this).

Very Happy with camera so far [Posted on 2008-07-17]
Very happy with camera so far.Took it on vacation did very good on pictures and video.Still as same set of batteries after about 100 pics and 15 min of video.

Canon Powershot is worth the money [Posted on 2008-07-23]
I bought this camera to replace my Canon A95. Since the A95 is obsolete, I had to find the next best thing and the A650 proved to be it. It has better zoom and I couldn't do without the flip out LCD viewfinder.

It is a little bulky and heavy like everyone says but I don't mind it so much. The picture quality is awesome and the image stabilization really makes a difference in low light conditions when I don't want to use the flash. There's also a cool feature that auto detects faces and sets the focus appropriately. It can also detect multiple faces. I'm happy with mine.

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