ProductCritic: Canon PowerShot A620 Reviews

PhotographyBlog (100)

The Canon PowerShot A620 is another winner from Canon. The Canon PowerShot A620 is a more than worthy successor to the popular A95, increasing the resolution but perhaps more importantly expanding the feature set and improving the overall speed. Highly recommended.

Imaging Resource (95)

The Canon PowerShot A620 is an estimable addition at the top of that line, sporting a 7-megapixel CCD and a very good quality 4x optical zoom lens. It offers everything from fully automatic to fully manual exposure control, with a healthy set of scene modes thrown in to make it easy to bring back great-looking photos from what might otherwise be challenging situations.

Digital Camera Resource Page (95)

The Canon PowerShot A620 is a very competent midsized camera that’s a good fit for both beginners and enthusiasts, and it gets my highest recommendation. This is one of the best cameras in its class, offering something for just about everyone, from beginner to enthusiast. If you want a midsized camera that won’t require a second mortgage, the PowerShot A620 is definitely worth a look.

Steve's Digicams (95)

Bottom line – Canon has struck gold with this winning combination of high-quality and low price. The A620 offers users outstanding image quality with robust performance, all in a stylish and very durable package. With an MSRP of around $399, the Canon PowerShot A620 offers an excellent value and is definitely one our pics for 2005.

Megapixel.net (92)

Positives: Excellent image quality, Very good colour rendition, 4X optical zoom, Minimal optical distortion, Fully useable ISO range. Negatives: No uncompressed format, External connection cover opens up too easily, No diopter correction on viewfinder.

Good Gear Guide (90)

Canon’s A620 is the best entry into the Powershot series, and one of the most complete cameras we’ve seen. It combines incredible picture quality and full functionality into a great package that only has a few niggling flaws to let it down.

Digital Photography Review (89)

Of course it’s not perfect; But what it lacks in sex-appeal it more than makes up for in sheer value for money. Like the A95 before it, the A620 is one of those rare cameras that takes virtually every shooting situation you throw at it in its stride, with only the highlight clipping issue preventing an almost perfect hit rate.

Den Guru (85)

The A620 is reactive, with a fast startup time of 1.3 seconds. It produces very nice images, with sharpness that’s clearly above average for its category, and very good in absolute terms.

Cameras.co.uk (82)

There is a lot to like about the Canon Powershot A620. Photos are sharp and clear and the manual exposure controls are a strong attraction at this price. There are plenty of other features to try out as well. This underlines the all round capabilities of the camera. All I would really like to see is a faster shutter response and reduced red eye.

Digital Camera Magazine (80)

There’s no doubt; the PowerShot A620 is an awful lot of camera for a bearable outlay. We still have reservations about some aspects of the image processing and those AA batteries, but if you fancy some further experimentation beyond simple point-and-shoot, this is a great place to start.

Digital Camera Info (80)

The A620 has big shoes to fill; the 4 megapixel A520 was Canon’s top seller of 2005. It provided bread-and-butter basics and manual functionality at a really good price. Despite all this, the Canon PowerShot A620 is still a good deal. The Canon A620 retailed for $399 when it was first introduced to the market, but can be found for a hundred bucks less now making it one of the best deals for users after a pocket camera with manual functions.

Let's Go Digital (77)

In practice the Canon PowerShot A620 is a pleasure to use. Apparently, Canon has made a good concept even better and this makes the Canon A620 an absolute first amongst amateur cameras. Canon’s success seems unstoppable. The Canon PowerShot A620 is eminently suitable for both the beginner as well as the more demanding photographer. Conclusion: it’s a winner!

CNET (74)

Given the A620’s improved performance, higher-quality movie clips, larger LCD, G-series lens, and high resolution, some current PowerShot A95 users may even want to consider an upgrade.