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Canon PowerShot A640
Canon PowerShot A640
  • 3 out of 5
"Can't quite handle 6 months of travel"
  • 5 out of 5
"Outstanding Photo Quality!!"
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Canon PowerShot A640 Reviews

  • 4.62 out of 5

Rating: 4.62 of 5
(330 user reviews)

Professional Reviews of the Canon A640

  • 5 out of 5
Doesn't Disappoint (DC Resource - 10/26/06)

DC Resource finds the Canon A640 to be an exceptional point-and-shoot-camera. read original review

Canon A640 Reviews by DigitalCamera-HQ Users

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  • 3 out of 5
Can't quite handle 6 months of travel (clark - 7/27/08)

I'm an international traveler and was quite excited to test out this product from Canon. The features on the A640 are very user friendly with... read more

  • 5 out of 5
Outstanding Photo Quality!! (Doug A - 4/25/08)

This is an amazing camera for the price. I have been a professional photograper and am now a videographer. I am consistanty amazed at the... read more

  • 1 out of 5
Dull, drained colours, pictures not crisp (Hugh - 3/31/08)

At first I thought this camera was ok, until I compared my photos with various pictures my friends took. My girlfriend has a cheaper, older... read more

  • 2 out of 5
Canon A640 - I love this camera but its faulty beyond repair (zenclayre - 2/17/08)

This camera at first using is amazing, great wee point and shoot and quality superb! The swivel LCD is great for taking awkward angle shots... read more

  • 5 out of 5
BEST CAMERA I OWN (MIKE - 2/3/08)

I have several point & shoots and a Pentax k10d. The canon a640 is by far the best especially if you tweak some of the... read more

  • 5 out of 5
I like this camera so much that I bought a second one. (Dwayne - 12/25/07)

I have owned several digital cameras. The Canon A640 is by far is the nicest digital camera that I have ever owned. It has given... read more

  • 2 out of 5
Canon A640 - careful about all the hype (Mike McGowan - 9/25/07)

I looked at several point and shoot cameras before purchasing the a640. Its' main selling points are the Canon reputation, 10 mp images, AA batteries... read more

  • 5 out of 5
canon A 640 (Sunny Mathew - 8/1/07)

An excellent camera of 10 megapixel. Remote shooting through pc is a good function. Also I like the vary angle LCD view finder which helps... read more

  • 5 out of 5
Excellent Product (Paris Paraskevas - 7/5/07)

Very good product , but only 2 problems with no flash bad image quality images appear shaken.and splits videos in 10 min parts...read more

  • 5 out of 5
THis camera beats my Olympus Evolt 300 (Yeng Yang - 6/27/07)

I like this camera very much because it offers a great macro mode and more manual settings. I have owned it for 2 months, and... read more

  • 5 out of 5
Excellent camera at an amazing price (Ashley - 6/27/07)

I bought this camera to replace my older Olympus and was amazed by it. More recently, I was looking at Sony's line of cameras and... read more

  • 5 out of 5
Once you learn it, it rocks!! (Heather Hoyt - 6/21/07)

All of the options are confusing but once you figure them out you can do anything with this camera. It takes beautiful shots at a... read more

  • 5 out of 5
I love It!!! (Gabriela Bautista - 5/24/07)

This camera is so awsome. I took a picture of myself shaking my head and my hair was everywhere and with this camera it caught... read more

  • 5 out of 5
you can try the rest... but ulll be back to the best! (nikel - 5/3/07)

i just said it. its been a year now and she can still surprise me...!
i truly believe that if u are one of those... read more

  • 2 out of 5
Not good for flash photography (subhash kr singh - 5/3/07)

1.Very bad output of flash photography. Its flash seems to be very weak and giving derker result. Red eye comes in some photograph.
2.Very... read more

  • 4 out of 5
Battery Door Breaks Very Easily-not a sturdy camera (Gary A. Wexler - 4/11/07)

Takes excellent images up to iso 200 after that.... it's awful noise.
But it doesn't really matter how good the images are if you cannot... read more

  • 5 out of 5
Excellent (andry - 4/5/07)

I bought the Canon PSA640 few months ago, and i think the camera is an excellent camera. Here is my opinions:

Pro:
- The image... read more

  • 1 out of 5
bellatech - 12/12/06 Terrible camera - learn how to use your camera before posting reviews (Old_pro - 3/8/07)

Everything you mentioned is avoidable and expected. rad the manual or get help from an experienced photographer before posting.

Yes, in full auto the flash... read more

  • 5 out of 5
Awesome camera, especially for the money (Dan - 3/8/07)

I have recently upgraded from a pentax optio s4i.
While the pentax was a good camera, this is excellent.
The review by bellatech- you must... read more

  • 5 out of 5
best yet (sam romilly - 1/7/07)

I bought the A640 as a replacement to a lost S80. Whilst the S80 was a great camera this one takes photography to new levels. read more

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