Canon PowerShot A70 Reviews

A very positive review of the Canon PowerShot A70, which delivers high-end features at an affordable price. Though its feature set might confuse some novices, more experienced photographers will appreciate the manual controls. read original review

Lavish praise for the Canon PowerShot A70, which should appeal to anyone looking for an affordable digital camera packed with features. Minor complaints include lens flare and poor optical viewfinder accuracy. read original review

The Canon PowerShot A70 gets the thumbs-up in this lengthy review. A great camera for the point and shoot crowd, as well as those looking for an advanced camera at an attractive price. read original review

This reviewer is very excited about the Canon PowerShot A70, which packs big-camera features into a reasonably-priced package. Photo quality is "very good," though soft images, redeye, and purple fringing are mentioned as drawbacks. read original review

Although not cheap at the time, this was a good entry level camera at the time of purchase (2003). I worked without problems for 2... read more

I have used this camera on and off over the years taking very good care of it and it recently stopped taking pictures with those... read more

When I take ten photos a purple/black image appears 0n the screen. I have to stop taking photos for ten minutes then it clears up. read more

The first year was great, took a while to focus and usualy lose the shot. but the quality of the pic made up for that... read more

Bought the A70 in mid 2003 and was very very happy with it. Took great care of it and it never let me down. At... read more

Like others, I enjoyed this camera until recently - in fact just as it became 3 years old. Now the shutter will not close, telephoto... read more

Bought it on the strength of recommendations and reviews.

Viewfinder crooked fronm day one.

No reply from Canon Australia on this.

Picture quality very good. read more

i brought my A70 along when I went to travel around Asia for 10 months (after I bought it 2 years earlier), I was using... read more

I guess I got lucky; my A70 gave me great pics for 3 years before suddenly giving out. One very hot day I took pics... read more

I've been really pleased with this camera until the lens started to have intermittent trouble retracting. The problem frequency became worse—the lens is stuck ("E18... read more

I purchased the Canon A70 after reading rave reviews and now 2 1/2 years later I got the dreaded purple/black screen. I took the camera... read more

Everything ok except CCD problem as others review. The problem occurred in September 2005 and the camera was sent repair. It cost me S$60. Realize... read more

one day the lens came out when I turned it on. The lense is stuck in the extended position and nothing else works. The camera... read more

It has recently come to our attention that the vendor-supplied CCD image sensor used in this Canon digital camera may cause the following malfunction: When... read more

Please check out Canon's website. I have been talking back and forth with them for two days now concerning the PowerShot A70. They are going... read more

I am from the Philippines. I too bought my Canon A70 after some months of extensive research. I had been happy with it until last... read more

After near 2 year since buying it, this DC got serious problem. Last week I took it out of storage then take some pictures, I... read more

After owning canon SLR's & compacts in the past I happily bought an A70 for $A699. Had all the good canon features - fully auto/fully... read more

Had the dreaded blackscreen problem. Read all the similar rosy comments about Canon here. I went to the Canon Canada website. They are now offering... read more

This camera was great for the first two years, but last Thursday my daughter turned it on and the CCD was displaying black w/purple lines... read more