Canon Powershot A620 Review Roundup and Sample Photos

Canon’s 7.1 megapixel Powershot A620 Review Roundup includes summaries from all main digital camera expert reviewers, company specification sheet, owners manual and sample photos taken with the Powershot A620.

Canon PowerShot Features Include:

2.0 inch vai-angle LCD
4x optical zoom
7.3 – 29.2mm f/2.8-4.1 (35mm film equivalent: 35-140mm)
Real-image optical zoom viewfinder
ISO 400
Red-Eye Reduction

Canon Powershot A620 Spec Sheet

[Full Canon Powershot A620 Spec Sheet]

Canon Powershot A620 Sample Images

[Sample Photos at Quesabesde]
[Sample Photos at Cameras.co.uk]

[Sample Canon PowerShot A620 Images at Photography Blog]

[Sample Canon PowerShot A620 Images at DP Review]

[Sample Canon PowerShot A620 Images at Canon]

[Sample Canon PowerShot A620 Images at PBase]

More Canon Powershot A620 Reviews

Lets Go Digital – 4/30/2006 – has reviewed 7.2 megapixel Canon PowerShot A620 here’s the conclusion. “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!”
Digital Camera Info – 4/12/2006 – reviews the 7.2 megapixel Canon PowerShot A620 and here’s the conclusion. “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. The Canon A620 adds a few more megapixels and a few more features; it comes with 7.1 megapixels and a 4x zoom lens, along with the My Colors picture effects mode and a slightly larger 2-inch LCD screen, which flips out from the camera body and rotates to just about any angle. This is great for viewing with a group of friends, but isn’t great for recording because of the constant adjustments that are needed with the glare the screen catches. The LCD is still a better viewing option than the optical viewfinder, which is blurry and inexcusably inaccurate. Also, the Canon PowerShot A620 is quite hefty, thanks to its four AA batteries.”
Digital Camera Buyer Magazine – 3/30/2006 – has reviewed the 7.2 megapixel Canon PowerShot A620 has been reviewed at and here’s the conclusion. “Image quality is excellent, the camera is well built and the DigicII processor is impressively fast. This digicam is both affordable and well specified.”

What they liked:
- Excellent range of manual options
Responsive autofocus
- Vari-angle LCD screen
- High resolution CCD sensor
- Good start-up speed
Quesabesde, – 2/14/2006 -a Spanish site has reviewed the 7.2 megapixel Canon PowerShot A620 and here’s their (Google Translated) conclusion.

In Favor:
- Very good relation between quality and price.
- Excellent image resolution and definition.
- Acceptable levels of noise to 400 ISO .
- Versatile 2 inches folding screen.
- Controls manual, more than sufficient for beginning photographer.
- Good ergonomics and great handling.
Canon PowerShot A620 Review At Cameras UK

Photography Blog- 1/10/2006 – The Canon PowerShot A620 is another winner from Canon. 7 megapixels, 4x optical zoom lens, a fold-out, twisting LCD screen, the usual excellent Canon image quality and general quick responsiveness (thanks to the Digic II processor) make this a great all-round camera. Even better for the aspiring shutterbug, the A620 also offers a complete range of photographic controls, perfect for those who want to take charge. I can’t think of another camera that offers such good value.

[Canon PowerShot A620 Review At Photography Blog]

Camera UK – 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.

[Canon PowerShot A620 Review At Cameras UK]

CNET – As expected, the Canon PowerShot A620 provided very, very good image quality. Our test shots were sharply focused, with good detail. Exposures were generally spot-on, with only a few overexposed highlights. Color saturation was accurate but not over the top, so those of you who like supersaturated colors may want to pump them up with the Vivid setting or one of the color-enhancing My Color options.

The good: Excellent feature set for its class; great image quality; easy to use.

The bad: Flimsy covers for SD slot, as well as DC and A/V connectors; center Function button is a little stiff; not as fast as some competitors.

[Canon PowerShot A620 Review At Cameras UK]

Photoxels – The Canon PowerShot A620 is excellent value for money: excellent image quality with lots of detail, fast operations with no practical shutter lag, fast and precise AF that works in low-light, intuitive operation, full exposure flexibility, accurate exposure metering, an immensely practical flip-and-rotate LCD…. if you’re not sure which digital camera to buy, you can’t go wrong with the Canon A620.

[Canon PowerShot A620 Review At Photoxels]

Imaging Resource –

What they liked:
- Excellent image quality.
- Very good colour rendition.
- 4X optical zoom.
- Minimal optical distortion.
- Fully useable ISO range.

What they didn’t care for:
- No uncompressed format.
- External connection cover opens up too easily.
- No diopter correction on viewfinder.

[Canon PowerShot A620 Review At Megapixel]

Imaging Resource – 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. Thanks to its high-speed DIGIC-II processing chip, it’s also very responsive, and its movie capability is impressive as well.

We’ve generally found that the current crop of 7-megapixel cameras do better in terms of image noise than many of their lower-resolution cousins, and the A620 follows suit, with surprisingly good-looking images even at ISO 400. (Even 8×10″ prints on our Canon i9900 studio printer made from the A620’s ISO 400 shots were quite acceptable, a noticeably better than we’ve come to expect from consumer-level digital cameras operating at that ISO level.)

[Canon PowerShot A620 Review At Imaging Resource]

DP Review – The PowerShot A95 was one of the most successful 5MP compacts due to its compelling combination of features, image quality and value for money. But it was not a camera without problems – mainly performance and speed issues, most of which we – and all the people who bought it – put down to the inevitable compromise involved in getting so many features at such a keen price.

The PowerShot A620, though externally pretty similar, is a very different kettle of fish. Not only does it boast a much better sensor, but the use of the latest DIGIC II processor means it’s a lot, lot faster in operation too. There is very little here to suggest a ‘budget’ model at all; image quality is excellent, it’s very well built, it handles well and it has a real wealth of photographic features that make it suitable for everyone from the absolute beginner to the more experienced photographer wanting lots of control over the picture taking process. And like the A95 it’s a great first camera for anyone wanting to learn the craft of photography, being both affordable and well-specified enough to grow with you as your knowledge and experience increases.

[Canon PowerShot A620 Review At DP Review]

Steves’s Digicams – 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 its wealth of exposure modes, your entire family will love using it, and with 7-megapixels of resolution you can create endless 13×19-inch prints (just be sure you have lots of ink handy.) With an MSRP of around $399, the Canon PowerShot A620 offers an excellent value and is definitely one our pics for 2005. If you love this camera as much as we do, but don’t need the 7.1-megapixels of resolution, check out its 5-megapixel twin brother, the PowerShot A610. It is identical in features with a price tag of about $100 less.

[Canon PowerShot A620 Review At Steve's Digicams]

Digital Camera Resource – The A620 performs very well for a lower priced camera. It starts up in just 1.2 seconds, it focuses quickly, and shutter lag was not a problem. Shot-to-shot and playback speeds were also very good. In low light situations the camera focused accurately thanks to its AF-assist lamp. The PowerShot A620 shines in other areas as well. Its movie and continuous shooting modes are very good, assuming that you’re using a high speed SD card. With that you can record up to 1GB of continuous VGA video with sound, or keep taking photos at 1.9 frames/second until the memory card is full. If you use high power NiMH batteries the A620 beats all of the competition in terms of battery life — too bad Canon doesn’t include any with the camera!

[Full Canon PowerShot A620 Review At Digital Camera Resource]