Canon Powershot A3000 IS Review

The new Canon PowerShot A3000 IS is sleek and compact, great looking and extremely easy to use. The Canon A3000 IS makes photography more enjoyable than ever, helping users get great shots with the minimum of effort.

With a resolution of 10.0 megapixels and a 4x Optical zoom, the Canon PowerShot A3000 IS provides the performance and features that are perfect for photographing family events, keeping up with children at play, or recording scenes and events during a vacation or business trip.

Canon A3000 IS features a Smart Auto mode
The Canon PowerShot A3000 IS also makes it easy to capture the perfect shot, thanks to the intelligent Smart Auto mode. Smart Auto with Scene Detection Technology recognises up to 18 different scenes and automatically applies the optimum settings required to capture the best picture. Smart Auto also includes i-Contrast technology, which analyses images to deliver perfect exposure, adding brightness and detail to darker sections without blowing out correctly-exposed areas. Additionally, Canon’s Easy mode provides super-simple settings for beginners, deactivating most of the buttons and removing icons from the screen for straightforward point-and-shoot photography.

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Creative photography with the Canon PowerShot A3000 IS
A range of creative shooting features includes the new Low Light mode, which provides improved performance in challenging lighting conditions at 2.0 Megapixel resolution. The new Super Vivid mode injects new life into subjects, adding colour to images to provide a dramatic, enriched effect. The new PowerShot A3000 IS digital camera also features the new Poster Effect mode, which reduces the number of colours to create retro-looking, poster-style images.

Canon A3000IS features a Lithium-Ion battery pack
For the first time in a PowerShot A series model, the new Canon A3000 IS features a Lithium-ion battery pack. Lightweight and rechargeable, the Lithium-ion battery pack is slim and easier to carry, and provides the convenience of being able to be charged on demand. The Canon PowerShot A3000 IS camera is also compatible with SDHC and SDXC storage cards, offering up to 2TB (SDXC only) of convenient and reliable memory that users can take anywhere.

whatdigitalcamera reviews the Canon Powershot A3000 IS and writes:
“For all the good work elsewhere in the camera image quality is a real letdown. Most shots were soft overall, in spite of an impressive amount of focal zones being available, and the limited dynamic range meant blown highlights were depressingly common. Colour erred onto the saturation side in most images, and even the likes of the blues appeared devoid of tone and texture. The image stabilization at least made the focus quick, and made framing at the top end of the magnification simple.”

Steve’sDigicams reviews the Canon Powershot A3000 IS and writes:
“The Canon PowerShot A3000 IS is a very appealing entry-level camera. It’s light and easy to carry, has a program mode for anyone who likes to have more control over the functions as well as full auto or easy shooting modes for folks who just want to take pictures. For those with an artistic flair the Poster Effect or Super Vivid modes will not disappoint.”

Cnet reviews the Canon Powershot A3000 IS and writes:
“The Canon PowerShot A3000 IS is a solid compact camera for the money. There’s not a lot here to get excited about beyond its ability to take a very good snapshot and optical image stabilisation. But, if all you’re looking to do is point and shoot and you don’t mind waiting between shots, it will likely be enough camera for you.”

Digital Camera HQ writes:
“It’s nothing ground-breaking, just a solid budget compact camera—and nobody does budget compacts better than Canon.”

Good:
•    optical image stabilization
•    affordable price
•    uses easy to find, affordable, and capacious SDHC and SDXC flash storage cards
•    includes a rechargeable Lithium-ion battery pack
•    a new standard for inexpensive P&S cameras
•    Smart Auto mode automatically selects the best of 18 scene modes
•    slimmer / sleeker enclosure than previous generations of the A series
•    Smart Flash Exposure feature recognizes harsh shadows and enables flash – even in brightly lit situations
•    face recognition with automatic red-eye removal

Bad:
•    bland / plain aesthetic, somewhat cheap looking
•    no high definition video recording
•    4x optical zoom

Capture videos with the Canon PowerShot A3000IS
In addition to high-quality images, the PowerShot A3000 IS captures video at VGA resolution with sound, offering users the ability to go beyond stills. The new Canon camera model features comprehensive software packages, including an integrated YouTube upload function, for sharing videos online quickly and easily.

Canon Powershot A3000 IS specifications:

Sensor:
• 1/2.3″ Type CCD
• 10.0 million effective pixels

Image sizes:
• 3648 x 2736
• 3648 x 2048
• 2816 x 2112
• 2272 x 1704
• 1600 x 1200
• 640 x 480
• 320 x 240

Movie clips:
• 640 x 480 @ 30fps [L]
• 320 x 240 @ 30fps [M]

Maximum clip length:
• Upto 4GB or 1 hour [L or M]

File formats:
• JPEG (Exif v2.2)
• DPOF 1.1
• AVI (Motion JPEG + Wave)

Lens:
• 35- 140mm (35mm equiv)
• f 6.2-24.8mm
• 4x optical zoom
• F2.7-5.6

Image stabilization:
• Yes (Lens-shift)

Digital zoom:
• up to 4x

Focus:
• TTL

AF area modes:
• Face Detection AiAF / 9 point
• 1-point AF (centre or Face Select and Track)

AF lock:
• Yes (On/Off Selectable)

AF assist lamp:
• Yes

Focus distance:
• Closest focus distance 3 cm

Metering:
• Evaluative (linked to Face Detection AF frame)
• Center-weighted average
• Spot (center)

ISO sensitivity:
• Auto
• ISO 100
• ISO 200
• ISO 400
• ISO 800
• ISO 1600

AE lock:
• On/Off Selectable

Exposure compensation:
• +/- 2EV in 1/3 stop increments

Shutter speed:
• 15-1/1600 sec

Modes:
• Auto
• Easy
• Program
• Portrait
• Landscape
• Night Snapshot
• Kids & Pets
• Indoor
• FaceSelf-Timer
• Low Light (2.0MP)
• Super Vivid
• Poster Effect
• Beach
• Foliage
• Snow
• Fireworks
• Long Shutter
• Movie

White balance:
• Auto (including Face Detection WB)
• Daylight
• Cloudy
• Tungsten
• Fluorescent
• Fluorescent H
• Custom

Self timer:
• 2 or 10sec
• Custom or Face Self Timer

Continuous shooting:
• Approx 0.8 fps

Image parameters:
• My Colors (My Colors Off, Vivid, Neutral, Sepia, Black & White, Custom Color (limited))

Flash:
• Auto, Manual Flash On / Off, Slow Synchro
• Face Detection FE compensation, Smart Flash compensation
• Flash exposure lock
• Range :30cm – 3.0m (W) / 2m (T)
• Slow Sync Speed (fastest speed 1/1600 sec)
• External HF-DC1 flash (optional)

LCD monitor:
• 2.7″ TFT
• 230,000 pixels
• 100% coverage
• Adjustable

Connectivity:
• USB Hi-Speed
• AV out (PAL / NTSC switchable)

Storage:
• SD, SDHC, SDXC, MMC, MMCplus, HC MMCplus

Power:
• Rechargeable Li-ion Battery NB-8L

Weight (no batt):
• 125 g