We also get the familiar Canon “My Colors” options, with the ability to also shoot with a saturation boost or alternatively with a sepia tone. There is a smidgeon of creativity belying the budget price tag on the A800 courtesy of the ability to select Super Vivid or Poster Art style digital effects to apply in camera from among the side toolbar that appears when selecting scene mode. When in stills capture mode, keep your finger on the zoom lever and the camera moves through its 3.3x range in all of 2 seconds, which is fine for framing up your shot. If you want high definition look to the PowerShot A3200 IS or A3300 IS models, for £129 or £149 respectively, which also offer much better builds and styling.ĭisappointingly, use of the optical zoom is disabled when recording a digital variety kicks in instead, undoubtedly because the actual zoom makes a buzzing sound like a mechanical gnat when adjusted. Again these timings are average.Īs a throwback to simpler times, video here is just a standard definition 640 x 480 pixels at 30 frames per second, to a maximum duration of an hour (requiring a 4GB card). Press down fully to take the shot and with no discernable shutter delay a maximum 10 megapixel best quality JPEG is committed to card in around 3 seconds, screen briefly blacking out before freezing to display the captured image. As is the case with other latest generation Canon’s there’s no longer a modest internal memory to fall back on, so you’ll need that SD/SDHC/SDXC card from the off.Ī half press of the shutter release button and after a brief moment’s adjustment, focus and exposure snap into place, AF point/s appearing on screen as a turquoise rectangle. If you require additional stabilisation, a screw thread for attaching a tripod features at the base of the A800, as does a large slide open cover holding the two alkaline AAs in place once inserted (good for a respectable 300 shots), a compartment also shared with the optional removable SD media card of your choice. A mirrored chrome ring that encircles the lens provides the only instance of “bling”. Overall dimensions are 94.3 x 61.6 x 31.2mm and it weighs 186g, so it will still squeeze into pockets. Maximum lens aperture is also distinctly average at F/3.0. Focal range is an equivalent 37-122mm in 35mm terms, so better suited to portraiture than those wider-angle landscape shots. For your outlay, headline specification includes a 10-megapixel effective resolution from a 1/2.3-inch CCD sensor and a 3.3x optical zoom sufficient to do the job when pointing and shooting, if hardly, as expected, envelope pushing.
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