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Title: 6 Years On and Still Going Strong
Review: Hard to believe it's been six years, but my Powershot A510 has served me incredibly well. It has shot about 5,000 photos, hours of video. It has been dropped twice by accident, from about 4 feet on to concrete both times, been exposed to subfreezing weather, 100 degree weather, flown in an open cockpit biplane, dented and finish worn, but it still takes very good photographs.One of the first smaller cams with 4x zoom, and the Digic I processor ensures very good pictures. Full manual control is also nice. How good is the picture quality? I found that when mounted on a tripod, the A510 would take sharper pictures than a EOS Digital Rebel using a $300 wide-angle lens. Compacts have matched lens/sensor pairs and this is a good example.The only negative features- Limited 640x480 video time to 30 seconds, pretty chunky overall.This little Canon has outlasted two other point and shoots, a Kodak V705, and a Coolpix S570.Recommended, even at this late date.
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