Canon Power Shot A50 Powershot 0.8MP Digital Camera

by Canon

Product Details

Product Manual [1.75mb PDF]

• Product Dimensions: 4.1 x 1.5 x 2.7 inches ; 9.6 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B00001P4YW
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #35,541 in Camera & Photo (See Top 100 in Camera & Photo)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 4, 1999

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Designed with the same easy-to-use controls as Canon's PowerShot A5 and A5Zoom, the PowerShot A50 remains portable and easy to operate, but its added features provide better image quality and more speed and functionality than its predecessors.

The 1.31-megapixel CCD (charge-coupled device) and Hardware Image Processing help produce sharper images and increase the shooting speed. Features such as Night Shooting mode, Slow Shutter mode, white balance control, and exposure compensation help eliminate color irregularities and allow for a wide variety of shots. This camera also offers a 28 to 70mm-equivalent zoom lens with both wide-angle and telephoto settings.

The PowerShot A50 is Canon's first digital camera to support new industry standards for image storage and printing. Its DCF (design rule for camera filing system) format and DPOF (digital print order format) make it simple to print and transfer images between the camera and other peripherals. The PowerShot A50 comes with a rechargeable battery, power adapter, and an integrated set of Mac- and PC-compatible software; however, you have to buy the battery charger separately.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

118 of 118 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great camera that should last quite a while, November 11, 1999

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J. Gerry "Gadget Dork" (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Canon Power Shot A50 Powershot 0.8MP Digital Camera (Electronics)

Just got mine yesterday and played with it all night. It's a nice camrea, extremely well-build and sturdy. It feels heavy compared to my small film cameras, but in a good way. It feels solid.

The picture quality is really excellent, although I tend to like the large, high-quality mode (1280 x 960). The 8MB card included with the unit will hold 24 photos in this mode, which may be enough for some people. I bought an extra 32MB card so I should be set.

I love that the lens is covered when you're viewing pictures on the LCD; it keeps the fingerprints off it.

Definitely get the rechargeable kit, and you'll probably want a larger memory card as well.

26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars great camera, great software, February 17, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Canon Power Shot A50 Powershot 0.8MP Digital Camera (Electronics)

I love the camera. It's great for a snapshot camera and has some useful manual functions (flash off, exposure compensation, slow shutter). Another great feature is the Mac software that comes with it-- TimeTunnel. This is awesome. You plug in the camera (or in my case, put the CompactFlash card into a PCMCIA adapter and into the slot in my PowerBook) and upload the photos into this easy-to-use and very well designed program. You can zoom through thumbnails of all of your photos, arranged on a spiral thing which classes them by date. When you click on a thumbnail, you get all the info about it (date, shutter speed, aperture, file size, etc) and when you double click it opens the full size image. You can easily "send" any image to another program, such as the included Adobe PhotoDeluxe, or better yet, Photoshop.

I'm very happy with the camera, and the only reason it doesn't get a 5 star rating from me is that the battery charger and replacement rechargable batteries are on worldwide backorder and have been for months. This is very irresponsible of Canon and is costing me a fortune in batteries.

26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Where's the Power?, February 14, 2000

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Jerry (Oregon) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Canon Power Shot A50 Powershot 0.8MP Digital Camera (Electronics)

The camera is excellent. You can read a hundred reviews as I have on the great job that Canon has done on the design and convience of this little guy. But don't buy it unless you can assure that you can get a rechargable battery kit with it. I've been waiting since just before Christmas to find a supplier who has one in stock (at a reasonable price). In the meantime buying batteries is eating me alive in cost! Apparently, Canon produced two-to-one the camera's to the rechargable battery packs... thus all us unsuspecting buyers got a camera and a backorder notice on the rechargables! BEWARE!