Canon Kills PowerShot A470, Brings in A480

When one dies, another one is born. We never imagined that this can be applied to digital cameras, but Canon just did it.

Canon is retiring its PowerShot A470. Starting this season, A470 will not be available to the market anymore. Instead, a logically better and more advanced A480 will be out.

PowerShot A480 is a 10 megapixel camera and it is 25% more lightweight compared to its predecessor A470. The new PowerShot also has a a 3.3x optical zoom which translate to 4x max digital zoom. It has a 2.5-inche LCD display and an impressive DIGIC III processor.

PowerShot and perhaps power design, Canon will be releasing this new model in different colors to suit your style: red, blue, black, and silver.

A4870 also sports a more compact body and easier operation plus a few features like motion detection and face detection. It can also take video in smooth, 30fps VGA movies with Long Play mode. Pictures can be taken in seven different resolutions between 320 x 240 to 3648 x 2736. If this is not enough, there are a total of 15 shooting modes when one can choose from.

There is no word yet on when will this be available in the US, but the European market can immediately enjoy this next month. It will be tagged at £129.00 or around US$188.

Source: DPReview