Canon PowerShot A495

Canon updated 2009's PowerShot A480 by splitting it into two models: the A490 and the A495. The PowerShot A490 is about $20 less expensive than the A495, but it's only available in silver; has a 5-point Face AiAF autofocus system instead of the A495's...

Save your money and buy something better. It's ok for outdoor pictures and if you don't need to zoom. Zoom does very poorly; the pictures almost always come out blurry. As soon as it's getting close to dusk, and at night, it takes forever for the...

Don't buy this one. CNET, you need to change your rating on this camera. It is not reliable.

I bought two of these cameras to be used by students in a school. I spend no more than 30 seconds explaining them, whether the user, even to people who call themselves "technologically impaired." The pictures are great, enough resolution for yearbook....

I bought two of these cameras to be used by students in a school. I spend no more than 30 seconds explaining them, whether the user, even to people who call themselves "technologically impaired." The pictures are great, enough resolution for yearbook....

The Canon Powershot A495 is probably one of the most affordable compact digital cameras out there. A little bit bulky and encased in a full plastic body, including a plastic lens barrel, its design may not catch your eyes at first, but this...

The Canon Powershot A495 is probably one of the most affordable compact digital cameras out there. A little bit bulky and encased in a full plastic body, including a plastic lens barrel, its design may not catch your eyes at first, but this...

May be due to non existent image stabilization not picking up light or some defect...