Canon PowerShot A710 IS First Impressions Review

by Richard Baguley
Published on October 09, 2006

Navigation
Intro	Physical Tour
Components	Design / Layout
Modes	Control Options
Image Parameters	Connectivity / Extras
Overall Impressions	Conclusion

Picture Quality / Size Options

Three options are provided for image quality, which Canon refers to as Superfine, Fine and Normal. No option is provided for shooting in RAW mode. The image size options are as follows: Large 3072 x 2304, Medium1 2592 x 1944, Medium2 2048 x 1536, Medium3 1600 x 1200, Small 640 x 480, Postcard 1600 x 1200 and Widescreen 3072 x 1728.

Canon provides a number of picture effects modes, which it calls My Colors. The effects offered include Vivid, Neutral, Sepia, Black & White, Lighter Skin Tone, Darker Skin Tone, Positive Film, Vivid Blue, Vivid Red, Vivid Green, and Custom Color. The latter allows you to tweak how the colors will be processed with sliders for red, green and blue color enhancement along with saturation, contrast, and sharpness. Some pretty freaky effects can be created, but I’m not convinced by these; you could do the same thing with more finesse and better results in an image editing program.