Canon PowerShot A650 IS Digital Camera Review

Picture Quality / Size Options (8.0)
The A650 IS camera records images only in JEPG format. The camera has three image quality (compression) levels:
• SuperFine provides the highest image quality but the least compression (largest file size);
• Fine provides a middle compromise on both image quality and compression;
• Normal provides the lowest image quality but the most compression (smallest file sizes).

These compression levels can be applied to any of the still image resolutions:
• Large: 4000 x 300 pixels (12 megapixels);
• Medium 1: 3264 x 2448 pixels (8 megapixels);
• Medium 2: 2592 x 1944 pixels (5 megapixels);
• Medium 3: 1600 x 1200 pixels (2 megapixels);
• Small: 640 x 480 pixels (307K pixels);
• Widescreen: 4000 x 2248 pixels (0 megapixels).

The largest average file size is 5.2 megabytes for a Large SuperFine image. The smallest average file size is 84 kilobytes for a Small Normal image.

Picture Effects Mode (7.0)
The camera provides several picture effects modes, known as the “My Colors” modes:
• Vivid
• Neutral
• Sepia
• Black and White
• Custom

There is nothing here that you can’t do as well in something like Photoshop, but doing it in camera offers a certain degree of convenience if you don’t mind throwing away color information in your archival copy of the image.