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Manual Control Options
The Canon PowerShot A2000 has almost minimal manual controls. There's a manual white balance setting, and the tiny bit of customization allowed by setting your own self-timer interval and choosing the function of one of the buttons. However, the lack of manual aperture control is frustrating, and shutter speed can be altered only for periods longer than one second, and even then it's poorly implemented and well hidden.
Focus
Auto Focus (7.00)
Under good light, the auto focus on the A2000 performed well. However, the face detection feature was poorly implemented, and couldn't recognize people most of the time.
Manual Focus (0.00)
The A2000 has no manual focus controls.
ISO (7.50)
The ISO range on this camera is adequate, running from ISO 80 to 1600, with an additional ISO 3200 at reduced resolution (1600 x 1200 pixels), available via the scene mode system. If leaving decisions to the camera is more your style, it can also be set to Auto or Hi (which limits the automatic ISO to the upper end of the spectrum).
White Balance (5.50)
For differing light sources, you can set the white balance to Auto, Day Light, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H (daylight fluorescent) or Custom. Custom lets you take a reading off a white or grey material in order to correctly compensate for the current lightig source. This is a good range for an inexpensive point-and-shoot, even if our lab tests revealed mixed performance in this area.
Exposure (2.00)
You can control exposure by ±2 EV in 1/3 steps, which is a standard range, but you can only access this adjustment in Program mode.
Metering (7.50)
Another function only controllable in Program mode, metering mode can be set to Spot, Center Weighted Average or Evaluative (which uses information from the entire image to produce the best overall metering.)
Shutter Speed (2.00)
Normally, the shutter speed runs from 1/60 to 1/1600 of a second, which isn't a great range, and distinctly lacking at the quick end of the spectrum. However, while in Program mode, if you go into exposure compensation, and press the Disp button, you can manually set the shutter to 1 second to 15 seconds in length. Apart from this long exposure setup, there is no way to control shutter speed directly.
Aperture (0.00)
Aperture values range from f/3.2 to f/9 at the widest lens setting and f/5.9 to f/17 at 6x zoom. This is quite slow, particularly for telephoto shots, making handheld photography difficult. Unfortunately, there is no direct control over aperture with this camera.
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