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Canon PowerShot Pro70

Canon PowerShot Pro70

80 reviews

Apr, 2024

Positive
performance (10)
price (7)
image quality (6)
screen (6)
usability (6)

Negative
portability (5)
size (5)
zoom (3)
flash (3)
viewfinder (1)

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 80 reviews of Canon PowerShot Pro70. The average rating for this product is 4.4/5, compared to an average rating of 4.3/5 for other Digital Compact Cameras for all reviews. Comments about the design and image quality are on the whole positive. The usability and performance are also mentioned favorably, but there are some critical comments about the viewfinder and flash.

price, performance, usability, image quality, design

portability, zoom, size, flash, viewfinder

We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other Digital Compact Cameras the Canon PowerShot Pro70 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 79/100 = Good quality.

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6 expert reviews

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Expert review by : Phil Askey (dpreview.com)

Canon Pro 70 Review

The Canon PowerShot Pro 70 (referred to as the Pro70 from now onwards) is probably one of the second most eagerly awaited new arrivals of early 1999 along with the Sony DSC-D700 which is seen by many as its main rival.

This is definitely a camera which demands serious consideration, image quality is above what is currently available and with some unique features the Canon PowerShot Pro 70 comes highly recommended. However, photographers looking for more manual...

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Expert review by (pcworld.com)

PowerShot Pro70

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Expert review by (steves-digicams.com)

Canon Powershot Pro70

The 1.6-megapixel Canon PowerShot Pro 70 is a high-end consumer digital camera that can also be called a low-end professional (prosumer) camera too. When this review was originally written the Pro 70 was retailing for around $1000, it can now be had for a

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Expert review by (imaging-resource.com)

Digital Cameras - Canon PowerShot Pro70 Digital Camera Review, Information, Specifications

Canon refers to this camera model as the PowerShot

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Expert review by : Dirck Halstead (digitaljournalist.org)

Canon PowerShot Pro 70 Digital Camera

As we have long predicted in these columns, the march towards the replacement of film by digital for photojournalism is moving inexorably forward. Working for a newsmagazine, as I do, I find that I am one of the last photographers left in the White...

Part of the answer to this problem may have arrived with the introduction of the Canon Pro70 digital camera. For about $1,199 it is possible to buy a camera, with all the necessary peripherals for hook up to a laptop, that is capable of delivering a...

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Consumer review (ciao.com)

Canon PowerShot Pro70

Worth mentioning that in the Canon PowerShot Pro70 on the viewfinder with a diopter corrector. At the right side of the viewfinder has both the vertical position of the LED, the above are used to indicate an auto-focus and camera operation, the...

Has a 1.68 million pixel CCD and 2.5 optical zoom lens

None

Apr, 2009

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Consumer review (ciao.com)

Canon PowerShot Pro70

Serious about their photography, the Canon PowerShot Pro70 produces images at up to 1,536 x 1,024 pixel resolution and boasts a 28 to 70mm power zoom lens. Drawing on design elements of Canon's top-selling EOS, the Pro70 features sophisticated...

Images at up to 1536x1024 pixel resolution

Feb, 2009

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Consumer review (ciao.com)

Awesome Pix

I purchased this camera recently and am blown away by its quality and the great pix it takes. Granted we had a cheap 3.1mp Kodak with no Zoom prior to this one, but I can tell this one takes amazing pictures..It was actually recommended to me by a...

both manual/full auto modes

nothing

Feb, 2009

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Consumer review (ciao.com)

Canon PowerShot Pro70

Compared to most of the cameras in this month's Labs, Canon's PowerShot Pro70 is a bit of an OAP. Having first featured in issue 54, nearly two years ago, the camera proceeded to hold its own in our last digital camera group test, gaining an Honourable...

good

noone

Jan, 2009

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Consumer review (ciao.com)

Jpeg format camera

As we've all learned though, mAh capacity is only part of the field of view captured by the CCD. Works well with Canon's claims. Fairly fast cycle times , for such a high-resolution camera. Until Type II CF cards for mondo in-camera storage. The...

8 MB CF card ,Pro70's battery

n/a

Dec, 2008

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