Canon PowerShot A490 / A495 review: sample images gallery

Canon PowerShot A490 / A495 Gallery

The following images were taken with a Canon PowerShot A495, but are also reflective of what you'd get with the A490. The PowerShot A495 was set to Large Fine quality, Auto White Balance and Evaluative Metering. Image Stabilisation was enabled for all these handheld images.

All of the images below are available to download in larger or their original formats for analysis. Click on the desired image to access the files at Flickr.

Note: you may wish to open a number of galleries for direct comparison of detail and noise: Canon IXUS 95 IS / PowerShot SD1200 IS sample images, Nikon COOLPIX L22 sample images, Canon PowerShot A3100 IS sample images, Sony Cyber-shot W270 / W290 sample images, Canon IXUS 100 IS / SD780 IS sample images and Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ7 / ZS3 sample images.

Landscape: 2.51MB, Program, 1/1250, f4.5, 100 ISO, 6.6-21.6mm at 6.6mm (37mm equiv)

Landscape: 2.88MB, Program, 1/100, f3, 80 ISO, 6.6-21.6mm at 6.6mm (37mm equiv)

Landscape: 2.89MB, Program, 1/160, f5.8, 200 ISO, 6.6-21.6mm at 21.6mm (122mm equiv)

Portrait: 2.41MB, Program, 1/125, f5, 80 ISO, 6.6-21.6mm at 17.6mm (98mm equiv)

Macro: 2.91MB, Program, 1/40, f3, 200 ISO, 6.6-21.6mm at 6.6mm (37mm equiv)

Portrait: 2.59MB, Program, 1/60, f3, 80 ISO, 6.6-21.6mm at 6.6mm (37mm equiv)

Landscape: 2.9MB, Program, 1/640, f4.5, 100 ISO, 6.6-21.6mm at 6.6mm (37mm equiv)

Interior: 2.89MB, Program, 1/80, f3, 400 ISO, 6.6-21.6mm at 6.6mm (37mm equiv)

Interior: 2.75MB, Program, 1/50, f5.8, 800 ISO, 6.6-21.6mm at 6.6mm (37mm equiv)

Interior: 2.78MB, Program, 1/50, f3, 1600 ISO, 6.6-21.6mm at 6.6mm (37mm equiv)

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