DPReview's Canon A700 Review

[Piano Man]

The full length review is up. This will be my first digital camera. I've been waiting to see this go up against the A620, and according to dpreview, its better.

DPReview's Canon A700 Review

So would I buy one? That's a more difficult question. At the moment the A700 sits pretty much in a class of its own; there are equally compact, similarly-priced cameras with big zooms on the market, some (such as the Panasonic LZ5) with the added benefit of image stabilization. But none offers the level of photographic control or the added versatility off add-on lenses (and flash), and my experiences with the A700 would indicate that you can get away without image stabilization at focal lengths of up to 210mm equiv. in most daytime shooting situations. Because of this (and if you can live without the tilting screen) I'd certainly choose the A700 over the A610 or A620.