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Suhit Gupta
07-22-2004, 02:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.dpreview.com/news/0407/04072002canona85.asp' target='_blank'>http://www.dpreview.com/news/0407/04072002canona85.asp</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Canon, a leader in photographic and imaging technology, today adds the 4.0 Megapixel PowerShot A85 to its popular PowerShot range. The camera replaces the PowerShot A70, one of the most successful cameras in Canon's seventy year history. "The PowerShot A70 was successful because it found the perfect balance between point-and-shoot economy and pro-sumer control features," said Mogens Jensen, Head of Canon Consumer Imaging Europe at the camera's launch. "The PowerShot A85 builds on this success by adding new features that make it even easier to use, while at the same time giving the experienced user more options.""</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/canona85frontback-001.jpg" /><br /><br />The A85 is a 4MP camera that comes with 3x zoom. As it replaces the A70, it also brings in several improvements, some of which were seen with the PowerShot A75 including six new 'special scene modes', 9-point AiAF, VGA movie clips (10 fps, up to 30 secs) and a larger 1.8" LCD monitor. A quick froogle search shows that it isn't available yet, but will retail for somewhere around $550.

Kevin & Beth Remhof
07-22-2004, 04:05 PM
Canon has a strange numbering scheme. The A85 replaces the A70 but has most of the features of the A80. Canon previously announced (http://www.dpreview.com/news/0402/04020905canona75.asp) that the A75 replaced the A70. So, I would have assumed that the A85 would replace the A80.

BTW, we have an A80 and love it! The A85 is nice but it doesn't have the swivel screen of the A80. The screen is one of our favorite features.