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Summary: Great and easy to use
Review: The A40 is an excellent point and shoot digital camera for the casual shot. BUT it has manual control that allows you to take shots that an automatic camera could never capture properly; like tough night shots. It also has a panaramic feature that lets you stitch multiple photos into one (it really works, and it's easy to do). The best feature I like is that it can use regular batteries in a pinch; however, the rechargable batteries last a long time (I recommend a good fast charger). And that's not all, it also has a 3X optical zoom (forget those digital zooms); AND it has an adapter lens cover to add a telephoto lens (optional). Even though this camera has only 2MP it captures great photos. For the price, it can;t be beat!!
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Summary: Exellent Camera, Exellent Pictures.
Review: This Camara is great. The wife and I finnaly got tired of our [junk] 35 millimeter camera... so we forked out the money for this model, a 128MB memory card, and some rechargable batteries.We couldn't be more happy. The picture quality is exellent. About once a month we select the pictures we really like and take them to a store that will develop them onto photo paper for a fair price (much cheaper for us than buying a lot of fancy printers and such). The results are far better quality than those from our 35 millimeter camera. The color in the pictures is just great. I had no idea digital pictures could be transfered to photo paper with such exellent results. Toss your old film using camera in the garbage and get yourself one of these babies.
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Summary: Great Camera for begining digital photogrophers
Review: I got the Canon Powershot A40 in December of 2002 after researching these things for months. I chose on the A40 for its resonable price and capabilites. It has 6 differnt modes on its wheel but you go can go farther. You can take photos in B/W, Vivd, Nuetral,Low sharpining, and Sepia. Its movie mode is advertised to make a thirty second movie, but I have found it only takes about a 20 second movie. so now lets go to the pros and cons. PRO's:
1)Price
2)Zoom capibilitys
3)Usability
4)Large LCD screen
5)Easy removal of unwanted pictures
6)Battery life
7)Software
8)Setup CON's:
1)Shutter lag
2)Weight (See 2) 2(If you want a lighter camera look at its brother the A60) Overal this is a great camera and I would highly suggest getting it.
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Summary: Great for photo dummies like me
Review: I just wanted to buy a decent camera to replace the cheapo 35mm products that I seem to always lose or break. No specialty photos, just family stuff and the usual normal snapshots. The A40 was on sale, and a bunch of folks on Amazon spoke highly of it. Best purchase I ever made. Easy to use--just point and click, and you get excellent photos. I made the mistake of buying a Canon i950 photo printer and some glossy 4X6 paper. The picture quality is UNBELIEVABLE-- better than any I've ever received back from the local 1 hour photo (I know, because my wife RUNS the local 1 hour photo stand). Now I'm buying digital photography books, playing with the advanced features of the camera, and evaluating photo software. If you can find this camera, buy it!!! But beware the digital photo bug...
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Summary: Canon A40
Review: Excellent digital camera for all purposes. Delivers great pictures with very good color and detail. User-friendly for even the amateur photographer. Camera is light and easy to carry around.Very durable. My friends are jealous how well my photos reproduce.
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Summary: EXCELLENT CAMERA FOR BEGINNER
Review: I purchased this camera about a year ago, and I love it! It's easy to use, has intuitive controls and takes great photos! When combined with a larger memory card (I put a 256 MB in mine), it will take more photos than you can dream of! PROS:
Movie Mode With Sound - Many cameras have a movie mode, but no sound...What's the point?
2 MP - Great for starters.
Effects - Shots such as Black and White, Sepia, and built in Sharpening mode make use better than just normal photos.
Easy Use - Wheel selector on back of camera is GREAT! Makes use a lot better than cameras where you have to select through a menu every time you turn it on. CONS:
2 MP is good for photos of just tooling around. 4 MP may be better if you want to print out digital photos (Cannon i950 photo printer is GREAT for that!!!)
Movie Mode - Takes movies which are between 12 and 24 seconds (depends on temperature, I think). Great for taking small movies IF the events you want to film are on cue when you press the button (Real life, I have found, is not!) If you are more into longer films, then the PowerShot S45 may be better.
I really like Point & Click photography. Digital cameras require a bit of focusing time, which can result in a 2 or so second delay. Overall, it's a great camera. I am upgrading to the PowerShot S45 because of the longer movie mode and the 4 MP. 2MP is fine for home, but I use it at work also, and find myself needing more detail.
This camera is great for the price. If you are a beginner and don't want to blow a lot of cash, I recommend this camera. Once you figure out for yourself what you like and don't like, you can buy a new one to your likings, and give this one to the kids/family/whoever.
Misses the 5th Star because the movie mode is too short, and the delay in taking the photos. Otherwise, GREAT!
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Summary: A great camera ...
Review: I purchased this model several months ago and still very pleased with it's performance. Like many digital cameras, you can go through many pairs of batteries. However, you can extend your usage life if you invest in a few extra dollars in Energizer E2 batteries. The camera itself isn't that heavy or bulky as it may appear. For those who are a bit picker, the flash is very powerful on this model but still manage to get great photos. This camera is highly recommended for those looking to have a camera to just have around.
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Summary: I'm very fond of this camera
Review: It's not perfect, but it works very well. I like the double AA battery use, it increases the weight, but AA's are cheap and readily available, and the battery life is excellent. The extra weight and the lip-handle thing the batteries are in on the side is an excellent hand hold, and gives the camera a great feel. The camera as lots of manual settings for fiddling with, and it takes good pictures. There is a bit of noise in low-light shots, but that happens with any digital camera. One complaint: The flash lacks one important setting: the ability to make it trigger no matter what. For most people this isn't an issue, but for taking product shots for a web site and such it's useful for filling in some shadows and neutralizing the color. It only has an Auto Flash setting, Flash Off, or Red Eye Reduction. Otherwise it is superb. It is being updated with the A60 and A70, which I can only imagine being even better than this camera.
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Summary: Best mistake I ever made!!
Review: I got this camera because I bought a different one and when I took it back to Circut city, they only let me make an exchange. Best mistake I ever made. I really love this camera. I use it most everyday. Here are my Tips.... I like how it will automatically adjust its apature. But it sets it for the brightest part of the picture. So if your subject is in the shade, point the camera to just the shade and hold the shutter button half way to have the camera set for that light. Then you can take the pic with the subject in the shade and light. I love the movie mode. It gobbles up a lot of disc space, but with a 128 mb CF you'll still have plenty of room. The AVI it produces is a compressed avi which Premiere 6.5 won't allow me to edit with. So I use my Easy CD Creator 5 Platium and go to its edit video mode. Then I load my compressed avi and output it to a MPG2. Then I can use it with my Premiere 6.5 to edit it with the pictures for a awesome slide and video production. Great camera you will definitly be happy with.
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Summary: Best in its class. Period.
Review: This is my second digital camera - the first was a point and shoot Fuji 1.3MP camera. For under 200 dollars, this is the best 2 MP camera you can get. Construction: There is no plastic except on the flash card cover. It feels solid and fits perfectly in your hand. (the s200 and others are too small to really be comfortable) the battery compartment on the right side makes a great grip. Optics: The 3x optical zoom lens is a great plus. On the down side, it does not have too many steps but then again, its not a prosumer camera. AiAF does a decently good job in bad light. Images are a little noisy but overall, a lot better than i expected from a camera like this. Excellent color saturation and white balance and the resolution is better than most other 2 megapixel cameras. I regularly get 4x6 prints and sometimes get 5x7 prints. always brilliant results. even the low light results are fantastic. Battery: The camera takes 4 AA batteries - this to me is a good thing. Its all nice and dandy to have a custom rechargeable. Till you are about to leave for the weekend and realize that you forgot to charge the baby up. 4 NiMH rechargeables last for ever in the camera and are not that expensive. And if you do run out, every corner store you find will have AA's. Manual controls: The three modes : automatic in which you can use it as a point and shoot and leave your head at home.
program: in which there are some preset modes to choose from
manual: wherein you can control exposure, white balance, etc. Bottom line: Ask yourself realistically - 'am i really into photography or do i just like to have an expensive camera to impress my friends' - that'll tell you which camera to get. for day to day use and 4x6 prints, there is no camera i would recommend over this one. period.
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