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| Date Reviewed: May 9, 2002 |
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Strengths: Great pictures, easy to use, manual controls, excellent low light capabilities, decent price, upgradable features via downloads.
Weaknesses: None. Okay, an 8MB memory card and alkaline batteries; but it's the same with most cameras and is easily resolved.
Summary: I've used a few digital cameras over the years, including a lot of work with a Sony MVC-FD71 at my job. When my Dad asked me to recommend a digital camera for Christmas, I did a lot of reading and researching and finally told him to get the Canon A20. The only other camera that really made it to final consideration was the Fuji 2600. When I decided to get a camera for myself, I again spent a lot of time sorting through all of the comparisons and reviews. This time it was the A40 that I chose. Fantastic pictures and printout quality, ease of use, the ability to have just about total manual control, great low light capabilities, a decent price, and expandability were most of the reasons. Another fantastic feature is the ability to upgrade the camera's features via a download, much like upgrading your BIOS. For the price, this camera really can't be beat and I don't hesitate recommending it.
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| Date Reviewed: Dec 11, 2002 |
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Strengths: Canon Warrenty Service!! A big plus learnt recently
Weaknesses: Weak flash and low light.
Summary: 2003-09-08 12:53:32 I wrote a review after 1 wk of ownership, now I am back to compliment Canon on its service policy. We were at the local theme park last month and water splashed on the camera, it got drenched. I should have removed the battery, took it home and dried it with a blower. I tried to see if it still worked and turned the camera on, and it froze after the lens was deployed. Got stuck. My brother is in Chicago, so he took the camera to their service center. Walk in, no prior appointment. They took the camera and I expected them to disclaim responsibility. I thought they will come back with an estimate of 50 to 100$ to repair it. Surprise!!!! They fixed it for free! Great job Canon. In the nine months, I have taken tons of great pictures, I carry two sets of Ni-MH batteries and a 128 MB card. I routinely snap 400 pictures per trip. I dont run out of batteries. The shutter lag is not a problem. If you know where the "action" is going to be, you half press the shutter and let the camera do the auto-focus and white balance calculations and be ready to snap. Just click when you want to and there is practically no delay. I took a shot of my daughter breaking a board in a Karate Tournement. Exactly at the precise moment the board broke! Dolphins in air at their maximum height etc with absolutely no problems. Flash too weak to shoot stage dances from audience section.
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| Date Reviewed: Aug 22, 2003 |
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Strengths: the best clearest pictures
Weaknesses: people say batt life..well i dont think so just buy batts for didgital cameras thats all
Summary: this is the best camera i have bought. people cant belive how clear the pics are. and its so easy to use. i have canon everything now inluding the printer and scanner. all i can say is canon rocks!!u want great pics buy canon products
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| Date Reviewed: Mar 14, 2003 |
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Strengths: picture quality,zoom is good for beginners like me,ease of use on auto mode, metallic structure,gr8 flash!
Weaknesses: 8 mb card, shutter lag, heavy, no case, battery life
Summary: this is my 1st digi cam and i am really pleased with it.it takes really gr8 pix. there are few faults with this camera. one is the battery life. when buying this camera get some rechargable batteries and a charger. the 8 mb card only holds about 24 pix on the medium setting..so get at least a 64 mb (which is what i have holds 100 on big size 200 on med size & 400 on small size). the shutter lag is what irritates me the most bout this cam. it takes very long to "recover" from taking a pic. somtimes if u try to press the button too soon the camera freezes up and u just miss the moment. but really all in a this camera is a very very good buy.
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| Date Reviewed: Aug 13, 2002 |
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Strengths: Battery Life; Picture Quality; Ease of Navigating Menus; Movie Mode with Sound; Zoom; Price!
Weaknesses: The optical viewfinder covers only 80% of the field of vision, but it can be worked with. Since the LCD is so easy to see, I usually aim with that - it shows the whole picture!
Summary: WOW! This is my first experience with a digital camera! And it is fantastic! I did a lot of research before spending the money on a digital camera! With this Canon, you get a lot of extra features for your buck! I read that 2 megapixels are good only for printing as large as a 5X7 print - I've printed 8X10's with this camera and they are superb! I'm a Mom who takes a lot of pictures of her two little boys for scrapbooking purposes! This is an ideal camera for that job!
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| Date Reviewed: Dec 17, 2002 |
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 The best are all the controls you have on this cam ... Strengths: 15 seconds exposure, All the manual controls, AA Batteries, lots of accessories available, good website
Weaknesses: Heavy, picture quality, macro ability, shutter lag, no real aperture
Summary: 2003-03-19 02:37:58 The best are all the controls you have on this camera for this prizerange...it can handle almost all situations... I bought this camera because of all the good reviews but have to say I'm a little disappointed with the picture quality. The colors are not very accurate and the sharpness is not really crisp, the focus is very soft...I think the Fuji's handle that better. The manual aperture setting doesn't bring any DoF effect...guess I should not expect higher prized features. But for the prize it's ok, and I needed a camera that can handle nightshots.
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| Date Reviewed: Apr 1, 2003 |
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Forget the stupid software.... after a year and a ...
Strengths: Nice lil camera, but the software... UGH!
Weaknesses: BATTERY COMPARTMENT LID WILL DIE ON YOU
Summary: 2004-08-01 05:23:10 Forget the stupid software.... after a year and a half, the thing I fear the most has come upon me..!! The battery compartment LID is giving LOTS of trouble to close, to the point where I HATE to have to change batteries, because I don't know if it'll mean the effective death of the camera, this one last time: if you can't close your wonky compartment lid, you can't make electrical contact, can you? -and there goes ALL function. ....see what I mean??
so, if you're rich, and you're going to change your digi-cam within 6months to a year, go ahead and buy, but BE VERY CAREFUL WITH THE BATTERY COMPARTMENT LID and how you treat it ever so carefully, especially how you CLOSE it..!!
I will not be buying ANY camera with this sort of battery compartment lid design, not again!
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| Date Reviewed: Apr 21, 2002 |
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Strengths: Ease of use. Excellent picture quality. Alot of high-end features for a $200 + camera. Manual controls.
Weaknesses: No shutter sound after taking pictures.
Summary: Believe me folks, this is the camera that you've been looking for. I have tried the Sony's and the Nikon's and this camera simply outclassess and outhustles the competition. And the price, wow!! where in the h... can you get a camera so feature rich, not to mention the excellent picture quality for under $300. ???? Everything is just so grrrreat about this little baby!!
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| Date Reviewed: Jul 3, 2006 |
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Strengths: Easy to handle, manual shuttertimes, easy focus, great holiday cam
Weaknesses: Grain in dark places, slightly weak flash, sometimes too long load times, tad heavy
Summary: I got this camera as a gift from my father 4 years ago, I was pleasantly surprised. It was one of the 'best' camera's back then. 2MP! Nowadays we don't really care for 'less than 5 MP cams'. However this camera proved me a worthy companion in all those years i went on holiday. It's a great and especially reliable cam. It's not particulary good at macro shots, not particulary good at night shots, not particulary good in zooms. But overall it's just a wonderful and predictible camera, that has NOT left me for the past 4 to 5 years. I say this because it proves something about the quality of this camera. Many cameras around me have been replaced, usually because they were broken.
It's not a light camera, but instead of accu's using penlites is something great, especially in a Zoo.. where you can only buy AA's and no new accu's for a camera :)
I would not recommend this camera to proffesionals, but as i said. This one has been my #1 holiday cam in the past 4 years. My next camera is certainly going to be a canon again!
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| Date Reviewed: Oct 22, 2003 |
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Strengths: Easy to use, transfer photos and features.
Weaknesses: None
Summary: This is a great point-and-shoot digital camera! It takes wonderful photos straight out of the box. If you are an advance user and know how to adjust settings, the photos get even better. I have had this camera for about a year and still love it! Battery life is average and excellent if you don't use the LCD. The A60 is this cameras replacement since Canon no longer makes the A40.
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| Date Reviewed: Apr 7, 2003 |
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Strengths: Very good price, movie mode, optional lenses, Manual settings
Weaknesses: 8 MB memory, fuzzy macro shots, and no case
Summary: This is my first digital camera andd i really like it. the pictures are generally pretty good. i als mo like the manual mode. and the few things i didn't like were not so bad since i only paid $200 for it
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| Date Reviewed: Feb 26, 2003 |
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Strengths: Very compact, great resolution, great zoom, easy software and installation
Weaknesses: Not very good up close pictures but great at distance.no camera case.
Summary: 2003-02-27 14:03:05 Looked at nikon coolpix and almost got one but very happy with the canon. I compare the pics from the more expensive nikon and the a40 and the canon was alot better pics. Buy a charger and rechargerable batteries. It is worth it. I bought a energizer chaer and the batteries and a 256 mb cf type 1 card and i have over 400 pic available to use on the highest resolution or approx 800 middle resolution or over 100 on the small resolution. All of that just for under 400 dollars. Get the powershot camera case from canon for 7 dollars too.
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| Date Reviewed: Feb 11, 2003 |
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Strengths: Almost everything. The picture quality, the price(now at 250 almost everywhere), the manual controls, the movie mode.
Weaknesses: It only comes with a 8MB. It also has pretty poor macro.
Summary: I'm looking into getting a 32MB or 64MB card because each high quality picture takes about 1MB. A macro lens is also available if that is really important, but it takes shots from 6in away which is fine for me. I find this to be a great buy. It is my first digital camera and I did research for about two weeks or so, which I suggest everyone do. If I had more money I may have gone for the Powershot S30, but this camera is a real bargain for my budget considering i only have a part time job. The software that comes with it can't compare to the Photoshop 7.0 I have but it is very simple to use and has some great features. I highly recommend this great starter level camera with some bonus manual controls.
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| Date Reviewed: Dec 10, 2002 |
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Strengths: Perfect color. Photo stitch for panoramic photos. Exif compatible. Easy to use in auto mode. Manual controls if needed. 15 sec shutter speed for night photos. Perfect size and weight. Optical viewfinde
Weaknesses: Small 8 MB CompactFlash card. No A/C adapter cord. Difficult to choose compatible rechargable batteries and charger. Canon says just use Canon batteries.
Summary: What a great camera! This is my first digital so I did not realize what I was missing. Software installation made me a little nervous because of the instructions explaining possible conflicts with other USB devices and limitations with Windows ME. I had no real problems with the installation except for the fact that Microsoft Picture It! seems to want to control everything I do with my downloaded photos. I may just delete Picture It. Not really sure which program is best for editing. I can't say enough good things about this camera. I did a lot of research and found this one because it was the most popular on the IR site. One thing you need to consider is that the very compact cameras can be harder to hold steady during a shot. Camera shake will cause blurriness. This one has a solid feel and the larger size keeps your fingers out of the way. Be sure your camera has an optical viewfinder because you need it if you want to save on battery life. Otherwise you will have to use the LCD monitor all of the time, which will drain your batteries quicker. I have not printed any photos yet but like the idea of being able to hook the camera directly to a photo printer and printing without even having to mess with an editing program. PhotoStitch is amazing. You can take up to 26 photos and stitch them together for almost a 360 deg. view. You just push the SET button on the camera after you have taken your pictures (must be overlapped 30-50%)and they are seamlessly joined.
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| Date Reviewed: Nov 24, 2002 |
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Strengths: NICE ! manual mode GOOD
Weaknesses: havent found any yet
Summary: this is my 3rd digital cam. i had a sony p51 and p75 but i didt like that cuz it has many noise that i found
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