Canon all the way... (Canon Powershot A40)

Member Name: galleria38

Product:	Canon Powershot A40
Date:	15/06/05 (54 review reads)
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Advantages: Fantastic Picture Quality, Easy to use and focus etc., Excellent battery life

Disadvantages: A little slow when batteries are running down, quite big now compared, Expensive Accessories

I brought the Canon A40 a couple of years ago after returning from a holiday. My motor in my old camera had died and I was left without photographic evidence of my athletic achievement of staying on an inflatable shark in to Villas pool. I did a little research but when the Canon A40 PowerShot caught my eye that was me sold.
I have never been so happy with a purchase in my life. The quality of the photographs is exceptional (especially when you consider it is only 2.0 mega pixels). I have compared photos taken on a new Sony 8.0 mega pixel camera and you would be hard pushed to say which the better picture is. The additional lenses that can be brought are also excellent (if not a little on the expensive side), you can easily turn this relatively compact camera in to a serious piece of photographic equipment. Battery life is also very good and tacking x2 Rechargeable AA batteries it is easy and cheap to carry a spare set.
The best thing about this camera for me is that due to it being only 2.0 mega pixels you can fit hundreds of photos on a fairly small 256mb Compact flash card.

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