Canon Powershot S40 Reviews

Rating
Reviewed by: Mark D
(Intermediate)

Review Date
March 5, 2003

Overall Rating
4 of 5

Value Rating
3 of 5

Used product for
0-1 years

Review 1 of 21

Price Paid: $700.00

Summary:

Powershot S40 Nice and stable camera, pics with good quality, all necessary settings included

Strengths:

manual settings, stable metal case

Weaknesses:

problems with focus at twighlight or in the dark, pics often blurred. The manual focus has no fine adjustment between 5m and infinity

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Rating
Reviewed by: Sherri
(Beginner)

Review Date
January 8, 2003

Overall Rating
3 of 5

Value Rating
3 of 5

Used product for
0-1 years

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5.00 of 5,
1 votes

Review 2 of 21

Price Paid: $499.00 from local camera store

Summary:

I bought this camera after extensive research adn thought that all the extra options would be helpful. I am pleased with it in general however and I hope the pictures get better once I figure out how to really use it. I had a Kodak 4230 previously and it was much easier to use. I went for the 4 mp thinking that it would be worth the money. Frankly I can't tell too much difference between this one and the 2 mp Kodak I had.

Strengths:

The camera display is very clear; the battery charges quickly

Weaknesses:

NOT FOR BEGINNERS. The auto function does not work very well. We got our first set of pictures developed and I was very disappointed - either they were blury or too dark. A month later we are still reading the manual to figure out how to set up the picture right. It takes way too long to get the picture set up.

Similar Products Used:

Kodak 4230

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Rating
Reviewed by: Josh
(Beginner)

Review Date
December 31, 2002

Overall Rating
5 of 5

Value Rating
5 of 5

Used product for
0-1 years

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5.00 of 5,
1 votes

Review 3 of 21

Price Paid: $450.00 from online

Summary:

This is a pretty good camera. So far I have no complaints. I noticed that the previous reviewers state that the camera doesn't take clear pictures under low lights, I think this is because the long shutter time and the camera is not held steadily. Our hands tend to shake slightly when holding an object, if the shutter time is long under low lights, the pictures could be unclear due to the slight shake. If you use a tripot or put the camera on a steady surface, the pictures turn out to be pretty good under low lights.

Strengths:

Small, takes great pictures, a lot of features.

Weaknesses:

not that easy to use.

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Rating
Reviewed by: Kel
(Casual)

Review Date
December 2, 2002

Overall Rating
4 of 5

Value Rating
5 of 5

Used product for
0-1 years

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3.67 of 5,
3 votes

Review 4 of 21

Price Paid: $799.00 from Internet Store

Summary:

Great Camera. Many useful features. some difficulty using indoors with lo light situations, but takes beautiful outdoor photos. If i learned to better use the many features, could probably even master the hard to take indoor shots.

Strengths:

Now low price. Awesome picture clarity. ease of use.

Weaknesses:

Weak Zoom Lens. Factory Battery doesn't last long. Not expandable (No hot shoe or interchangeable lens). Poor or at least hard to master indoor shots in lo light.

Similar Products Used:

None

Customer Service:

Not Yet

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Rating
Reviewed by: Maciej
(Intermediate)

Review Date
November 21, 2002

Overall Rating
5 of 5

Value Rating
5 of 5

Used product for
2-5 years

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5.00 of 5,
2 votes

Review 5 of 21

Price Paid: $0.00

Summary:

About a month ago I decided that I need a small camera to take it everywhere with me. I found Leica M6 for quite resonable price but I already awn a great Fuji 645 rangefinder which simplly gives better quality pictures (medium format). Leica's owners claim to own best viewfinders - look through Fujis, it's much better. A friend adviced me to try out a digital camera. After long research I bought Canon S40. Wow! At first glance I was amazed by the size of the camera - it's in size of my Nokia mobile phone! I took some photos. Connection to computer is so simple that you can't make a mistake. A printed photo in size of 15*21 cm is naturally not the quality of a good 36mm, but for all those purposses where I want to use it, it's enough. I needed a small camera - this is very small, if it only had about 10MP it would replace my Fuji I concidered digital IXUS but 2MP is not enough.

Strengths:

*Very small *quite fast autofocus compared to my EOS cameras *metal body *accurate flash with combination with white balance *menus are so simple that they seem to designed to a child *did I mention small size? *Full manual control - basic thing for me, I hate everything AUTO

Weaknesses:

*As for me very usefull on/off lens cover, but I don't think it will last long *Too slow AF in lo light situations (assist light helps a bit, but sometimes night flash shots simplly come out unsharp) *too shiny (but black G2 or G3 are too big) *too light! (I can make sharp photos with my EOS 30 with 50 lens at 1/10 sek. and with this digital 1/30 is a limit) *too small optical viewfinder, although it is sharp *too small batteries

Similar Products Used:

Grabbed G2 - it's nice but not much better than this camera - the same ccd

Customer Service:

None so far, and hope not to have to use it

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