Canon PowerShot S40 Digital Camera

Pros: Compact size, low price, image quality, excellent metering.
Cons: Battery life, under-powered flash, no provision for add-on lenses or external flash

The popularity of the Canon Powershot G2 has had tongues wagging for many months. If only Canon would offer the advanced features and pro level performance of the G2 in a package that was like the super compact S110 and S300 (oh, and at a bargain price...

Pros: Battery life, excellent metering system, compact size
Cons: Autofocus tends to hunt a lot, slow startup time

The Canon S40 made its debut at the end of last year shortly after the G2 was introduced. How does it compare to other similarly priced 4.0 megapixel cameras? Read on and find out =)

What's included

The S40 comes with the...

Pros: 4 MegaPixels, Small Size, Solid Construction, Good Color Saturation
Cons: Lacks some features of G2

In the past year, Canon has released a number of digital cameras that are competitively priced while offering high end features. Models like the G2, S30, and S40 are such camera. In fact these three camera share many similarities with each other... in...

Pros: Small size, great resolution, great color, very portable. Both manual and auto modes.
Cons: Optical view-finder sot perfectly aligned with actual photo. Proprietary batteries.

Finally a high-quality camera you can take anywhere! The Canon S40 is amazingly small for all the features crammed into it. This is not a toy. It's a computer sized down to true pocket size.

The multitude of features will not...

Pros: All Metal body, Small and lightweight. 4.0 megapixels
Cons: Underpowered flash, poor focusing, short battery life.

I can remember owning one of the first digital cameras that came out, the one by Apple computer. It was a very low resolution and was very battery hungry. Today's digital cameras has gone a long way. In fact, they can actually compete with film...

Pros: Small, well designed, good lens & affordable
Cons: Battery life, limited flash ability.

The Canon S40 has got to be one of the (if not THE) most feature-packed camera in its class. Canon has managed to squeeze most of the features found in the popular Powershot G2 into this pocket-sized body. As much technical details about the S40 has...

Pros: Amazing images, easy to use, compact size, mini-movie capability.
Cons: Lens cover durability, LCD scratch resistance.

REVISED 7/03: Now fully compatible with Mac OS X, including Apple iPhoto and Image Capture. Canon has also provided a Mac version of the RAW Image Management software. This model has largely been replaced by the essentially similar S45, with better...

Pros: Compact, High Quality pictures, and many shooting modes and options.
Cons: Exposed LCD Screen.

I have just received this camera this week (you can also check out my review of the S30, I returned the S30 for this camera to get more resolution). It takes amazing pictures! I just took a picture of a sea turtle at the Boston Aquarium and printed it at...

Pros: Very small for its performance, and durability. Very accurate and sharp pictures.
Cons: Some controls may be tricky for some people to use. Battery indicator is poor.

This camera is a very much like a professional digital camera in its performance. The pictures are very clean, and sharp. The lens for its size performs extremely close to the larger format lenses. In the automatic or program mode, it very much like the...

Pros: Feature rich, easy to operate, very good picture quality, excellent zoom
Cons: Battery life a bit short, flash often ineffective, old-fashioned viewfinder is inaccurate

I have been extremely happy with my Canon PowerShot S40. When I purchased the camera in 2002, I was deciding between that and the PowerShot G2, which was also one of the top rated cameras at the time. In the end, I decided on the S40 because I felt ...

Pros: Can take movies with sound; bright LCD
Cons: Bulky and heavy

It doesn't hurt to trust brand name products these days. My friends own either a Canon or Sony digital camera, and are generally happy, if not overtly pleased, with them. So when it came time to trade in my "ancient" 3MP camera, I looked into buying a ...

Pros: Sleek design, great features, compact
Cons: a little heavy, not necessarily user-friendly, bad software

The Canon Powershot has just about everything you can expect when paying about $500 for a digital camera in its range. I got the camera about two months ago, and I must admit I am having fun with it. I've always been a picture oriented person, and I have...

Pros: Relatively small, lens cover, low lag time between photos
Cons: Short battery life, toggle button hard to use and unreliable

I bought this camera after reading many reviews of comparably prices 4 Megapixel cameras back in Jul ...

Pros: Picture Quality Continuous Shooting Customizability Pretty Good Video with Good Sound
Cons: A Little Heavy Price

A very powerful camera with lots of features. I don't own the camera, it's my friend's mom's :P But, we've used it long enough to know the pros and cons of it.

We used it for taking pics of us on the trampoline pulling big spins and inverts...

Pros: Compact, light weight, bright LCD,ease of use, support microdrive
Cons: need more professional picture management

This is my third digital camera. I have this camera for over 3 months now. I have to tell that I love it. It is very convenience to use. The LCD is very bright. The size is pretty compact. Before I decided to buy this camera, I have looked...