Owners Ratings:
Canon PowerShot A40 (Overall)

Click for full specifications: Canon PowerShot A40
1.9 million effective pixels
35 mm - 105 mm (3x) zoom
Average rating (206 responses)

 Construction()()()()()() 4.26
 Features()()()()()() 4.51
 Image quality()()()()()() 4.33
 Ease of use()()()()()() 4.38
 Value for money()()()()()() 4.59
 Overall()()()()()() 4.42

Owners Opinions: Canon PowerShot A40

NamePostedOpinion preview
Saurabh Makkar11 Nov 07I've had one since Nov '02 and it has never failed me even ...
Rony Zmiri14 May 07Use it a backup and carry around. Have it for 4 years and still ...
DavidGerard27 May 06This was my first digicam. Too big for what I wanted to use it ...
Gordiflon28 Jan 06This was my first digicam. Have not used it for more than two ...
alex4120 Nov 05I have been using A40 for more than 3 years, took 12000 ...
wv4ever2 Aug 04I have owned this camera for 1 and 1/ 2 years, been a reliable ...
rsb6121 Jul 04This is my 'go-anywhere' camera. It's always with me. It was ...
Nick Moreno22 Jan 04This is the second digital camera that I have pruchased. As a ...
boozm14 Nov 03This is a great camera, my friend has a similarly priced fuji ...
Ralph Armitage30 Sep 03I have owned Pentax and Minolta SLR cameras for over 20 years. ...
paulvanb2 Sep 03A perfect camera for a novice or professional! it is easy to ...
xichuanxc1 Aug 03Its construction is very good, but a little too heavy with ...
Artemesia22 Jul 03I bought this camera just over a year ago. Five days after the ...
Darius [ Aphex ]17 Jun 03Took allready ~500 pictures. Surprisingly good quality. Saves ...
PBR16 Jun 03A really good camera. The quality surpised me. There are a lot ...
KennethKwan18 Apr 03I have taken more than 700 pictures in 3 month. The outdoor ...
Ruddy15 Apr 03Outdoors pics pretty good, indoors with flash reflections (dots) ...
GPA12 Apr 03I bought this camera for my daughters birthday and it's going ...
chnzshyguy8 Apr 03Drivers are ...
MMetzger7 Apr 03Canon Solutions Disk needed! I lost mine and am unable to ...
Henry Yuan28 Mar 03good camera, easy to use, good outdoor picture quanlity
redmag21 Mar 03When I first picked up the A40, I didn't honestly thing it was a ...
Method17 Mar 03A fantastic digital camera...This is my first digital camera, ...
MR35416 Mar 03I have this camera for more than 6 months now and have used it ...
valtervalter14 Mar 03I bought this digicamera one year ago. I still think it is ...
Zait Ismail13 Mar 03Fantastic camera! Dropped on solid concrete floor during my ...
E Chase9 Mar 03Generally better than the Casio 3000QV that I had.
Free Bird2 Mar 03This is the best buy digital camera! 2mp is just enough for ...
Gary Barton27 Feb 03I bought this camera at Xmas. Got frustrated waiting for the ...
demon19 Feb 03I've had the A40 for 1 month and it's blown my mind! It's my ...
Kraston Scott18 Feb 03Excellent camera for the price of $179.00 through the military ...
Roberta_Baggio17 Feb 03THIS 'CAM' IS A TOTAL PIECE OF SHEET. See reasons below.
Bruno Cardoso16 Feb 03Had taken about 1000 pictures in one month, i'm very satisfied ...
mujo11 Feb 03jebo dobre kamere
Billie28 Feb 03I just bought the Canon power shot A40....What can I say ... ...
Vishnoo rath28 Jan 03Quite a good buy. The camera is easy to use and Drivers and ...
edward budianto28 Jan 03This is my first digital camera, I browsed through several ...
Danny Whiteaker27 Jan 03This is my second digital camera. My first one was a 1.3mp low ...
GUIDE21 Jan 03Good for me ^_^..
cme19 Jan 03new to the 'digital' world of photos and i have no complaints at ...
Yegor Chemisov14 Jan 03Samples of Canon A40: http://jegors.bildes.lv/samplesGood camera ...
ilgiz erkin9 Jan 03This is a perfect camera for this price.Very strong ...
Njazza6 Jan 03This is my second digital camera that i've been using over half ...
Possie6 Jan 03Goede camera, zeer veel mogelijkheden, zowel volledig autofocus ...
Horea C6 Jan 03Very good camera. I took over 3000 pictures in 6 months. Over ...
Gordon Murray2 Jan 03This is my first digital camera, and have been very pleased with ...
Anthony A2 Jan 03My 5th Canon camera. Any user will be happy with this digicam. ...
Dan Cristescu1 Jan 03It's an excellent camera for the money you pay. It takes ...
Dave Proulx27 Dec 02Sheer delight! This is a perfect camera for folks making the ...
uj26 Dec 02I spent 4+ hours on the internet --searching for our 1st Digital ...
Jim Hollomon25 Dec 02A GREAT REASON FOR BUYING FROM CANON: YOU GET A REAL LIVE PERSON ...
Kirk Baldin23 Dec 02If you purchased this camera you should not have any complaints. ...
Anders Rundgren20 Dec 02Good value for the money.
Avigdor Abramovich17 Dec 02I bought this camera after doing a thorough research and i'm ...
Jim Hully16 Dec 02A great camera for the money. I paid $269 from B&H for an A40 ...
ken kisko14 Dec 02The A40 and G3 are the best sticks in the woods. I highly ...
[nomad]13 Dec 02Shot about 2500 pictures during the last 5 months with this ...
frank smith11 Dec 02This camera is loaded with features. I considered between this ...
frank smith11 Dec 02This camera is loaded with features. I considered between this ...
Carlo Sintucci7 Dec 02I am very satisfied with this camera. Great colours and easy to ...
digifan83 Dec 02This is my first dgicam and I did quite a fair bit of research ...
Gaetan Martineau2 Dec 02This is my first digital camera, I chose it after reading a lot ...
Luppa2 Dec 02READ THIS PLS!Thank U...I'd been searching the net for the best ...
Dave Deavours26 Nov 02This is my first DigiCam but not my first camera from Cannon. I ...
Tijmen Zinkhaan22 Nov 02(No text)
nanie22 Nov 02After intensive research, I finally bought this digicam.I did ...
AndrewAu17 Nov 02Just had my first personal digital camera for about 2mths. Had ...
alex low14 Nov 02after reading all those comments and try out a few other ...
kristina p14 Nov 02Excellent camera with great manual controls for the beginner. I ...
jerry costanzo8 Nov 02Update available... After noticing that the camera was having ...
J Ryan4 Nov 02Top camera loadsa features and good funu can spend ages playing ...
Andre-Luc Bisson4 Nov 02This is my first digital camera and I am completely satisfied ...
HRR2 Nov 02An excellent camera for all purposes. The image quality is ...
Juan Castillo29 Oct 021200 pictures later, I still like my A40. It pays to familiarize ...
Christian Wejergang27 Oct 02(No text)
Andrew Dagwell21 Oct 02Lots of fun! In all honesty I haven't had the time or patience ...
swweiss8 Oct 02See for ...
Edwin7 Oct 02Bad color balance and barrel distortions.I'm an SLR user and ...
BigMike7 Oct 02What an experience! Being the hard to please person that I am, ...
Nuclear__4 Oct 02I just bought it.I dont know many about fotography but its ...
prz3mo25 Sep 02Naprawde super...!!!
cd cooker20 Sep 02This camera is only suitable for outdoor or very well lit indoor ...
K Hui10 Sep 02Bad quality control. Canon better improve this.
Wendel8 Sep 02Little (pricewise...) digicam which can do so much and easily ...
paul6 Sep 02I've had this camera for about 3 weeks now and I'm impressed ...
Tony Yap6 Sep 02I've had this camera for about 1 month now and I have put it ...
Jeff Bratko4 Sep 02I bought the camera 2 weeks ago, and am very impressed with the ...
blaine31 Aug 02I got this camera to take snapshots of the kids and such, and ...
mr_duke30 Aug 02Beautiful photos, lots of features, comfortable design. I think ...
De Cock Dirk29 Aug 02Bought it two days ago. Read the manual and started. Incredible ...
Ted28 Aug 02For the $$$, can't be beat!!!! I've shot 2000+ pictures with my ...
ace3524 Aug 02After owning the camera for just over a month, I find it very ...
gnoek21 Aug 02I HAD one, until i left it in a taxi cab in Greece ...
Govind Bhat16 Aug 02Excellent value for money, lots of features. I had a Fuji A201 ...
alessandro franchi15 Aug 02After a two weeks test I can say this is an excellent product ...
LAWBC10 Aug 02Having used one other digital camera at work ( kodak dx 3400) I ...
Ron.G9 Aug 02There are some people that shouldn't go near a camera.It's not ...
Marcus Willbourn5 Aug 02I've just got it,. loads of features, good pictures generally ...
Earl W4 Aug 02If you're still unsure - just buy it!!This is really a great ...
David Baxter3 Aug 02A good friend of mine recently bought this camera. I got the ...
wins2511 Aug 02THIS CAMERA IS TOTALLY S****!!!I COULDN'T STAND IT SO I SOLD IT ...
daye30 Jul 02This camera have been so overrated that I bought one for my ...
Lucas Chan27 Jul 02Are the noise and focus really that bad?Hi there, still ...
oycetheoyster24 Jul 02I have recently bought my A40 digicam. After lots of extensive ...
Wulfespirit23 Jul 02After having used the camera for a solid month, I'm very happy ...
PauleyC16 Jul 02My experience with the Canon A40 has been great, though some ...
Simon Marsh15 Jul 02I am very, very pleased with my new A40. It exceeds the ...
Terje Elven13 Jul 02A great camera for normal use. Very good colors in my opinion. ...
Mike Slattery13 Jul 02Bought this camers for the wife, I use a Olympus c200 zoom but I ...
alan edward holbourne10 Jul 02i have now owned the powershot a40 for 4weeks a great camera at ...
rpant10 Jul 02Overall a good camera but let down by a problematic autofocus ...
superfrank9 Jul 02I ve had this camera for now 4 months and put it to the test by ...
ms.pepe7 Jul 02this is to reply to mnnmp, you were saying that you pictures ...
Caleb Murdock1 Jul 02I really couldn't be more pleased with this camera. So far I've ...
ns1 Jul 02Focus Fix Program Released:'PowerShot A40 Adjustment Program ...
J Photon1 Jul 02See for yourself. http://www.clannightmare.com/a40/img_0023.jpg ...
asinkecualo22 Jun 02A month after I boght it, I must say I'm very impressed. Althoug ...
EOSBob20 Jun 02I bought this camera, my first digital camera, about a month ...
Kamil19 Jun 02It's my first digital camera. The price is good in this ...
Yip C19 Jun 02Power shot A40 problem
Nmmnp14 Jun 02I Like it but...I haven't had the success it seems most people ...
Radny14 Jun 02I wanted to confirm the focusing problem with this camera. I too ...
Izzy91113 Jun 02I spent a lot of time researching on digicams (6 months, in ...
Tado12 Jun 02bought this camera a couple of weeks ago and i never had ...
tanyk9 Jun 02Lucas, I hope by rebutting Daye's points helps to answer too.1. ...
NetPolice9 Jun 02Low pricemore functions than other with 200pix camera3x + 4.5x ...
avillait8 Jun 02If only they could have made it a bit smaller This is the only ...
Widget135 Jun 02After much research and pondering I decided on this camera as my ...
Flavius5 Jun 02Excellent camera. Takes great pictures, tons of features, and is ...
Greg Claydon5 Jun 02Fantastic Camera... This camera is not cheap in Australia (about ...
Tom Lee4 Jun 02An excellent 2 megapixel camera with tons of features. Very good ...
Tony Whitfield3 Jun 02This is my third digital camera and is by far the best model I ...
apratd731 May 02Mon choix s'est porte sur cet appareil a cause, ou plutot grace, ...
gmacpro30 May 02Great Camera! Had an A10 and now I've got an A40.
Joe Maher29 May 02Purchased the camera just before taking a trip to Germany...I ...
Backroad Ranger28 May 02Update: Did the focus fix posted by Canon. It helps a lot and ...
Small Pig28 May 02If focus correctly, the color is wonderful, picture is sharp, no ...
frugalbrutus26 May 02My dad just bought an A40 (I have the A20) and he doesn't have ...
tik25 May 02Had an A20, having now A40. I see certain improvements in image ...
taiher22 May 02A40 has a very serious problem in auto-focus.Did you find it?It ...
Herb Klinker22 May 02I purchased this camera based on reviews in DPR and other links. ...
Vitez21 May 02To Daye: The plastic is good for this camera, I don't thing, ...
Martin & Katherine Prior18 May 02This is our first digital camera, We really thought long and ...
Raymond X.C.Lee18 May 02Thanks Vitez. I am using P mode with tungsten white balance. ...
Javier15 May 02Para los usuarios Españoles: Gran Camara con una relacion ...
Evan Jones15 May 02I've had my camera about one month and have been very pleased ...
alice14 May 02I brought my Canon A40 about one month ago, and than I took it ...
Raul14 May 02Greatest cam up to date, features and image quality belonging to ...
Louis Dierick12 May 02De comentaar van daarnet was niet zo goed, ik was de sterren ...
Frederick12 May 02Had this camera for just over a week and took quite a few ...
www.badhorsie.com12 May 02I brought my A40 to work to show my co-workers and they were all ...
bigmm12 May 02very good. I used it for some days, and I can take good photos.
Dan Toma11 May 02I have this camera for only 3 days now and I am very satisfied ...
phil11 May 02I just returned my A40. The image quality is great when the ...
KK11 May 02So suck
Eric J. Tuck10 May 02This is my first digital camera and it is a dream to use. I was ...
Ron10 May 02Its my first digital camera and I've had no real problems. It ...
bodyfat210 May 02Picture quality is very good even in the medium mode. I printed ...
Name9 May 02(No text)
Lon9 May 02I am very happy with this camera. It is my first digital and ...
Marv8 May 02For the money I think this camera is great. I had this camera ...
Jason H.8 May 02I have to say. This is the best digital camera I have ever ...
John8 May 02My first digicam, previously used Nikon F601 SLR. Surprisingly ...
Andrew8 May 02As everyone else has said, feature-packed for the money. Can't ...
beginner7 May 02good
Mike6 May 02I've had the camera 2 weeks- can't put it down. Easy to use, ...
monty lee6 May 02Perfect digital camera on compact size ... i love it
kcm5 May 02This camera is so gorgeous, very good performance at this ...
Bill Kidman5 May 02The A40 is a great camera. Its auto feature is great for ...
MATAN 5 May 02THIS IS A VERY GOOD CAMERAEASY TO USE , WITH A FABULOUS ...
Philippe5 May 02Wonderful camera. Since 2 mounts I searching for best 2Mpx ...
Juan Carlos4 May 02excelent camera for the value.I am glad to buy it!
Alain4 May 02Superbe qualité d'image en automatique et possibilités de ...
Daniele4 May 02E' molto bella, pratica e facile da usare in tutte le sue ...
Buy it3 May 02Amazing picture quality, feature list, good sturdy construction. ...
Nobus3 May 02Now, MacOSX 10.1.5 recognizes CANON A40!ImageCapture and iPhoto ...
Dagmar Krauss2 May 02This is a good, solid camera, perfect for SLR enthusiasts ...
Luciano1 May 02dopo un'anailsi fatta su vari siti di fotografia, ho deciso di ...
Bill1 May 02First digital camera. Took it to Disney world last month took ...
Vince1 May 02This digital camera is just fabulous! It's value for money ...
Goffy1 May 02PowerShot A40's very easy to use. I had PowerShot A20 before I ...
Buddhi Godawatte30 Apr 02Bought this camera during a stopover in Singapore enroute to ...
Soren30 Apr 02I baught the A40 a cupple of days ago, and I still discover more ...
P. M. Rietbrock30 Apr 02(No text)
Gerard30 Apr 02Smashing value for money! Do not forget the fact that you need a ...
Anthony29 Apr 02Excellent value for the money. I love the color quality of the ...
Anthony A29 Apr 02For several months now, I have been monitoring the market and ...
avux28 Apr 02I've had this camera for 1 month and would return it for a more ...
MD28 Apr 02Purchased a month ago. Very nice. A lot of features in a small ...
Boot Meyers27 Apr 02Overall, a good digital camera for a beginner. The pictures were ...
TomS26 Apr 02I've used my A40 for 5 weeks now and I am very pleased with it. ...
john26 Apr 02very good. focus very good. night shot also good.
george25 Apr 02(No text)
sss77725 Apr 02good
Tom24 Apr 02I did a lot of research and finally settled on the Canon A40. I ...
Bill24 Apr 02Very nice camera. Picture quality excellent. Canon's 'stitch' ...
bmwracer24 Apr 02A terrific camera with really good features and image quality ...
DigiGuy24 Apr 02After 6 months with this camera, I'm feeling that I can't live ...
MemoryLapse23 Apr 02Compared to other cameras of the same caliber (ENTRY LEVEL) 2.1 ...
bcer23 Apr 02Is it possible to give another review?Like the posting right ...
Stephen22 Apr 02Last week I wrote in this review to complian about the focusing ...
Peter Barking22 Apr 02Great camera. Very good quality pictures. Have it one week now. ...
VinnyPs22 Apr 02Amazing quality/price. Very good quality pictures.
Zsolt22 Apr 02This camera has manuall settings, good picture quality (good ...
bcer22 Apr 02It has Aperture priority & shutter priority? How do I set it? ...
Suborvon Pom22 Apr 02Improve far away from A20 and others on the same class... 3 ...

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