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Well-balanced and comfortable to hold, the Powershot A40 is Canon's entry-level 2megapixel offering.
The styling and operation is very similar to the rest of Canon's range, but it lacks the superior feel of the higher-end products.
It is powered by four AA batteries and features an optical viewfinder and a 1.5in LCD. The flash can be set to on, off, auto, fill-in or red-eye reduction mode. The lens has an impressive focal length equivalent to 35-105mm on a regular 35mm camera.
The 3x optical zoom is supplemented by a 2.5x digital function, for a total zoom of 7.5x, while the macro mode will take you as close as 16cm, which is one of the best around.
The A40 has three resolution settings: 1,600 x 1,200, 1,024 x 768 and 640 x 480 and stores images on a bundled 8Mb Type I Compact Flash card.
Additional shooting modes record movies with sound at 320 x 240 and 160 x 120 pixels, or panoramic images that can be stitched together using the software included in the box.
A button allows a front-mounted ring to be unscrewed, making room for supplementary lenses which, combined with the fact that either nothing or practically everything can be set to manual, makes this one of the most versatile cameras on test.
Price: £299 (£254.47 ex VAT)
Contact: Canon 0800 616 417
www.canon.co.uk
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