A point & shoot with many features of a DSLR. The features I like the most are the large zoom range and the burst mode. I take a lot of wildlife and sports shots and this does a fabulous job. Some of the sports venues I attend don't allow removable lens cameras without a press pass, so this is perfect for those occasions. The only issue I have is the location of the SD card slot. It is on the bottom of the camera, under the battery compartment cover. The camera must be completely removed from a tripod to change memory cards. I haven't had a chance to try all of the preset modes nor use an external flash with it yet, but am excited to see what else this wonderful tool can do. I purchased this camera used and got a great deal.
Not ready for a DSLR, but this is the next best thing. Easy to use, fantastic range, and seems good in low light. Love knowing the background of the camera from the post of the original owner as she sold it on EBay! Even came in it's original box (which was also in pristine condition!) Love my new camera and would buy again!
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This camera is as easy to use as any point and shoot you just have to put the auto feature on but it has full manual control and so many extras for the prosumer user. The telephoto capabilities are incredible. Great camera.
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It's simple and really good for someone who's dabbling or starting photography! Great imaging! Perfect capturing, exposure and ISO; can take great low light pictures and zooming is great. Only downside is that with the sx40 power shot the lens cannot be changed but there are different 'automatic' lens ex. Fisheye lens filters.
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Purchased this camera to have with me at all times so that I can capture a photo when I see it and when it happens. I own a Canon 6D body with many different lenses but use it for special designated photo shoots. This "little camera" does many of the things my "big camera" does. The picture quality is good for a 12 pixel camera. I am enjoying using the zoom which is a feature that I have not had before. The only thing I dislike is the tiny view finder. I hardly ever use the LCD screen because I have always used a view finder when shooting photos. Yes, I am pleased with this camera and would purchase this camera again for the purpose I am using it for.
The only reason I withheld an overall five star rating is due to a consistantly annoying design problem: While composing and shooting, my right thumb often activates any of the buttons just beneath on that side, including, and most annoying, the ISO setting. I guess I haven't figured out the trick to avoiding this problem, but I did not experience the same issue with the older SX10 model which has a more substancial hand grip for the fingers. I recall seeing another reviewer siting a similar issue, but forgiving this flaw in light of what I would I agree is an incredible camera in nearly every regard. I've been shooting with Canons for over 30 years, and while my primary motive for having any of the SX10-40 series was an affordable alternative to a lens with that kind of reach for my 5D (and to that end the SX40 succeeds admirably), the SX40 would be a solid and lightweight alternative in almost any case. I was initially put off by Canons' idiotic lack of RAW files with this camera, but found the CHDK firmware adequate, if not slightly awkward on the SX10 (google CHDK), so I took a chance. It works fine with the SX40, but I wish there was more detailed info on setting up the firmware since so many other functions are available. The aftermarket lens filter adaptor for half the price of Canons' works fine as well. My hands are not large, by the way, and the bottons could be relocated if Canon made the effort, but I shouldn't have to be dealing with uninvited distractions and DELAYS while trying to compose and shoot. That aside, this camera packs alotta bang for the buck.Vollständige Rezension lesen
No one camera can give you all the functions you need as a bundle. But with the help of photoshop and Lightroom, all you need from your camera is good quality of image, and any other effect can be achieved. For example, a dslr will give you a close up image bokey (blurred background with sharp foreground) while sx40hs can't (can get it if your subject is a good distance from the background), so I use Photoshop to achieve this effect nicely. For the cheap price, I don't mind extra photoshop job on my images. Then there's the incredible 35x zoom that you can't get from a dslr unless you're ready to spend a ton of dollars on lens. There are newer versions that are more expensive but have more effects, like RAW, better video effects etc. These added effects can be achieved in sx40hs with installation of the free Canon CHDK firmware. If you're not going to make a hollywood movie, then the video quality is good enough, and will actually give you that movie effect. In all, the sx40hs is a good cheap camera to have. I love cheap but good things.Vollständige Rezension lesen
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This is the first Canon camera I have owned since a 3.2 MP digital Elph way back in the mists of time. So I am not a Canon fanboy. The Canon Powershot SX40hs has a really wide zoom range, from 24mm to 800mm (35mm equivalent). This gives you the right zoom length for most any photographic task, from vacation vistas to group portraits. The scene modes cover most situations, but oddly, to get to "sunset" scene mode, the camera has to be in auto mode. There is also a "low light" scene mode, which takes three photos in quick succession and combines them into one photo with max light sensitivity and fairly low noise. You get full HD movie recording, although I have used it enough yet to comment. One small issue with this camera, which Canon assures me the camera was designed this way. That issue is long exposures in aperture priority or manual mode. The camera limits your ISO to 100, if the shutter speed is longer than 1.3 seconds. This means that if you for instance want to use a slow shutter speed for a night-time exposure, then the camera is limited to ISO 100, which totally wastes the higher sensitivity of the camera's CMOS sensor. Overall, though, I give this camera high marks! The style mimics the Canon DSLRs, the display is fully articulated, the battery lasts long enough for a day of shooting, and the picture quality is very good for such a small sensor. I think most users would be pleased!Vollständige Rezension lesen
I've taken some of the best photos EVER with this camera, and plan to take many, many more. I'd HIGHLY recommend this camera to anyone who's segueing from a point and shoot small one to a larger more complicated one. It has an auto setting, which I love, as I'm too lazy to actually READ the directions on how to use all the different features it offers. My favorite setting is the high speed burst HQ one, which takes up to 8 photos of speedy action very quickly. I've gotten some great hummingbird photos with this setting. All in all, it's a GREAT camera!
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This camera takes high-quality pictures at a pixel count small enough for e-mailing, all the way up to print quality pictures. The rotating viewfinder is a huge blessing. I take hundreds of pictures a week for work - for anybody short of a professional photographer, this is the camera you need.
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