Canon A40
Coming home from Singapore, I broke the pivot of my Nikon Coolpix. On the way to the ELO meeting, I picked up the new Canon A40 as a stopgap, knock-about camera. It's inexpensive, small, and flexible. Some things I like about it:
- it powers up more quickly than my Nikon
- it has flexible semi-auto settings, including good white balance
- it has 2M pixels and costs $300
- it seems to get better battery life than the Nikon
- it lets you adjust the noise/speed tradeoff all the way to ASA-equiv 400, which is great for conferences
I do miss the Nikon pivot.
