Technology and Innovation

CANON POWERSHOT A40
Following hot on the heels of last year’s Powershot A10 and A20, is the Powershot A40, a beginner’s camera with enough features to satisfy a professional photographer. Equipped with an 8MB CompactFlash Card, the A40 is capable of snapping a clean two megapixels (just high enough for decent print-outs at the average 35mm film size of 6 x 4 ins). Detailed images and colour should also be guaranteed due to Canon’s Imaging Engine system, and the A40 also sports a respectable 3x optical zoom lens to boot. And when you’ve stopped pretending to be Robert Capa, you can take short sound-filled movies with the A40 as well.