Customer Rating: 
Summary: nice functional camera
Comment: Very good camera for the price. Be sure to get at least 1 GB memory.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Worst camera ever!!!
Comment: I bought this camera last march for our trip to Europe. The pictures were never of the quality of my Canon Elph 2 mp. A couple weeks ago the button to switch from shoot to view fell off. Yesterday the camera quit working all together. I have called Canon but they told me that the warranty was up. After three cameras and two video cameras, the rep told me; OH WELL!! I think I will buy my next camera from Nikon or Sony.
Customer Rating:
Summary: strictly ameture
Comment: I am strictly an ameture photo guy...OUr primary criteria was keep it simple but with flexibility if we need it. Had it out of the box and running in 15 minutes. Looks like it has lots of adjustments, but I will most likely keep it on AUTO.
My wife has small hands and loves the fit... I have X-large hands and it is very comfortable to me as well.
Generally this camera gets great reviews and the only negetive that concerns me is that it may have a weak auto focus... primarily on faces... we'll see. I really like the LCD and it has nice larger icons and print and great "twist"
Definitely get a set of NIMH's and a charger. This baby uses 4 at a time. Some careful shopping and you should be able to get a set with charger for under 30; stay with 4 hours to overnight faster chargers will eat the batteries up.
I did a lot of comparisons between this and other models and makes of cameras...and read a lot of + and - reviews...for the bucks (329) this was very reasonable... I would not pay more.
I will up date this is 6months after we get some milage on this pig.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Short of an SLR, the Canon A640 is the best 10MP camera for the money, hands down.
Comment: You can spend a little more and get a G9, but what you won't get is a mobile display that is very handy and excellent AA battery options. Unless you require a raw mode, the display and the battery options far out way anything out there. Oh yea, it takes excellent pictures. Five Stars here.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great camera....even for amateur
Comment: Canon PowerShot A640 10MP Digital Camera with 4x Optical Zoom
This is a great camera especially for the price. I bought it in the fall of 2007 for $[...] through Amazon.com....and surprisingly enough the price has risen greatly since then. So I feel I really got a good deal. Its ease of operation has been great. I am just starting to get into photography...and after my research found this to be just the ticket. My only complaint (hence the four star rating) is the blurriness at times during long exposures.. for example a dark path in the woods. I really wish it had an image stabilization feature...and I will make sure my next camera comes with it. Other than that it had everything I had hoped for. I did order some photo taking books to aid in learning more about all of the features....which have helped. So good luck! I hope you enjoy.
Summary: nice functional camera
Comment: Very good camera for the price. Be sure to get at least 1 GB memory.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Worst camera ever!!!
Comment: I bought this camera last march for our trip to Europe. The pictures were never of the quality of my Canon Elph 2 mp. A couple weeks ago the button to switch from shoot to view fell off. Yesterday the camera quit working all together. I have called Canon but they told me that the warranty was up. After three cameras and two video cameras, the rep told me; OH WELL!! I think I will buy my next camera from Nikon or Sony.
Customer Rating:
Summary: strictly ameture
Comment: I am strictly an ameture photo guy...OUr primary criteria was keep it simple but with flexibility if we need it. Had it out of the box and running in 15 minutes. Looks like it has lots of adjustments, but I will most likely keep it on AUTO.
My wife has small hands and loves the fit... I have X-large hands and it is very comfortable to me as well.
Generally this camera gets great reviews and the only negetive that concerns me is that it may have a weak auto focus... primarily on faces... we'll see. I really like the LCD and it has nice larger icons and print and great "twist"
Definitely get a set of NIMH's and a charger. This baby uses 4 at a time. Some careful shopping and you should be able to get a set with charger for under 30; stay with 4 hours to overnight faster chargers will eat the batteries up.
I did a lot of comparisons between this and other models and makes of cameras...and read a lot of + and - reviews...for the bucks (329) this was very reasonable... I would not pay more.
I will up date this is 6months after we get some milage on this pig.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Short of an SLR, the Canon A640 is the best 10MP camera for the money, hands down.
Comment: You can spend a little more and get a G9, but what you won't get is a mobile display that is very handy and excellent AA battery options. Unless you require a raw mode, the display and the battery options far out way anything out there. Oh yea, it takes excellent pictures. Five Stars here.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great camera....even for amateur
Comment: Canon PowerShot A640 10MP Digital Camera with 4x Optical Zoom
This is a great camera especially for the price. I bought it in the fall of 2007 for $[...] through Amazon.com....and surprisingly enough the price has risen greatly since then. So I feel I really got a good deal. Its ease of operation has been great. I am just starting to get into photography...and after my research found this to be just the ticket. My only complaint (hence the four star rating) is the blurriness at times during long exposures.. for example a dark path in the woods. I really wish it had an image stabilization feature...and I will make sure my next camera comes with it. Other than that it had everything I had hoped for. I did order some photo taking books to aid in learning more about all of the features....which have helped. So good luck! I hope you enjoy.