My wife went from an A10 to A40 also. Overall is she slightly happier with it (she like the A10 too). Speed of operation was improved a bit along with some of the other things you mentioned.
-- Best regards, Bruce Sunday, June 8, 2008, 12:04:48 PM, you wrote: GS> I've used an Optio A10 for quite a while. It's a great camera to use GS> in my basic photography classes. I can send the AV output to the GS> classroom projector and the students can see what I'm doing on a six GS> foot screen. The layout of the Optio menus is so simple compared to GS> most other cameras that they can understand what I'm doing and apply GS> it to their own camera with little confusion. (The K10d and K20d are GS> great teaching cameras for the same reason.) GS> Unfortunately, the A10 bit the dust a few weeks ago. I replaced it GS> with an A40 and was pleasantly surprised by a few additions and GS> changes. Pentax has added Tv and Manual modes. These are certainly GS> nice-to-haves on a pocket camera. They will probably be seldom used, GS> but it's nice to know they are there. You might ask why no Av? Well, GS> It looks like there are only two f-stops. I'm not sure Av would add GS> much utility. This is a pocket camera, after all. GS> Another nice change is the ISO selection. You have an option to GS> specify ranges in addition to selecting individual sensitivities. GS> There is a small thumb grip which makes this tiny little camera much GS> easier to hold. GS> Somewhere between the A10 and A40 they added face detection. I'm GS> still not sure about this feature. It's fun to play with, but I'm not GS> sure it's really all that useful. GS> One change that's disappointing. The A10 had contacts on the bottom GS> so you could drop it into a charging cradle. The A40 doesn't have the GS> contacts so that battery must be removed and place in a charger. On GS> the plus side it takes the same battery as the A10 and Optio S, so I GS> have a couple of spares. GS> The jury is still out on any change in image quality brought on by GS> going from 8 to 12 megapixels. I haven't taken enough photos to make GS> a judgement. The old A10 produced some very nice photos. It was a GS> very nice combination of size, utility and picture quality. We'll see GS> if the A40 can live up to its ancestor. GS> GS GS> <http://georgesphotos.net> -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
