Best Standard Point and Shoot Digital Cameras - Built-In Flash Type, 16 MB Memory Card Included Accessories

'slow shutter speed'

'Noticeable shutter delay.'

'No AF illuminator'

'Some annoyances include the lousy movie mode, lack of a file numbering system, and poor low light focusing. '

'not quite small enough to slip into your jeans'

'Images plagued with artifacts and fringing.'

'At ISO 200 it is bordering on unusable.'

'Thick blue fringing was very visible in areas of high contrast, and Imatest's score of .354% is one of the worst results we've seen in this test.'

'the camera is not known to produce the sharpest photos'

'Designed along the lines of a smaller SLR camera there is nothing really wrong with the design, but there are many more stylish cameras around.'

'slow flash recharge'

'Running its highest setting of ISO 800, it scored a mammoth 2.45, which is an exceptionally poor result, even for a compact.'

'While you may not notice the low resolution at first glance, when you compare it to some other cameras with "nicer" screens you will see a noticeable difference.'

'we found that anything above ISO 200 tended to produce images that were too noisy for printing, even at standard sizes.'

'small size means small features in the SD40's case'

'Terrible image noise.'

'The small size of this $350 camera means some compromises have been made: The zoom is a 2.4x model, and the screen is only 1.8 inches.'