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Canon PowerShot SX40 HS Gordon Laing, October 2011

Canon PowerShot SX40 HS sample images
The following images were taken with a Canon PowerShot SX40 HS in Program mode. The SX40 HS was set to Large Fine JPEG quality, Auto White Balance and Evaluative metering. Optical Image Stabilisation was enabled for all these handheld images.

The individual exposure mode, file sizes, shutter speeds, aperture, ISO and lens focal length are listed for each image. All of the images below are available to download in their original formats for analysis; click the photo to access the files at flickr. These files are for personal evaluation only and cannot be used in another publication or website without permission.

Note: you may wish to open a number of galleries for direct comparison of detail and noise: Canon PowerShot SX30 IS, Sony Cyber-shot HX100V and Panasonic Lumix FZ150.

Landscape: 2.78MB, Program, 1/1000, f4, 100 ISO, 4.3-150.5mm at 7.3mm (41mm equivalent)

Canon PowerShot SX40 HS sample image

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Landscape: 3.74MB, Program, 1/1250, f4, 100 ISO, 4.3-150.5mm at 4.3mm (24mm equivalent))

Canon PowerShot SX40 HS sample image

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Landscape: 2.73MB, Program, 1/1250, f4.5, 200 ISO, 4.3-150.5mm at 4.3mm (24mm equivalent)

Canon PowerShot SX40 HS sample image

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Landscape: 3.26MB, Program, 1/400, f5.8, 200 ISO, 4.3-150.5mm at 150.5mm (840mm equivalent)

Canon PowerShot SX40 HS sample image

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Indoors: 3.41MB, Program, 1/80, f4, 400 ISO, 4.3-150.5mm at 4.3mm (24mm equivalent)

Canon PowerShot SX40 HS sample image

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Action: 3.15MB, Shutter Priority, 1/500, f5.8, 400 ISO, 4.3-150.5mm at 150.5mm (840mm equivalent)

Canon PowerShot SX40 HS sample image

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Wildlife: 1.73MB, Program, 1/800, f5.8, 100 ISO, 4.3-150.5mm at 150.5mm (840mm equivalent)

Canon PowerShot SX40 HS sample image

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Interior: 2.58MB, Program, 1/20, f2.7, 800 ISO, 4.3-150.5mm at 4.3mm (24mm equivalent)

Canon PowerShot SX40 HS sample image

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Interior: 2.44MB, Program, 1/50, f4, 1600 ISO, 4.3-150.5mm at 7.1mm (39mm equivalent)

Canon PowerShot SX40 HS sample image

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