
I have owned my Canon PowerShot A640 for many years now and have been very happy with it. Great picture quality, good battery life, excellent display, fits in my right hand perfectly, and the 1Gig SanDisk ultraII memory chip I have in it holds a heck of a lot of pictures and it hasn't lost any files. Downloading pictures to my Mac laptops [OS 10.4.11 and OS 10.6.3] via a USB cable is a snap and it's totally compatible with iPhoto .
Others have written about the A640s features and impressions, but I wanted to document my experience with Canon's repair service. A couple of months ago I stupidly placed the camera loosely on the rear seat of our SUV - when I opened the door at our destination naturally it fell out onto the hard pavement. The only damage thou was to a tiny plastic hook on the body of the camera which holds the battery door closed (the hinged door and it's latch mechanism were fine) but it made the camera totally useless - the door must be closed properly to power the camera.
Hating to give up on this fine unit I checked out the Canon website and found it's repair center. One nominal charge covered diagnosis and return shipping. I sent the A640 in, received an email a few days later confirming that they received my camera and giving me the final repair cost. The repaired camera was returned to me within days and I am totally satisfied. In total it took 6 business days and the actual repair cost was only a few dollars. Highly recommend them.
Definitely using Canon repair has extended the life of my A640 and saved me the high cost of a replacement purchase. Not too many consumer electronics can even be repaired these days.
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Canon PowerShot A640 10MP Digital Camera with 4x Optical Zoom.