12-10-2011, 06:01 AM
While the form factor is virtually identical to its SX30 predecessor, the "zoom assist" button is ever so slightly recessed on the SX40.
Actually, it appears as though they added a micro-thick lip around it to create/enhance the recess effect... that keeps your right thumb from inadvertently engaging the button's sensitive force field. After a year w/ the SX30, just when I was finally getting the hang of keeping the thumb away from the magic button, it turns out Canon fixed the biggest annoyance w/ the release of the SX40 rev. All the rest of the great stuff people have been talking about around here is window dressing; abating the accidental button activation is the real deal. The button on the SX30 sticks out like a sore thumb(tu), and if you even look at it, or think about it, in the wrong way, it triggers the Mazda "zoom-zoom" effect... w/ the SX40 it thankfully now at least takes a minimally provocative effort to engage the button w/ more than a glance or thought.
So there you have it.
Taming the Mazda effect makes the SX40 the embodiment of awesomeness that y'all are flocking to.
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Actually, it appears as though they added a micro-thick
So there you have it.
Taming the Mazda effect makes the SX40 the embodiment of awesomeness that y'all are flocking to.
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12-12-2011, 05:33 AM
Those buttons were really easily pressed by mistake on my SX10 also. I like the raised ring around them on the SX40.