Stylish, pocket size fully featured digital camera. With 13 flexible shooting modes and new Canon technologies, this is the ideal camera for taking photos in all situations. The... more
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Advantages: Great Functionality, Battery Life Disadvantages: Front Sliding Mechanism, Short Video Time (3 mins), Macro Focus
...and smaller size.
The Canon Powershot S50 stakes its mark on that broad line between these two.
The price is a little more expensive than an average point and shoot but still well below a Digital SLR. The size and weight are a little above that of a point and shoot but again still a great way off a Digital SLR. But the features more than carry the price, weight and slight size issues. It still fits in your pocket, you don't need a case and the ... ...bit longer.
Many of the manual features within this camera aren't available on smaller and cheaper point and shoots. The manual features include aperture priority, shutter priority, full manual mode, adjustable white balance, custom colour configurations, RAW shooting mode, exposure value adjustments, an intervalometer, focus and exposure brackets, ISO control, flash control, and more.
The battery life on this little camera is excellent, and i ...
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Advantages: excelent quality photos, good results using automatic or manual settings, Disadvantages: Supplied flash card a little small .
The Cannon Powershot s50 is all round an excellent camera, I find it very easy to use. The settings are easy to select the main controls being on the top mounted dial with less often used settings accessed via the menu button and displayed on the lcd screen. In most conditions the “auto” setting produces good results. The 3 x optical and 4 x digital zoom is excellent and easy to use via a slider mounted on top of the body. The auto focus, which used ... ...when using the flash, but struggles in low lighting. This can easily be overcome by switching to manual focus although this option can only be used with the optical zoom. Focusing is achieved by holding in the manual focus button and using the rocker switch on top of the camera to focus in or out. An approximation of focus distance is given in a scale at the side of the lcd screen and the centre portion of the shot is magnified. Although a little ...
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Advantages: Powerful, versatile 5Mp digicam Disadvantages: Slightly bulky, no battery warning, no lens thread, no 'B' function
...Firstly, it is made by Canon which has a good reputation for build and quality and seems to have embraced the digital market wholeheartedly. Secondly, it is 5Mp which gives you more than enough pixels to play with for cropping and enlarging. For everyday purposes, 3Mp will get you perfectly adequate 6x4 or 5x7 photos, but 5Mp gives you just that bit more versatility.
The automatic exposure settings are fine, and I use them regularly for most of ... ...want to I can get aperture priority, shutter priority or full manual settings. The settings to increase or decrease the exposure by up to 3 stops is very handy too. The autobracketing function is useful too so you have no excuse for getting the exposure wrong! The one limitation for very specialist photography i.e. night shots is that there is no 'B' setting which keeps the shutter open for as long as you hold down the button, but I can count the ...
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Advantages: Takes great photographs, easy to use. Disadvantages: A bit Heavy, and lens is a bit slow opening.
I bought this camera last year and have taken it on a number of holidays. The camera is easy carried (usually in my bum bag) and easily operated. Prior to buying this camera I had an SLR, but I now have similar wuality pictures and have less to carry. One thing I would recommend is that a case is bought for the camera as the LCD screen hag got scored in the bum bag.
The picture quality from this camera is exceptional and I have printed FULL size ... ...The software which comes with the camera is easy to use and is quick to allow the pictures to be downloaded. The larger the picture size the slower it is transfered. Once on the computer the images can be altered and a good range of effects can be obtained.
ALL in all I am very pleased with this camere and would reocmmend it to both a novice and established used of a digital camera. ...
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Advantages: Excellent quality pics Disadvantages: No case, video clips not excellent
I bought the Canon Powershot S50 having done extensive research on 5 megapixel cameras. It has been every bit worth the money i spent. Having taken 1000 photos on my holiday i can safely say it was a excellent purchase.
Pros:
1. Quality of output is excellent especially at high resolution.
2. Zooming capacity is great especailly since it has both manual and optical zoom. 3. Panoramic pics and stitchting software allows the more advanced photographer ... ...solid.
5. Decent size LCD screen and playback of images
6. Options for slideshows and selective display of images
7. Easy to install software 8. Images can be zoomed and selective zooming is possible.
9. Output can be projected on TV's which is great for sharing photos.
10. Software great for organising images on your desktop.
Cons:
1. A bit heavy compared to others in this category
2. After constant use the sliding cover for the lens starts ...
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Normal JPEG 640 x 480 : 337 - with 32MB card, RAW 2592 x 1944 : 5 - with 32MB card
Super-fine JPEG 2592 x 1944 : 11 - with 32MB card
Fine JPEG 2592 x 1944 : 21 - with 32MB card
Normal JPEG 2592 x 1944 : 43 - with 32MB card
Super-fine JPEG 1600 x 1200 : 30 - with 32MB card
Fine JPEG 1600 x 1200 : 54 - with 32MB card
Normal JPEG 1600 x 1200 : 108 - with 32MB card
Super-fine JPEG 1024 x 768 : 53 - with 32MB card
Fine JPEG 1024 x 768 : 94 - with 32MB card
Normal JPEG 1024 x 768 : 174 - with 32MB card
Super-fine JPEG 640 x 480 : 120 - with 32MB card
Fine JPEG 640 x 480 : 196 - with 32MB card
Normal JPEG 640 x 480 : 337 - with 32MB card
Camera flash
Camera Flash: Built-in flash
Flash Modes: Fill-in mode, auto mode, flash OFF mode, Fill-in mode, rear curtain sync, slow synchro, auto mode, flash OFF mode, red-eye reduction
Red Eye Reduction: Built-in
Effective Flash Range: 0.35 m - 4.8 m, 0.55 m - 4 m
Features: Flash +/- compensation, AF illuminator, flash +/- compensation
Lens system
Type: Zoom lens - 7.1 mm - 21.3 mm - f/2.8-4.9
Focal Length: 7.1 mm - 21.3 mm
Focal Length Equivalent to 35mm Camera: 35 - 105mm
Focus Adjustment: Automatic, manual
Auto Focus: TTL contrast detection
Auto Focus Points (Zones): 9
Min Focus Range: 50 cm
Macro Focus Range: 10-50cm
Lens Aperture: F/2.8-4.9
Optical Zoom: 3 x
Zoom Adjustment: Motorised drive
Lens Construction: 5 group(s) / 7 element(s)
Features: Aspherical lens
Manufacturer's product description
Stylish, pocket size fully featured digital camera. With 13 flexible shooting modes and new Canon technologies, this is the ideal camera for taking photos in all situations. The PowerShot S50 is a versatile digital camera featuring a high quality 5.0-megapixel CCD and 3x optical zoom lens. Although stylish and compact, the features of this camera are aimed at advanced amateur users with 13 shooting modes and full manual controls for exposure and focusing. The PowerShot S50 incorporates a high resolution CCD sensor with 5.0 effective megapixels (approximately 5.3 megapixels in total). This sensor allows the camera to capture still images as large as 2592x 1944 pixels and movies as large as 320 x 240 pixels. The PowerShot S50 features a highly compact and sharp 3x optical zoom lens with a focal length of 35-105mm (35mm equivalent). The lens features a maximum aperture of f2.8 (wide angle) to f4.9 (telephoto). RAW mode allows you to obtain original image data, recording the image direct from the CCD without any image processing. The PowerShot S50 has 13 shooting modes, which can be selected from a mode dial on the top of the camera, including full manual controls, and a 'Custom' mode enabling you to set and save the camera parameters. The PowerShot S50 incorporates the DIGIC processor for even better color reproduction. The PowerShot S50 supports PTP, a standard protocol. This allows driver-less image communications with computers when combined with recent operating systems (Windows XP or Mac OS). A computer using this system will automatically select the correct drivers for the camera without needing to install them. On older operating systems a driver is still required to be installed. The PowerShot S50 is equipped with Direct Print which allows easy high-quality printing by simply connecting the camera via a cable to a CP-100 Card Photo printer or to the range of bubble jet direct printers. When the PowerShot S50 is connected to the CP-100, bordered or borderless prints can be selected and a trimming function allows a portion of a picture to be expanded and printed. Simple and quick direct printing is possible with the dedicated Card Photo Printers, producing images of 300 x 300 dpi on a credit card size or 4 x 6" print. The PowerShot S50 is compatible with Bubble Jet Direct Printers connecting direct via a cable and controlled by the camera through the direct print screen. Images can be printed onto A4 size paper to 6" x 4" sized paper.
Additional features
Self Timer: Yes
Self Timer Delay: 10 sec, 2sec
Additional Features: Audio recording, built-in speaker, RGB primary colour filter, auto power save, digital noise reduction, date/time stamp, DPOF support, AE/FE lock, camera orientation detection, PictBridge support, Audio recording, built-in speaker, RGB primary colour filter, auto power save, digital noise reduction, date/time stamp, DPOF support, camera orientation detection, PictBridge support, AE lock, AF lock, Audio recording, built-in speaker, RGB primary colour filter, auto power save, digital noise reduction, date/time stamp, DPOF support, camera orientation detection, PictBridge support, histogram display, AE lock, AF lock
Operating System Support: MS Windows XP, MS Windows 2000, MS Windows ME, MS Windows XP, MS Windows 2000, MS Windows ME, MS Windows 98, MS Windows 98 SE, Apple Mac OS 9.0 - 9.2, Apple Mac OS X 10.1 - 10.2
System Requirements Details:
Windows 98/98SE/2000/ME - Pentium - 150 MHz - 64 MB
Windows XP - Pentium - 300 MHz - 128 MB
MacOS 9.0 - 9.2 - PowerPC - 20 MB
MacOS X 10.1 - 10.2 - PowerPC - 128 MB
Peripheral Devices: USB port, SVGA monitor, CD-ROM Drive
Miscellaneous
Included Accessories: Wrist strap
Cables Included:
1 x USB cable
1 x A/V cable, USB cable
A/V cable
Power
Power Device: Battery charger - external
Battery
Supported Battery Details: 1 x Li-ion rechargeable battery - 570 mAh ( included )
