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Reviews of the Canon PowerShot S5 IS

  • 7.4

    CNET Review

    June 11, 2007

    The Good: Tons of manual and automatic features; well-laid-out controls; solid body; nice LCD display.

    The Bad: Lens aberrations and vignetting; some processing artifacts; lacks raw file support; redesigned lens cap still pops off too easily.

    The Bottom Line: Though it remains a good megazoom, thanks to continued image and lens artifacts, the Canon PowerShot S5 IS is slowly losing ground to competitors.

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  • 9.5

    alaTest.com

    By alaTest | October 12, 2008

    Review Summary: Experts rate this product 79/100 and users 85/100. Comparing these reviews to 278728 other Digital Compact Cameras reviews gives this product an overall alaScore™ 95/100 = Excellent.

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  • No Rating

    pcworld.ca

    By Dave Carroll | July 24, 2008

    Review Summary: An articulable LCD, great image stabilization, and top-quality photos add up to a great megazoom.

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  • 8.4

    pcworld.com

    By Dave Carroll, PC World | June 6, 2008

    Review Summary: Despite a handy function menu for the most commonly used options, the S5 IS has an overabundance of hey-let's-just-throw-it-in features that can clog menus (a wolf-howl sound effect for the self-timer? Really?). This feels indicative of the uneasy balance

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  • 8.1

    cameralabs.com

    By Gordon Laing | February 20, 2008

    Review Summary: The PowerShot S5 IS is certainly a powerful super-zoom camera with some neat features. The 12x range gives you decent coverage, the stabilisation is effective, the flip-out screen allows for unusual angles, the movie options are some of the best around on

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Manufacturer: Canon USA

Part number: 2077B001

General

  • Product Type Digital camera - Compact
  • Weight 15.9 oz
  • Width 4.6 in
  • Depth 3.1 in
  • Height 3.1 in

Main Features

  • Resolution 8 megapixels
  • Image stabilizer feature Optical stabilization helps prevent blurry pictures, especially for handheld cameras at slow shutter speeds or when using high optical zoom.
  • Sensor resolution 8 megapixels
  • Optical Sensor Type CCD
  • Effective Sensor Resolution 8,000,000 pixels
  • Total Pixels 8,300,000 pixels
  • Optical Sensor Size 1/2.5 in
  • Light Sensitivity ISO 200, ISO 800, ISO auto, ISO 400, ISO 80, ISO 1600, ISO 100
  • Digital Zoom 4 x
  • Shooting Modes Frame movie mode
  • Shooting Programs Landscape, Aquarium, Macro, Foliage, Sports mode, Snow, Fireworks, Beach, Portrait mode, Night snapshot, Night scene, Stitch assist, Indoor
  • Special effects Color Accent, My Colors, Color Swap
  • Max Shutter Speed 1/3200 sec
  • Min Shutter Speed 15 sec
  • Exposure Metering Spot AF area, Center-weighted, Evaluative, Spot
  • Exposure Modes Aperture-priority, Automatic, Program, Shutter-priority, Manual
  • Exposure Compensation ?2 EV range, in 1/3 EV steps
  • Auto Exposure Bracketing 3 steps in 1/3 EV step
  • White Balance Custom, Automatic, Presets
  • White Balance Presets Tungsten light, Fluorescent, Cloudy, Flash, Fluorescent light (daylight), Daylight
  • Digital video format AVI
  • Still Image Format JPEG
  • Continuous Shooting Speed 0.9 frames per second=1.5 frames per second
  • Remote control None
  • Color support Color
  • Image Stabilizer Optical
  • Remote Control None
  • TV Tuner None
  • Video Capture AVI - 320 x 240 - 19 sec - With 32MB card, AVI - 640 x 480 - 13 sec - With 32MB card, AVI - 320 x 240 - 34 sec - With 32MB card

Memory / Storage

  • Flash Memory 32 MB Flash - SD Memory Card
  • Floppy Drive None
  • Image Storage Normal JPEG 1600 x 1200 : 99 - With 32MB card, Fine JPEG 2592 x 1944 : 20 - With 32MB card, Normal JPEG 2592 x 1944 : 41 - With 32MB card, Fine JPEG 1600 x 1200 : 52 - With 32MB card, Fine JPEG 2048 x 1536 : 32 - With 32MB card, Normal JPEG 640 x 480 : 270 - With 32MB card, Super-fine JPEG 2048 x 1536 : 18 - With 32MB card, Super-fine JPEG 1600 x 1200 : 29 - With 32MB card, Fine JPEG 3264 x 2448 : 14 - With 32MB card, Normal JPEG 3264 x 2448 : 29 - With 32MB card, Super-fine JPEG 640 x 480 : 111 - With 32MB card, Super-fine JPEG 3264 x 1832 : 11 - With 32MB card, Fine JPEG 3264 x 1832 : 18 - With 32MB card, Super-fine JPEG 2592 x 1944 : 11 - With 32MB card, Normal JPEG 3264 x 1832 : 39 - With 32MB card, Normal JPEG 2048 x 1536 : 64 - With 32MB card, Fine JPEG 640 x 480 : 171 - With 32MB card, Super-fine JPEG 3264 x 2448 : 8 - With 32MB card
  • Flash memory 32 MB - SD Memory Card
  • Supported Flash Memory MultiMediaCard, SD Memory Card

Lens System

  • Type Zoom lens - 6 mm - 72 mm - F/2.7-3.5
  • Focal Length 6 mm - 72 mm
  • Lens Construction 9 group(s) / 11 element(s)
  • Lens Manufacturer Canon

Additional Features

  • Self Timer Yes
  • Self Timer Delay 10 sec, 2 sec
  • Flash Terminal Hot shoe
  • Additional Features Takes photos while movie recording, USB 2.0 compatibility, Auto ISO shift, Display brightness control, Focus bracketing, DPOF support, Face detection, Audio recording, MOTION PRINT, PictBridge support, AE lock, Digital tele-converter, 16:9 widescreen mode, RGB primary color filter, Digital noise reduction, FE lock, Built-in speaker, AF lock, Direct print, Digital image rotation, Camera orientation detection, In-camera red-eye fix, Auto power save, Histogram display

Camera Flash

  • Effective Flash Range 1.6 ft - 17 ft
  • Type Pop-up flash
  • Flash Modes Flash OFF mode, Fill-in mode, Slow synchro, Auto mode, Red-eye reduction, Rear curtain sync
  • Red Eye Reduction Yes
  • Effective flash range 1.6 ft - 17 ft
  • Features AF illuminator, Flash +/- compensation

Viewfinder

  • Viewfinder Type LCD
  • Color support Color
  • Diagonal size (inches) 0.33 in
  • Resolution 115,000 pixels
  • Field Coverage 100%
  • Dioptric Correction Range -5.5 to +1.5

Display

  • Type LCD display - TFT active matrix - 2.5 in - Color
  • Mounting Rotating
  • Resolution 207,000 pixels

Digital Player (Recorder)

  • Type None

Microphone

  • Type Microphone - Built-in
  • Mode Stereo

Connections

  • Connector Type 1 x Composite video/audio output, 1 x USB, 1 x DC power input
  • Expansion Slot(s) 1 x SD Memory Card

Lens Systems

  • Auto Focus TTL contrast detection
  • Type Zoom lens
  • Focal length 6 mm - 72 mm
  • Focal Length Equivalent to 35mm Camera 36 - 432 mm
  • Focus adjustment Automatic, Manual
  • Min Focus Range 19.7 in
  • Macro Focus Range 0-50cm
  • Lens Aperture F/2.7-3.5
  • Optical Zoom 12 x
  • Zoom Adjustment Motorized drive
  • Lens construction 9 : 11
  • Features Aspherical lens, UD glass, Ultrasonic Motor (USM)

Miscellaneous

  • Carrying Case None
  • Cables Included USB cable, 1, 1 x A/V cable
  • Included Accessories Neck strap, Lens cap
  • Min Operating Temperature 32 ?F
  • Max Operating Temperature 104 ?F

Power

  • Power Device None

System Requirements for PC Connection

  • Operating system MS Windows ME, MS Windows XP, MS Windows 2000, Apple Mac OS X 10.1.5 - 10.3, MS Windows 98 SE
  • Peripherals USB port, SVGA monitor, CD-ROM drive

Battery

  • Supported Battery 4 x AA Alkaline battery ( Included )

Software

  • Type Canon ZoomBrowser EX, Drivers & Utilities, Canon ImageBrowser

CNET Labs' Benchmarks

  • Labs information All values are expressed in seconds. Please visit our labs information page<\/ref> for information on how digital cameras are tested.
  • CNET Labs Flash shot to shot time 2.1
  • CNET Labs Shot to shot time typical 1.6
  • CNET Labs Shutter lag bright 0.5
  • CNET Labs Shutter lag dim 0.8
  • CNET Labs Typical burst speed 1.6
  • CNET Labs Wake up time 1.3

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