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Canon PowerShot S5 IS Digital Camera Review

by Emily Raymond
Published on September 14, 2007

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Specs Table

Canon PowerShot S5 IS Specs
Type Compact  
Price 499.99  
Length 4.60  
Width 3.06  
Height 3.15  
Weight 15.90  
Pixels 8.00 Megapixels 
Effective Pixels 8.00  
Sensor Type 1/2.5 inch CCD  
Image Size 3264 x 1832  
Aspect Ratio 4:3  
IR Cut Low Pass Filter Yes  
Media SD  
Image Format JPEG (stills), Motion JPEG (video), WAVE (audio)  
Compression JPEG (stills), Motion JPEG (video), WAVE (audio)  
Lens 12x optical zoom  
Compatible Lenses optional teleconverters  
Viewfinder optical viewfinder  
Diopter Adjustment yes  
LCD 2.5 inch TFT color LCD  
Auto Focus Type TTL AF  
Detecting Range Normal Wide: 1.6 ft. - infinity; Normal Tele: 3 ft. - infinity; Maco Wide: 3.9 in. - 1.6 ft.; SuperMacro Wide: 0 - 3.9 in.  
Metering Modes evaluative, center-weighted, spot  
Shutter Speed 15  
Self Timer 2 or 10 sec  
Modes Auto, Creative, Program, Aperture Priority, Time Priority, Manual, Custom  
Speed Yes  
Burst Yes  
Automatic Modes Portrait, Landscape, Sports, Foliage, Snow, Beach, Fireworks, Aquarium, Indoor, Night Scene, Color Accent, Color Swap, Night Snapshot, Super Macro, Stitch Assist  
Exposure Compensation +/- 2.0 EV in 1/3 EV steps  
Built in Flash Auto, Auto w/ Red-eye Reduction, Flash, Flash w/ Red-eye Reduction, Flash Off, FE lock, Safety FE  
Flash Range Normal Wide: 1.6 - 17 ft., Normal Tele: 3 - 13 ft.; Macro Wide: 1 - 1.6 ft  
Sync Contact yes  
Flash Exposure Compensation +/- 2.0 EV in 1/3 steps  
Resolution 3264 x 1832  
Settings Normal, Fine, Superfine  
ISO Sensitivity auto, manual 80-1600  
White Balance Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H, Flash  
Playback Options single index, magnify, jump, auto rotate, resume, my colors, my category, histogram, 9-thumbnail index, sound memos, slideshow, red-eye correction  
Direct Printing Yes  
Video Output Yes  
Battery Power Source (4) AA alkaline batteries, (4) AA NiMH batteries, Compact Power Adapter CA-PS700  
Zoom Wide 36  
Zoom Tele 432  
Intro Date 2007-05-07  
fstop Max 2.70  
fstop Min 3.50  
Zoom Digi 4.00  
Movie Mode 640 x 480 and 320 x 240 at 60 and 30 fps  
Storage Type SD, SDHC, MMC compatible  
LCD Pixels 207000  
Resolution Maximum 3264 x 1832  
Resolution Minimum 640 x 480  
External Flash 0  
Ratings Raw Weight 
Color 10.22   2.75 
Resolution 6.15   2.5 
Noise Auto ISO 1.19  
Noise Manual ISO 3.54  
Model Design Appearance 8.25   1.25 
Low Light 7.22   2.25 
Size Portability 4.75   1.1 
Handling 8.00   1.5 
Control Button Positioning Size 8.50   0.85 
Front 7.50   0.6 
Back 7.75   0.6 
Left 7.50   0.5 
Right 7.50   0.5 
Top 8.50   0.6 
Menu 7.00   0.95 
Bottom 6.50   0.5 
Auto Mode 7.25   1.5 
Auto Focus 6.75   1.5 
Focus 4.00   1.25 
ISO 8.25   1.25 
White Balance 8.25   1.25 
Exposure 8.00   0.5 
Metering 8.25   1.1 
Shutter Speed 8.00   0.9 
Aperture 8.00   0.9 
Custom Image Presets 6.25   0.75 
Drive Mode 6.00  
Picture Qualit Options 8.50   0.5 
Picture Effects Mode 8.00   0.5 
Playback Mode 7.75   0.9 
Movie Mode 8.25  
Viewfinder 6.00   0.8 
LCD Screen 7.00   1.25 
Flash 7.75   1.25 
Zoom Lens 7.50   1.5 
Memory 4.00   0.5 
Startup 1st Shot 8.30   1.75 
Shot Shot 9.30   1.75 
Shutter Shot 9.00   1.75 
Software 6.75   0.5 
Jacks / Ports / Plugs 6.50   0.4 
Direct Print 7.00   0.65 
Ease of Use 6.75   0.95 
Battery 5.00   0.75 
Other Features 4.50   0.55 
Value 6.00   1.85 
Dynamic Range 5.44   2.5 
Video Performance 6.55   1.75 
Processing Speed 8.60   1.75 
White Balance Performance 10.30   1.8 
Total (weighted)   423.35


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