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| Wednesday, February 15, 2006 |
| Canon PowerShot S20 Digital Camera Review |
Canon PowerShot S20 3.2MP Digital Camera w/ 2x Optical Zoom
Canon's new PowerShot S20 is housed in the same, compact, all-metal shell as the PowerShot S10 except this time it's champagne colored. There's no reason to mess with success except to upgrade it with a state of the art 3.3 megapixel CCD imager. The S20 has a sharp 2x optical (32-64mm 35mm equivalent) zoom lens that safely tucks away inside of the camera when powered down and requires no lens cap.
The finished image size is 2048x1536 (Large), 1024x768 (Medium), or 640x480 (Small) with three levels of JPEG compression available, Super-Fine, Fine or Normal. It does not have an uncompressed mode but the Super-Fine mode produces a JPEG image at just about 100% quality. The CompactFlash Type II card slot handles the 340MB Microdrive as easily as the included 16MB solid state CF card or any other CF or CF/2 storage device. The sensitivity is equivalent to ISO 100 with gain up options of 200 and 400. Exposure metering is center-weighted with a spot metering option available in manual mode.
The S20 is truly a "fits in your pocket" sized camera, housed in champagne colored, all-metal and highly durable aluminum body. It's loaded with features like a 3.3 megapixel imager, a 2X optical (32-64mm) zoom lens with little to no barrel distortion in wideangle, a light-assisted autofocus system that works in the dark, a high-speed USB port and a versatile CompactFlash Type II card slot.
When needed there's adjustable ISO gain to give you an extra stop or two to increase the shutter speed. The robust imaging firmware processes and stores even the largest 2048x1536-pixel, fine mode images in seconds. It may not have an uncompressed mode but the "Super-Fine" JPG mode uses almost no compression. It yields 2-3MB sized files that create photo-realistic 8x10" (and larger) prints with ease.
The one-use 2CR5 lithium batteries get eaten up fast, even when being conservative with the color LCD. I highly recommend buying the optional DK110 power kit with the NiMH rechargeable battery and charger. Outside of the U.S. it comes with the camera but over here it's an additional $100 and well worth the investment. |
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