Canon, an innovator in photographic and imaging technology, today releases the 8.0 Megapixel PowerShot S80 the new flagship to its S Series PowerShot range. The camera's rich set of features provides a wide angle 28 100 millimeter f2.8 5.3 (3.6x) optical contact incorporating Canon's UA lens technology, similar DIGIC II processor in Canon's professional series digital SLRs and an oversize 2.5 inch LCD. A striking, contemporary finish complements the compact body in the camera, which happens to be considerably less space consuming than its predecessor, the
PowerShot S70.
For the very first time in a very digital compact, an EOS style Multi Control Dial is coming to allow quick setting of menu and shooting functions, together with rapid scroll through images during playback. Advanced features include real time histogram display, FlexiZone AF/AE using a freely movable focus point and manual focus override, 21 shooting modes, XGA quality movies as much as 1 GB in space, and a new and improved gui with a newly designed and positioned mode dial.
Quality build, quality optics
The sleek looking S80 is redesigned take a thorough, premium build in addition to a more ergonomic, compact body this really is over 8% less space consuming than its predecessor despite the camera's improved performance. Its 28 100mm f2.8 5.3 (3.6x) optical contact features Canon's advanced UA (Ultra High Refractive Index Aspherical) lens technology, allowing for true wide angle capability without increasing camera size. The focal length range expands to approximately 22.4 to 200 millimeters along with the new optional wide and tele converter lenses.
The power of 8.0 megapixels plus DIGIC II
With a sensor that features a massive 8.0 megapixels, your camera produces images for photo quality 16 x 22 inch prints, and provides photographers more freedom to crop images.
Canon's advanced image processor, DIGIC II, is actually incorporated to add to the camera's speed and responsiveness, whilst improving image quality. Auto focus speeds at this moment approximately 20% faster, and focusing performance in low light has improved by around 1 stop, offering better control in dim conditions. DIGIC II drives a 1.8 frames per second continuous shooting speed, and supports 9 point AiAF for fast, accurate focusing although the majority of subjects commonly are not centerd. FlexiZone AF/AE allows free scrolling anywhere throughout the frame's auto focus area purchase the required subject, is actually exposure is weighted accordingly. Manual focus selection is furthermore possible.
Hi Speed USB 2.0 compatibility offers faster communication with computers, speeding up file transfers.
High level control and easy to use
The camera's smaller size hasn't already compromised usability. A brand new large 2.5 inch LCD can be adjusted to 1 of 15 brightness levels and it has a Quick bright function to facilitate shooting in sunny conditions. A real time histogram, which appears on the LCD monitor, is actually incorporated to permit the user to evaluate exposure easily when composing. The selectable grid line display supports composition and levelling horizons.
With a newly designed cp, the S80 offers faster and many more intuitive operation. The Multi Control Dial allows quick setting of menu and shooting functions, combined with rapid scroll through images during playback. Conveniently, the mode dial is currently positioned the program could be better viewed when composing shots. The camera's Shortcut function increases flexibility by getting the Print/Share button that they are assigned to one of any lot of still image or movie shooting setting functions.
For enhanced image review, the jump to folder button now allows jumping in to the first image of specified folders. Folders could be defined to remain created automatically as specified by the user, to illustrate on a weekly basis, and today includes a capacity as high as 2000 images per folder.
Modes, My Colors...and movies
The S80 incorporates an overall of 21 shooting modes: much better full Manual mode as well as other creative zone modes that photographers would expect in an S Series camera, nine new special scene modes were incorporated. Helping the person to effectively handle quite a few situations, these scene modes include Snow, Portrait, Underwater and Digital Macro, plus others. Custom mode allows users allocate preferred shooting settings.
My Colors located over the mode dial allows the development of creativity in portrait digital photography. Special effects, such as Color Swap or Custom Colors, that permits users to select their preferred color balance for virtually any given shot, can be in camera and viewed over the LCD while shooting stills and movies. These effects could previously only be practiced using PC software after shooting.
Extended movie shooting functions feature from the S80, including an initial to your market: a high resolution (1024 x 768, 15 fps) XGA movie mode, permitted by DIGIC II's processing speed. Movies during this mode may be roughly 1GB in dimensions and are also ideal for viewing full screen on a PC or TV. High quality VGA (30/15 fps) movies with sound or QVGA movies (30/15 fps) will also be possible, and also a compact mode allows short clip capture at 160 x 120 for convenient e mailing.
Advanced printing
When utilized for combination with Canon's new Compact Photo Printer Selphy CP710 and Ink and Paper Set (KP 108IP), prints may be produced very inexpensively. Printing through the Selphy CP Series Printer also allows the operator to print handy ID Photo Prints and Movie Prints.
When connected to the latest choice of PictBridge compatible PIXMA printers, users normally requires selling point of image enhancement features similar to Noise Reduction, Vivid Photo, Face Brightener and Captured Info print, which prints shooting data including shutter speed, aperture and shooting mode inside the photo border.
Printing images without needing to connect with a PC is kept simple while using Print/Share button, that also acts if you are an easy upload button for Or windows 7 and Mac OS X.
Software
The S80 comes bundled with a comprehensive software suite, including Canon's browsing and image management software ZoomBrowser EX 5.5 (Windows) and ImageBrowser 5.5 (Mac), easy printing software PhotoRecord 2.2, and PhotoStitch 3.1 for creating stunning panoramas. Also included is the photo manipulation software, ArcSoft PhotoStudio.
Purchasers within the cameras meet the criteria for membership of Canon iMAGE Gateway, that offers 100 MB of online space for uploading and sharing images.
Supported operating systems are Windows 98 (SE), Me, 2000 (SP4), XP (SP1/2) and Mac OS X v10.2 v10.3. The cameras support PTP for driverless transfer to supported Windows XP or Mac OS X systems.
What's while in the box
PowerShot S80 body, Lithium power supply NB 2LH, wall charger CB 2LW, 32 MB SD memory SDC 32M, wrist strap WS 300, Digital Camera Solution CD ROM, USB interface cable IFC 400PCU, audio video cable AVC DC300
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