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Features :
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5.0 megapixel CCD with maximum resolution of 2592 x 1944 pixels, for large impressive high resolution prints. |
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Powered by Canon's exclusive DIGIC II Imaging Processor for superior image quality. It boasts significant improvements in delivering images with razor sharp clarity and lifelike color reproduction in accelerated processing speed. |
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1.8" vari-angle LCD monitor for easy composition and viewing of images at difficult angles. |
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The PowerShot S2 IS features a sturdy compact body with two-toned metallic finish and a curved grip for firm and comfortable handling of the camera. |
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Retractable 12x optical zoom , with up to 48x combined zoom, empowers you to zoom into action over a wide shooting range. |
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The lens is capable of achieving high imaging quality over the entire zoom range, hence ensuring the camera's optimum performance under a variety of shooting conditions - especially good for sports photography. |
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The camera is built with an UD (Ultra Low Dispersion) lens element, which helps to reduce chromatic aberrations even at high zoom settings. |
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The PowerShot S2 IS's new Super Macro shooting capability allows extreme close-up shooting of up to 0 cm ! |
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The optical image stabilizer of PowerShot S2 IS helps to eliminate camera shake and enables shooting of sharp images even when shooting subjects that are moving or when shooting from a moving vehicle.
- There are 4 control settings under the Image Stabilizer (IS) function: |
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Off - IS mode is not operational |
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Continuous - Operates in previewing or shooting mode. It eliminates the problem of camera shake even when shooting a distant subject at high zoom settings as image check can be done before pressing the shutter button. |
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Shoot only - Operates when shutter button is fully depressed. Prevents 'seasickness effect' caused by unnatural movement of the image on the monitor. |
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Panning - Operates only when camera movement in the up/down direction is detected. Very useful for shooting action packed scenes. |
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The USM (Ultrasonic Motor) enables fast and silent zooming when shooting both stills and videos. |
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New Photo in Movie function enables shooting of high resolution stills during movie recording, hence saving the hassle of switching modes for different operations. |
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Enjoy smooth continuous shootin g at the same speed until the SD memory card is full (depends on the type of SD card, number of recording pixels and compression rate setting). |
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PowerShot S2 IS features an improved shutter drive mechanism with shutter speeds ranging from 15 sec to 1/3200 sec. |
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Manual pop-up flash gives full control of the flash. |
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The PowerShot S2 IS is capable of stereo sound movie recording . With 2 microphones incorporated in the camera body, it produces movies with excellent stereo sound quality. |
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Enjoy high VGA quality movies recorded at 30 fps, with storage of up to 1GB or 60 minutes. |
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The PowerShot S2 IS enables movie recording anytime even during still image mode. The dedicated movie button allows easy access to movie recording anytime (provided there is at least 1 sec worth of free space in SD card). |
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New inbuilt sound recorder allows up to 16-bit, 44.1 kHz stereo sound recording, with a maximum recording time of up to 2 hours per session. Now recorded videos can be enjoyed with compatible playback equipments such as headphones. |
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Optical /digital zooming and auto/manual focusing available during movie recording. |
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5 selectable speed levels settings for slow motion movie playback offer more flexibility for movie previewing. |
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My Colors Function customizes selected color before capturing the pictures. Color reproduction and changes of the images can be viewed on the LCD in real-time while shooting, hence saving the time and hassle of retouching via computer. |
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Choose from any 9 interesting My Colors Function modes: |
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Positive Film - A combine effect of 'Vivid Blue', ' Vivid Green' and 'Vivid Red' to shoot with more vivid blues, greens and reds. Images are shot with natural and vivid colors similar to positive file. |
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Lighter Skin Tone - Has the effect of showing a person's skin in lighter tone. |
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Darker Skin Tone - Has the effect of showing a person's skin in darker tone. |
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Vivid Blue - Has the effect of emphasizing blue colors objects such as sea or sky more vividly. |
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Vivid Green - Has the effect of emphasizing green colors. Allow green subjects such as plants to be shot more vividly. |
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Vivid Red - Has the effect of emphasizing red colors objects such as red apples more vividly. |
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Color Accent - Specify a color to remain and turn all other colors into monochrome (with no flash). |
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Color Swap - Specify a color to replace a selected color. Only one target color can be captured (with no flash). |
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Custom Color - Freely set the balance of R (red)/G (green)/B (blue)/skin color. |
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9-point AiAF ensures the subject is sharply focused even if it is off-center in the frame. |
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13 shooting modes which include 6 special scene modes and image/creative zone shooting modes such as aperture priority and stitch assist for expression of photography creativity. |
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6 Special Scene modes (Foliage, Snow, Beach, Fireworks, Indoor and Night Snapshot) - pre-programmed camera settings for specific shooting conditions to give optimal shooting results. |
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Self-timer function comes with custom timer which can program a delay between 0-10 secs and number of shots from 1-10. |
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Jump Function enables you to perform specified key search to retrieve a specific image/movie. Choice of 4 jump searches available: |
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Jump 10 images |
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Jump 100 images |
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Jump shot date |
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Jump to movie |
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View captured shots in detail with the playback magnification function , which enables 2x to 10x magnified zoom playback. |
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Enjoy greater convenience with direct printing via Canon direct photo printers and any PictBridge compatible printer without a PC. |
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Images can be easily printed and transferred quickly with just a touch of the Print/Share button. |
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Movie Print (Sequence) prints an index of still images from movie footage (via Canon CP printers only). Movie print (Single) extracts one specific frame from a movie and print on a single sheet of paper. |
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ID Photo Print crops images to passport size for direct printing (via Canon CP printers only). |
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N-Layout function automatically fits images (eg. 2,4,8,9,16,20 images) in the best layout for printing on each sheet of paper, to maximize the use of paper*. |
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Fixed Size Print gives a print size from 18 print sizes defined by the PictBridge standard*. |
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File Name Print prints file name or the date, which accompanies the image. File names of up to 24 characters can be printed*. |
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* Only available with PictBridge-compatible printers |
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Supports high speed USB 2.0 transfer rate which transfers the heavy files or photos snapped in high resolution to the computer's hard disk in a breeze. |
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Direct transfer is no longer limited to just Windows computers. PowerShot S2 IS also supports direct connectivity and transfer to Mac computers (Mac OS X v10.1.5- 10.3). |
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Specifications :
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| Camera Effective Pixels |
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Approx. 5.0 million pixels |
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Approx. 5.3 million pixels, 1 /2.5-inch type |
| Color Filters |
Primary color filters (Bayer type) |
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| Focal Length (35mm film equivalent) |
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36 (W) - 432 (T) mm, shift-type image stabilizer system |
| Optical zoom |
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12x,USM drive |
| Shooting Distance (from the front of the lens) |
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50 cm - infinity |
| Macro/Super Macro: |
10 - 50 cm (W), 0 - 10 cm (W only) |
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0.33 inch electronic viewfinder, coverage 100%, Dioptric adjustable, Brightness adjustment |
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1.8 -inch, low temperature polysilicon TFT color LCD.Coverage 100%, with vari-angle function. |
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TTL auto focus (continuous/single), Focusing frame: 1-point (FlexiZone)
Manual Focus, AF lock, AF-assist beam on/off |
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Evaluative, Center-weighted average, Spot (metering frame: center/linked to focusing frame) |
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± 2 stops in 1/3-stop increments |
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Auto, ISO 50/100/200/400 equivalent |
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Auto, pre-set (Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H, Flash), Custom |
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Mechanical shutter + electronic shutter |
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15- 1/3200 sec |
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Iris type aperture |
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f/2.7 - f/8.0 (W), f/3.5 - f/8.0 (T) |
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| Operation Modes |
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Auto*, Flash On*, Flash Off (*Red eye reduction is available.) |
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Normal: 0.7 - 5.2 m (W), 0.7 m - 4.0 m (T) (ISO is set to Auto) |
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Flash exposure compensation, manual flash output, FE lock, slow sync, second curtain sync |
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Auto, Creative Zone (Program/Shutter speed priority, Aperture priority, Manual, Custom, Image Zone (Portrait, Landscape, Night scene, Special Scene *, Stitch Assist, Movie, My Colors* (Foliage, Snow, Beach, Fireworks, Indoor, Night Snapshot) |
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Approx. 4.0x (up to 48x in combination with the optical zoom) |
| Photo Effects |
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Off, Vivid, Neutral, Low sharpening, Sepia, Black & White, Custom |
| Postcard Date Imprint Mode |
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Not available |
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AE Lock, Noise reduction, Bracketing (AE, focusing), Rec.review (with Hold Function), Interval Shooting,(with Custom Timer), Night Display, PC-controlled shooting |
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SD memory card |
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Design rule for Camera File system and DPOF (Version 1.1) compliant |
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Still Images: Exif 2.2 (JPEG Compression), Movies: AVI type (Image data: Motion JPEG Compression) Audio data: WAVE format (Stereo) |
| Number of Recording Pixels |
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Still Images |
Large: 2592 x 1944
Medium 1: 2048 x 1536
Medium 2: 1600 x 1200
Small: 640 x 480
Postcard Date Imprint Mode: 1600 x 1200 (Compression is ser to Fine) |
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VGA*: 640 x 480 / QVGA: 320 x 240 (30 fps/ 15 fps)
(The max file size is 1GB *3 )
* Same as VGA-fine as PowerShot S1 IS |
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| Still Images |
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Single, Index (9 thumbnail images) |
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Normal Playback, Special Playback, Editing, Slow Motion, Camera Sound Playback |
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Magnified*, Jump, Auto Rotate, Rotation, Histogram, Sound memos (up to 60 sec.), Slide Show (*advance or reverse through magnified images is available) |
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Available (Windows/Macintosh) |
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| Direct Print |
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Canon Direct Print, Bubble Jet Direct, PictBridge |
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ID Photo Print, Movie Print (Single/Sequence), PictBridge features (Layout Print, Fixed Size Print and File Name Print added) |
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Start-up image, start-up sound, shutter sound, operation sound, self-timer sound |
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21 languages |
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High-speed USB2.0 (mini-B, PTP) Audio/Video output (NTSC/PAL), stereo sound format |
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4 AA alkaline batteries, 4 AA NiMH batteries (NB-2AH recommended), dedicated AC Adapter Kit ACK700 (optional) |
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113.0 x 78.0 x 78.5 mm (4.45 x 3.07 x 2.97 in.) (excluding protrusions) |
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Approx. 405g (14.3 oz.) (Camera body only) |
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