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Canon PowerShot S20

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Officially Casio beat Canon to the 3.34 megapixel announcement (well at least to the general public anyway), howeve rumours of the S20 had been popping up in various cyber-spaces for a couple of months now. Just last week Canon announced the S20, a 3.34 megapixel (3.14 megapixels effective - 2048 x 1536) version of its successful, recent, but popular S10. Features wise the S20 is identical to the S10, body size, operation, menus and software are all the same. The case is champagne rather than silver and the only other difference is the "3.3" and "S20" on the front. Just makes me wonder how happy recent purchasers of the S10 are...Read more
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Pros

  • that the exposure lock works independently of the focus lock
  • Sharpness is excellent and colour balance is first class
  • it was light

Cons

  • Shutter speeds from 2 to 1/1000 seconds
  • no way to set aperture and shutter speeds to suit your photographic
  • plain-English captions explain obscure icons

Key specs

  • CCD
  • 7.144x5.358 mm
  • 3 Mpx
  • 2048, 1536 px
  • 4
  • Contrast Detect (sensor), Single, Live View
  • 1.8 in
  • no

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Canon PowerShot S20 - Pros & Cons

Canon PowerShot S20

Pros

  • that the exposure lock works independently of the focus lock
  • Sharpness is excellent and colour balance is first class
  • it was light
  • easy to use
  • fast
  • and took great photos
  • make it easy to shoot compelling lifestyle images
  • solid and well-built
  • Canon captured colors well
  • with good exposure and focus
  • controls are simple to identify

Cons

  • Shutter speeds from 2 to 1/1000 seconds
  • no way to set aperture and shutter speeds to suit your photographic
  • plain-English captions explain obscure icons
  • the flash sometimes washed out the image or did not provide enough illumination
  • the control menu fonts are quite small
  • optical viewfinder has no diopter or frame marks
  • the optical zoom is only 2X

Canon PowerShot S20 - Technical Overview

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IconScreen size
1.8 in
Best:
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W710
Screen size: 6.7 in
IconEffective pixels
3 Mpx
Best:
Hasselblad H6D-100c
Effective pixels: 100 Mpx
IconMax resolution
2048 x 1536 px
Best:
Leica M11
Max resolution: 9528 x 6328 px

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Canon PowerShot S20 - Full Specifications

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Sensor
Sensor typeCCD
Sensor size0.28 in
Sensor photo detectors3.0 Mpx
Effective pixels3.0 Mpx
Image ratio w:h4:3
Max resolution2048 x 1536 px
Other resolutions
  • 1024x768
  • 640x480
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Optics and focus
Optical zoom2.0 x
Digital zoom4.0 x
Minimum aperture2.8
Maximum aperture4
Focal length equiv32 - 64
Autofocus
  • Contrast Detect
  • Single
  • Live View
Manual focusNo
Normal focus range25.98 in
Macro focus range4.72 in
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Photography features
Minimum shutter speed2.0 s
Maximum shutter speed1.0 s
Shutter priorityno
Aperture priorityno
Exposure compensation plus2
Exposure compensation minus-2
Expousure compensation steps1/3
Built-in flashyes
Flash modes
  • Auto
  • Redeye Reduction
  • Fill-in Flash
External flashno
Continuous drive0.8 fps
Self-timeryes
Self-timer options10
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Dimensions
Weight11.29 oz
Width4.17 in
Height2.76 in
Depth1.34 in
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Connectivity
USB version1.0
Remote controlNo
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Image
ISO
  • 100
  • 200
  • 400
Image stabilization typeNo
Uncompressed formatNo
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Screen and viewfinder
Screen size1.8 in
Touch screenno
Live viewyes
Viewfinder
Optical
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Design
Body typeCompact
Colour of productGrey
Environmentally sealedno
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Storage
Storage typesCompact Flash Type I/II
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Other features
Timelapse recordingno
Orientation sensorno

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