Canon PowerShot S5 IS

Review posted 7/19/2007 Click to take a QTVR tour of the S5 IS The PowerShot S5 IS is the successor to last year's 6-megapixel PowerShot S3 IS digital camera. This new compact inherits many of the features of its predecessors, like optical Image Stabilizer (IS) technology, professional-grade

In a market driven by superlatives, is a functional compact EVF that's not the "most something" worth a second look?

Review posted 7/19/2007 Click to take a QTVR tour of the S5 IS The PowerShot S5 IS is the successor to last year's 6-megapixel PowerShot S3 IS digital camera. This new compact inherits many of the features of its predecessors, like optical Image Stabilizer (IS) technology, professional-grade

As long as major players, such as Canon, continue to transfer the expertise and technology they develop in high-end products into the digicam market, it will remain lively and competitive. The newly released Powershot S5 IS, for example, uses the same Digic III processor that drives the ground-breaking EOS 1D Mark III. This device, coupled with [Read More]

Canon PowerShot S5 IS

The enduring popularity of Canon's 'big zoom' range began on the day the original PowerShot S1 IS was announced back at the start of 2004, heralding a return to a sector of the market many believed the photo giant had abandoned when the Pro 90 IS was discontinued a few years earlier. Since then it has been rare for there not to be an S series big zoom PowerShot in our top 10 most popular cameras (measured by clicks) despite stiff competition from Panasonic (responsible for the reinvigoration of the whole 'superzoom' sector), Sony and a handful of other players. Perhaps this is why Canon has been loathe to tinker too much with the formula established in the original model for subsequent generations. Sure, the S2 IS was a much-needed upgrade (bigger lens, big performance boost), but since then Canon has pretty much left well alone with fairly predictable upgrades to the sensor and screen, and minor feature tweaks.

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Lens-shift stabilisation and plenty of adjustable controls make this 12x zoom digicam attractive to travellers.In its PowerShot S5 IS, Canon has made some worthwhile improvements on its predecessor, the S3 IS, although the basic concept of the camera and many features and functions are unchanged. The new model has higher resolution (8 megapixels vs 6 megapixels) and a larger, vari-angle LCD. Its updated DiG!C III processor supports Face Detection AF and AE, in-camera redeye removal, Auto ISO shift and an extension of the sensitivity range to ISO 1600 (equivalent).

An articulable LCD, great image stabilization, and top-quality photos add up to a great megazoom.

Like a Chinese puzzle box, getting it right with the Powershot S5 IS can produce some pretty sensational results. Luckily for Matt Grayson, the S5 doesn't allow demonic creatures to swarm through a dimensional rift inflicting pain and misery on him. Phew.