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PowerShot S5 IS



Product Specification

 
 

IMAGE SENSOR

       
 

Type

    1/2.5” CCD  
 

Effective Pixels

    Approx 8.0M  
 

Colour Filter Type

    Primary Colour  
 

IMAGE PROCESSOR

       
 

Type

    DIGIC III with iSAPS technology  
 

LENS

       
 

Focal Length

    6.0-72.0mm (35mm equivalent: 36-432mm)  
 

Zoom

    Optical 12x. Digital approx. 4x (with Digital Tele-Converter approx. 1.6x or 2.0x and Safety Zoom¹)². Combined approx. 48x  
 

Maximum f/number

    f/2.7 - f/3.5  
 

Construction

    11 elements in 9 groups (1 aspherical element, 1 UD element)  
 

Image Stabilisation

    Yes (shift-type)  
 

Ultrasonic Motor (USM)

    Yes, zoom  
 

FOCUSING

       
 

Type

    TTL  
 

AF System / Points

    AiAF (Face Detection / 9-point), 1-point AF (Any position is available or fixed centre)  
 

AF Modes

    Single, Continuous  
 

AF Point Selection

    Manual selection using FlexiZone AF/AE  
 

Selected AF Point Display

    On/Off Selectable  
 

AF Assist Beam

    Yes  
 

Manual Focus

    Yes  
 

Focus Bracketing

    Yes  
 

Closest Focusing Distance

    0cm (W) from front of lens in Super Macro  
 

EXPOSURE CONTROL

       
 

Metering Modes

    Evaluative (linked to Face Detection AF frame), Centre-weighted average, Spot (centre or linked to Face Detection AF or FlexiZone AF frame)  
 

AE Lock

    Yes  
 

Exposure Compensation

    +/- 2 EV in 1/3 stop increments  
 

AEB

    1/3 - 2 EV in 1/3 stop increments  
 

ISO Sensitivity*

    AUTO, High ISO Auto, 80, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600¹  
 

SHUTTER

       
 

Speed

    1/60 - 1/3200 sec (factory default)
15 - 1/3200 sec (total range - varies by shooting mode)
 
 

WHITE BALANCE

       
 

Type

    TTL  
 

Settings

    Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H, Flash, Custom  
 

VIEWFINDER

       
 

Viewfinder

    EVF (0.33" type), approx. 115,000 dots  
 

Dioptre Correction

    Yes  
 

LCD MONITOR

       
 

Monitor

    Vari-angle 2.5” TFT, approx. 207,000 dots  
 

Coverage

    100%  
 

Brightness

    Adjustable to one of two levels  
 

FLASH

       
 

Modes

    Auto, Manual Flash On / Off  
 

Slow Sync Speed

    Yes  
 

Red-eye Reduction

    Yes  
 

Flash Exposure Compensation

    +/- 2 EV in 1/3 stop increments. Face Detection FE. Safety FE.  
 

Flash Exposure Lock

    Yes  
 

Manual Power Adjustment

    3 levels with internal flash (19 levels with external EX Speedlites¹)  
 

Second Curtain Synchronisation

    Yes  
 

Built-in Flash Range

    50cm-5.2m (W) / 90cm-4.0m (T)  
 

External Flash

    E-TTL with EX series Speedlites¹, Canon's High Power Flash HF-DC1  
 

SHOOTING

       
 

Modes

    Auto, Program AE, Shutter priority AE, Aperture priority AE, Manual, Custom, Portrait, Landscape, Night Snapshot, Sports, Stitch Assist, Movie, Special Scene (Indoor, Night Scene, Foliage, Snow, Beach, Fireworks, Aquarium, Color Accent, Color Swap), Super Macro  
 

Photo Effects

    My Colors (My Colors Off, Vivid, Neutral, Sepia, Black & White, Positive Film, Lighter Skin Tone, Darker Skin Tone, Vivid Blue, Vivid Green, Vivid Red, Custom Color)  
 

Drive Modes

    Single, Continuous, Self-Timer  
 

Continuous Shooting

    Approx. 1.5 shots/sec.¹ (until memory card becomes full) ², AF/LV: Approx. 0.9 shots/sec.¹ (until memory card becomes full) ²  
 

RECORDING PIXELS / COMPRESSION

       
 

Image Size

    (L) 3264 x 2448, (M1) 2592 x 1944, (M2) 2048 x 1536, (M3) 1600 x 1200, (S) 640 x 480, (W) 3264 x 1832  
 

Compression

    Superfine, Fine, Normal  
 

Movies

    (L)640 x 480, 30fps, (LP)640 x 480, 30fps, (M)320 x 240, 60/30fps  
 

Movie Length

    Up to 4GB or 1 hour¹  
 

FILE TYPES

       
 

Still Image Type

    JPEG compression, (Exif 2.2 [Exif Print] compliant) / Design rule for Camera File system, Digital Print Order Format [DPOF] Version 1.1 compliant  
 

Movies

    AVI [Motion JPEG compression + WAVE (stereo)]  
 

Sound Files

    WAVE (stereo)  
 

DIRECT PRINT

       
 

Canon Printers

    Canon SELPHY Compact Photo Printers and PIXMA Printers supporting PictBridge (ID Photo Print, Fixed Size Print and Movie Print supported on SELPHY CP & ES printers only)  
 

PictBridge

    Yes  
 

OTHER FEATURES

       
 

Red-Eye Correction

    Yes, in playback  
 

My Camera

    Start-up image and camera sounds customisation  
 

My Category

    Image tagging feature  
 

Sound Memo

    Up to 60 sec per image  
 

Intelligent Orientation Sensor

    Yes  
 

Histogram

    Yes, live histogram  
 

Playback Zoom

    Approx. 2x – 10x  
 

Self Timer

    Approx. 2 or 10 sec. or Custom  
 

Menu Languages

    English, German, French, Dutch, Danish, Finnish, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, Chinese (traditional), Japanese, Russian, Portuguese, Korean, Greek, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Turkish, Thai, Arabic, Ukrainian, Romanian  
 

INTERFACE

       
 

Computer

    Hi-Speed USB (Mini-B, MTP, PTP)  
 

Other

    A/V output (PAL/NTSC)  
 

MEMORY CARD

       
 

Type

    Secure Digital (SD) Card, Secure Digital High-Capacity (SDHC) Card or MultiMediaCard (MMC), 32MB memory card supplied  
 

SUPPORTED OPERATING SYSTEM

       
 

PC Macintosh

    Windows 2000 SP4 / XP / XP SP1-2 / Vista
Mac OS X v10.3 - 10.4
 
 

SOFTWARE

       
 

Browsing & Printing

    ZoomBrowser EX / ImageBrowser  
 

Other

    PhotoStitch, RemoteCapture  
 

Drivers

    TWAIN (2000)  
 

POWER SOURCE

       
 

Batteries

    4x Size-AA Alkaline or NiMH Batteries(NB4-300) (Alkalines supplied)  
 

Battery Life

    Approx. 170 shots¹ (with supplied batteries)
Approx. 450 shots (with optional Canon NB4-300 batteries)¹
Approx. 720 min. playback (with supplied batteries)
Approx. 900 min. playback (with Canon NB4-300 batteries)
 
 

AC Power Supply

    Optional, Power adapter CA-PS700  
 

ACCESSORIES

       
 

Case

    Soft Case DCC-90  
 

Lenses

    Tele-converter 1.5x TC-DC58B
Wide-converter 0.75x WC-DC58A
Lens adapter/Hood set LAH-DC20
Close-up lens 500D (58mm)
 
 

Flash

    Canon Speedlites (220EX, 430EX, 580EX)¹
High Power Flash HF-DC1
 
 

Power Supply & Battery Chargers

    Compact AC power adapter CA-PS700, Battery Charger Kit CBK4-300, Ni-MH Batteries NB4-300  
 

PHYSICAL SPECIFICATIONS

       
 

Operating Environment

    0 – 40 °C, 10 – 90% humidity  
 

Dimensions

    117.0 × 80.0 × 77.7 mm (excluding viewfinder-eyepiece & protrusions)  
 

Weight (body only)

    Approx. 450g  

Zoom

¹ Depending on the image size selected
² Digital zoom available for still image and standard movie modes only. Optical zoom may not be available during movie recording

ISO Sensitivity*

¹ Standard Output Sensitivity / Recommended Exposure Index. According to ISO 12232:2006 (20th April 2006) which specifies the method for assigning and reporting ISO speed ratings for digital still cameras. This does not apply to Digital IXUS WIRELESS.

Manual Power Adjustment

¹ Not all functions of the flash are supported

External Flash

¹ Not all functions of the flash are supported

Continuous Shooting

¹ Under conditions where the flash does not fire
² Depending on memory card speed / capacity

Movie Length

¹ Depending on memory card speed / capacity

Battery Life

¹ Using the batteries and memory card format supplied with the camera, except where indicated

Flash

¹ Not all functions of the flash are supported

All data is based on Canon standard testing methods (according to CIPA Standards) except where indicated.

Subject to change without notice.

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