Canon PowerShot S60Canon PowerShot S60 ReviewPhil Askey, August 2004

Review based on a production PowerShot S60On May 19th of this year Canon announced the PowerShot S60, the replacement to the fifteen month old PowerShot S50. Despite the 60 in its name the S60 has the same five megapixel CCD as the S50, this will no doubt be the cause of some confusion for buyers who will assume that it is a six megapixel compact. There are a wide range of differences and improvements with the S60 compared to the older S cameras, heres a summary of changes since the S50:New body design, smaller and lighter (with a much improved sliding cover mechanism)New wide angle lens: 28 - 100 mm equiv. (3.6x), F2.8 - F5.3New image size option: 2048 x 1536New movie clip size: 640 x 480, 10 fps, up to 30 secMax shutter speed up to 1/2000 sec from 1/1500 secPictBridge supportHigher capacity NB-L2H batteryUA lens technology

Key specificationsStreet priceBody MaterialSensorImage sizesMovie clipsLensFocusShooting modeSensitivityWhite BalanceImage parametersContinuousFlashStorageViewfinderLCD monitorConnectivityPowerOther featuresWeight (no batt)Dimensions

• US: $499• UK: £399

Magnesium alloy

• 1/1.8" CCD, 5.2 million total pixels• 5.0 million effective pixels

• 2592 x 1944• 2048 x 1536• 1600 x 1200• 1024 x 768• 640 x 480

• 640 x 480, 10 fps, up to 30 sec• 320 x 240, 15 fps, up to 3 mins• 160 x 120, 15 fps, up to 3 mins

• 28 - 100 mm equiv. (3.6x optical zoom)• F2.8 - F5.3

• 9-point AiAF• Manual focus• AF assist beam• Minimum focus: 50 cm (Normal), 4 cm (Macro)

• Auto• Program AE• Shutter priority AE• Aperture priority AE• Manual• Custom• Portrait• Landscape• Night Scene• Fast Shutter• Slow Shutter• Stitch Assist• Movie (with sound)

• Auto• ISO 50 - 400

• Auto• 7 presets• Manual

• Contrast (3 levels)• Sharpness (3 levels)• Saturation (3 levels)

• High: 2.0 fps, up to 8 frames• Normal: 1.5 fps, up to 8 frames

• Modes: Auto, Flash On, Flash Off, Manual (3 levels)• Slow Sync: On, Off (1st or 2nd curtain selectable)• Red-Eye Reduction: On, Off• Range, Wide: 4.2 m, Tele: 2.0 m

• Compact Flash Type I or Type II• FAT32 supported (cards >2 GB)• 32 MB CF card supplied

Optical

• 1.8" TFT LCD• 118,000 pixels

• USB 1.1 (inc PTP)• A/V out

• Lithium-Ion NB-2LH rechargeable battery (supplied & charger) *n• Optional AC adapter

• Orientation sensor• Wireless remote• Interval shooting• Histogram in playback• Movie editting• Sound memo• Direct print (Canon & PictBridge)

230 g (8.1 oz)

114 x 57 x 39 mm (4.4 x 2.2 x 1.5 in)

Conclusion / Recommendation / Ratings are based on the opinion of the reviewer, you should read the ENTIRE review before coming to your own conclusions.Images which can be viewed at a larger size have a small magnifying glass icon in the bottom right corner of the image, clicking on the image will display a larger (typically VGA) image in a new window.To navigate the review simply use the next / previous page buttons, to jump to a particular section either pick the section from the drop down or select it from the navigation bar at the top.DPReview calibrate their monitors using Color Vision OptiCal at the (fairly well accepted) PC normal gamma 2.2, this means that on our monitors we can make out the difference between all of the (computer generated) grayscale blocks below. We recommend to make the most of this review you should be able to see the difference (at least) between X,Y and Z and ideally A,B and C.

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