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Canon S5 announced
Hi All,
Canon has announced the S5 8 MP camera: http://www.dimagemaker.com/article.php?articleID=971 Cheers, Wayne -- Wayne J. Cosshall Publisher, The Digital ImageMaker, http://www.dimagemaker.com/ Blog http://www.digitalimagemakerworld.com/ Publisher, Experimental Digital Photography http://www.experimentaldigitalphotography.com Personal art site http://www.cosshall.com/ |
Canon S5 announced
Wayne J. Cosshall wrote:
Hi All, Canon has announced the S5 8 MP camera: http://www.dimagemaker.com/article.php?articleID=971 Cheers, Wayne Thanks for that Wayne. It's on DP Review as well: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0705/07050703canons5is.asp I wonder what happened to the S4? Perhaps "4" is an unlucky number in some country? It seems to offer little new over the S3 - no wider-angle coverage and even the EVF is stuck at a relatively poor "115,000 pixels". To me this camera, and the current Panasonic Lunix cameras, both suggest that Canon S5 IS and Panasonic FZ8 are now relatively mature and successful camera lines. Cheers, David |
Canon S5 announced
4 I believe is an unlucky number in China, sounding similar to the word
for death (I think). Cheers, Wayne Wayne J. Cosshall Publisher, The Digital ImageMaker, http://www.dimagemaker.com/ Blog http://www.digitalimagemakerworld.com/ Publisher, Experimental Digital Photography http://www.experimentaldigitalphotography.com Personal art site http://www.cosshall.com/ David J Taylor wrote: Wayne J. Cosshall wrote: Hi All, Canon has announced the S5 8 MP camera: http://www.dimagemaker.com/article.php?articleID=971 Cheers, Wayne Thanks for that Wayne. It's on DP Review as well: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0705/07050703canons5is.asp I wonder what happened to the S4? Perhaps "4" is an unlucky number in some country? It seems to offer little new over the S3 - no wider-angle coverage and even the EVF is stuck at a relatively poor "115,000 pixels". To me this camera, and the current Panasonic Lunix cameras, both suggest that Canon S5 IS and Panasonic FZ8 are now relatively mature and successful camera lines. Cheers, David |
Canon S5 announced
On Mon, 07 May 2007 07:30:11 GMT, David J Taylor wrote:
Wayne J. Cosshall wrote: Hi All, Canon has announced the S5 8 MP camera: http://www.dimagemaker.com/article.php?articleID=971 Cheers, Wayne Thanks for that Wayne. It's on DP Review as well: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0705/07050703canons5is.asp I wonder what happened to the S4? Perhaps "4" is an unlucky number in some country? It seems to offer little new over the S3 - no wider-angle coverage and even the EVF is stuck at a relatively poor "115,000 pixels". It adds a flash hot-shoe, or at least I think that's a new feature. Other than that, no real big new features. Just the extra pixel count. -dms |
Canon S5 announced
Daniel Silevitch wrote:
[] It adds a flash hot-shoe, or at least I think that's a new feature. Other than that, no real big new features. Just the extra pixel count. -dms Yes, Daniel, DP Review picked up on that one - I missed it as I no longer use external flash. Cheers, David |
Canon S5 announced
Daniel Silevitch wrote:
On Mon, 07 May 2007 07:30:11 GMT, David J Taylor wrote: Wayne J. Cosshall wrote: Hi All, Canon has announced the S5 8 MP camera: http://www.dimagemaker.com/article.php?articleID=971 Cheers, Wayne Thanks for that Wayne. It's on DP Review as well: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0705/07050703canons5is.asp I wonder what happened to the S4? Perhaps "4" is an unlucky number in some country? It seems to offer little new over the S3 - no wider-angle coverage and even the EVF is stuck at a relatively poor "115,000 pixels". It adds a flash hot-shoe, or at least I think that's a new feature. Other than that, no real big new features. Just the extra pixel count. -dms An a larger LCD--2.5" vs 2". Allen |
Canon S5 announced
Allen wrote:
[] An a larger LCD--2.5" vs 2". Allen Wouldn't more pixels in the EVF have been far more useful? David |
Canon S5 announced
On Mon, 07 May 2007 16:31:32 +1000, Wayne J. Cosshall wrote:
Hi All, Canon has announced the S5 8 MP camera: http://www.dimagemaker.com/article.php?articleID=971 Cheers, Wayne Does it still have the same crappy undersampled electronic viewfinder? |
Canon S5 announced
On Tue, 08 May 2007 00:31:31 +0100, Garry Knight
wrote: ray wrote: Does it still have the same crappy undersampled electronic viewfinder? According to dpreview's list of specs, yes, it does. As someone who recently bought the S3 at a low price, I've been waiting to see what might be improved in the S5, and I've noticed a few things: - They've added ISO1600. I hope that means they've improved 200, 400 and 800 - Apparently there are 'additional shooting modes'. According to dpreview's spec list, the shooting modes appear to be exactly the same as on the S3. - Presumably the 'extended video recording' means no more 1 GB or 1 hr maximum. But is there a new maximum, or will it just fill the card? And I wonder if it can use SD-HC cards. Come to that, I wonder if my S3 can use them... - The S3 has two continuous shooting modes: 2.3 fps with preview, and 1.5 fps without. The S5 only appears to have 1.5 fps. I wonder it that's with live preview, recorded preview, or what. - They've moved the shortcut/print button up to the left-hand side of the EVF, and the Func and ISO buttons down slightly. On the S3 you can make adjustments with the Func button and then shoot one-handed, which works more often than not thanks to the IS. Now the Func button's lower, that won't be quite so easy. And it will be impossible to reach the shortcut button with the right hand. I like wandering around taking one-handed shots, adjusting the Ev and ISO as necessary, then leaving the camera turned on ready for the next shot but switching the display off using the shortcut button. The new layout would take some getting used to. All things considered, I can only echo what many S2 owners said when the S3 came out: there's not enough improvements to make me want to upgrade. Rather like the moaning about the H9 on the Sony Groups forums. |
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