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Old May 7th 07, 07:31 AM posted to rec.photo.digital.zlr,aus.photo
Wayne J. Cosshall
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Hi All,

Canon has announced the S5 8 MP camera:
http://www.dimagemaker.com/article.php?articleID=971

Cheers,

Wayne

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Old May 7th 07, 08:30 AM posted to rec.photo.digital.zlr
David J Taylor[_2_]
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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



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Old May 7th 07, 11:40 AM posted to rec.photo.digital.zlr
Wayne J. Cosshall
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Default Canon S5 announced

4 I believe is an unlucky number in China, sounding similar to the word
for death (I think).

Cheers,

Wayne

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Publisher, The Digital ImageMaker, http://www.dimagemaker.com/
Blog http://www.digitalimagemakerworld.com/
Publisher, Experimental Digital Photography
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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



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Old May 7th 07, 12:10 PM posted to rec.photo.digital.zlr
Daniel Silevitch
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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
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Old May 7th 07, 01:05 PM posted to rec.photo.digital.zlr
David J Taylor[_2_]
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Daniel Silevitch wrote:
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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


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Old May 7th 07, 02:19 PM posted to rec.photo.digital.zlr
Allen
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Default 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
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Old May 7th 07, 02:37 PM posted to rec.photo.digital.zlr
David J Taylor[_2_]
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Allen wrote:
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An a larger LCD--2.5" vs 2".
Allen


Wouldn't more pixels in the EVF have been far more useful?

David


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Old May 7th 07, 04:41 PM posted to rec.photo.digital.zlr,aus.photo
ray
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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?

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Old May 8th 07, 12:31 AM posted to rec.photo.digital.zlr,aus.photo
Garry Knight
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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.

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Old May 8th 07, 02:37 AM posted to rec.photo.digital.zlr
irwell
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Default 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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