Friday 16 September 2011

Photography: Canon's new Powershot S100 is out!


Image from ZDnet
Hi guys! Look what's out! The once-on-my-shopping-list-S90-or-S95-successor is out! What's new? Watch the video below!


That was rather boring wasn't it? Well, official videos are always boring to watch, but the guy speaks pretty clear English, so not bad as a listening practice.

Then of course, you can also read the article from ZDNet, which is less tedious.

Or you can just look at the comparison below.


Model
Release
date
Sensor resolution,
 size
type
Lens (35 mm equiv)
zoom,aperture
Image processor
LCD screen
size, pixels
Card
Size
W×H×D
(mm)
Weight
(body, g)
Notes
Prosumer
Sep 
2009
10.0 MP
3648×2736
1/1.7" CCD
28–105 mm (3.8×)
f/2.0–4.9
3.0"
461,000
SD, 
SDHC, 
MMC, 
MMC+, 
 HC MMC+
100.0 ×
 58.4 × 
30.9
175
New High Sensitivity System and higher ISO speeds, f/2.0 lens, image stabilization. HD movie feature removed.[11] Bears similarity to earlierPowershot SD series models[10]
Aug
2010
99.8 ×
 58.4 ×
 29.5
170
Hybrid IS, 720p HD video.[12]
Sep
2011
12.1 MP
4000x3000
1/1.7" CMOS
24–120 mm (5×)
f/2.0–5.9
SD, 
SDHC,
 SDXC,

98.9 ×
 59.8 ×
 26.7
173
GPS, 1080p HD video.[13] Not to be confused with the older S100, the first Digital IXUS/ELPH camera.

Source from Wikipedia

Am I going to buy this? Nope! But if S100 is using DIGIC 5, and if DIGIC 5 is good, the upcoming EOS 8D or 7D Mk II might be using the new processor. As to the performance? Well, we'll see.



Vocabulary:
tedious -- (adj) boring

Resources:
Power for passionate photographers - the Canon PowerShot S100 and PowerShot SX40 HS @ YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbWKtpCwRE4

Canon PowerShot S100: Successor to popular S95 adds GPS, 5x zoom @ ZDNet
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/digitalcameras/canon-powershot-s100-successor-to-popular-s95-adds-gps-5x-zoom/5286

Canon Powershot S series
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_PowerShot_S#Compact_S_series

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/tedious?q=tedious