PowerShot S80Your Perfect Performer
• Attractive compact and futuristic looking
• High grade aluminium magnesium alloy body
• Light and sturdy with ergonomical design
• Easy to use for unleashing of photography creativity
Superb Image Quality
• High 8.0 megapixel CCD for ultra-high quality images and prints of up to A3 size
• Powered by DIGIC II Imaging Processor for razor sharp image quality, accelerated processing and life-like color reproduction.
• Ultra-high Refractive Index Aspherical (UA) lens capable of 3.6x optical zoom
28 mm Wide-Angle Lens & Multi-Control Dial
• 28-100 mm wide-angle coverage
• 3.6x wide zoom for wider shooting range
• Multi-control dial & omni-selector for
- greater operational convenience
- making menu selection
- advancing or reversing through images during playback
- other items selection
Large 2.5-inch LCD Monitor
• For easy viewing of shots and movie clips.
• Quick-Bright LCD function increases the brightness of the screen when needed
• Night Display function automatically brightens the subject on the LCD monitor for easy framing
Point & Shoot Simplicity
• 9-point AiAF (auto-focusing) ensures the subject is sharply focused even if it is not in the centre.
• Convenient mode dial for 21 shooting modes including 12 Special Scene modes to enhance photo-taking experience.
- Pre-programmed 12 Special Scene modes (SCN), for specific shooting conditions: Fireworks, Kids & Pets, Indoor, Snow, Foliage, Underwater, Beach, Portrait, Landscape, Night Scene, Night Snapshot and Digital Macro
• Real-time histogram for vital photo’s exposure information and ability to make adjustments accordingly
• User Interface (UI) incorporated for user-friendly usage.
- Animated Display with enlarged and animated icons and names for the currently selected mode
- Vertical/Horizontal Gridline Display for easy photo composition and framing
• Smooth Continuous Shooting capability to shoot continuously at the same speed until the memory card is full
(Depends on the type of memory card/no of recording pixels/compression rate settings)
• Self-timer function with Custom Timer, which can set a delay between 0-10 secs and number of shots from 1-10.
Movie Creation
• 1st compact digital camera* to feature XGA size (1024 x 768 pixels) movie mode recording at 15 fps
• 4 Movie Modes: High Resolution/My Colors/Compact/Standard
• Digital zooming while shooting of movies (only in Standard mode)
• View the playback of your movies with 5 selectable slow motion playback levels
• Movie editing of unwanted portion at 1-sec increment
(*As of July 2005)
Playback Modes
• With Auto Rotate function, images will be displayed and oriented correctly during playback, regardless when held vertically or horizontally.
• Advancing or reversing through images with transition effects
• Index playback with selected images slightly magnified for easier recognition.
• Special effects are available when viewing slide show of images without a computer
• Easy location and management of images through enhanced Jump function with jump searches
1) Jump 10 images
2) Jump 100 images
3) Jump shot date
4) Jump to movie
5) Jump to folder
My Colors Function
• Freely customize color reproduction of images on the camera
• Real-time color change on LCD monitor while shooting, hence saving the time and hassle of retouching via computer
• Change a selected color before capturing the pictures
• My Colors Function modes to express your creativity:
1) Positive Film:
A combine effect of ‘Vivid Blue’, ‘ Vivid Green’ and ‘Vivid Red’ to shoot with more vivid blues, greens and reds. This allows image to be shot with natural and vivid colors similar to positive file
2) Lighter Skin Tone
3) Darker Skin Tone
4) Vivid Blue
5) Vivid Green
6) Vivid Red
7) Color Accent:
Specify a color to remain and turn all other colors into monochrome (with no flash)
8 ) Color Swap:
Specify a color to replace a selected color. Only one target color can be captured (with no flash)
9) Custom Color:
Freely set the balance of R (red)/G (green)/B (blue)/skin color.
Shoot and Print/Transfer Direct
• Print photos directly from Canon direct photo printers and any PictBridge compliant printer without PC.
• Easy print and transfer of images with a just a touch of the Print/Share button
More Printing Options
• N-Layout function automatically fits images (eg. 2,4,8,9,16,20 images) in the best layout for printing to each sheet of paper (with any PictBridge printer, compatible with this function)
• ID Photo Print - crop images to passport size for direct printing with Canon CP printers
• Movie Print (Sequence) - print an index of still images from movie footage with Canon CP printers
• Movie Print (Single) – extract a specific frame from a movie and print on a sheet of paper with Canon CP printers or PictBridge compatible printers
• Fixed Size Print - print size from 18 print sizes defined by the PictBridge standard (via PictBridge only)
• File Name Print - print file name or the date, which accompanies the image (via PictBridge only)
Enhanced PictBridge Support
• Photos can be printed with the camera name and other shooting data/information such as the shutter speed and f/number (when connected to a Canon inkjet printer)
• Supports 2 new paper sizes* - 8” x 10” (8R) and 10” x 12” (10R).
[* Available when printed from selected Canon inkjet printers (PictBridge compatible) which supports this paper size.]
• Image Optimizer automatically adjusts the brightness in situations where the faces appear too dark.
[Only available when printed from selected Canon inkjet printers]
Connectivity
• High speed USB 2.0 transfer rate
• Direct connectivity and transfer to both Windows & Mac computers (Mac OS X v10.1.5- v10.3)
Media Storage
• SD/MMC card storage
Optional Accessories
• Wide Converter (WC-DC10) multiplies the magnification power by 0.8x
• Conversion Lens Adapter (LA-DC20) together with optional wide converter lens and/or tele-converter lens for increase power and flexibility
• Waterproof Case (WP-DC1) allows the PowerShot S80 to be use in underwater up to a depth of 40m.
• High Power Flash (HF-DC1) which double the inbuilt flash range