Canon PowerShot S200 - Back To Basics (Part 1)
Canon’s
feature-filled premium compacts have been very successful, and the PowerShot S110 was no exception. Though many users can
misjudge the 10.1-megapixel S200 as the successor to the S110 with its higher
price tag, it is in reality, a stripped- down version of the S110 with a couple
of features left out. Here is our take on this small compact.
The PowerShot S200
offers the features and connectivity you're after, in a compact body.
Design and Build
Quality
The Canon
S200 is built with a combination of metal and polycarbonate. The camera features
a control ring around the lens housing. The built-in pop-up flash can be raised
with the help of a switch on the left side panel. The camera has a fixed LCD
screen with the control panel on its right. The control panel consists of five
buttons, four-way controller, and the vertical command dial. The mode dial is
on the top panel towards the right with the shutter release button-zoom lever
unit close by. The S200 has a metal tripod receptacle.
Key Features
The
10.1-megapixel Canon S200 uses a 1/1.7inch Type (7.60 x 5.70mm) sensor for
imaging. This sensor is complemented by a DIGIC 5 image processing engine,
believed to reduce processing time and noise at higher sensitivities. The
camera sports a 24-120mm equivalent lens with Optical Image Stabilisation.
The lens focusses from 3 to 50cm at the wide-angle end and 30 to 50cm at the
telephoto end. Aperture ranges from f/1.8 to 8 at the wide-angle end and from
f/5.7 to 8 at the telephoto end. The camera features three focusing modes —
Continuous AF, Servo AF, and Manual. AF frame options are Face AiAF, Tracking AF, Centre, and FlexiZone.
The S200 features the usual three metering modes — Evaluative, Centre-weighted
average, and Spot. Shutter speed ranges from 15 to 1/2000sec and sensitivity
ranges from ISO 80 to 6400.
The 10.1MP High Sensitivity CCD sensor and DiG!C 5
imaging processor provide clear and colourful images
The S200
features several shooting modes such as Shooting M (Manual), Av (Aperture
Priority), Tv (Shutter
Priority), P (Program), Auto, Live View Control, SCN (Scene), and Creative
Filters. Scene modes include Portrait, Smooth Skin, Smart Shutter, High-speed
Burst, Snow, Fireworks, and Stitch Assist.
Creative
Filters available are Fish-eye Effect, Miniature Effect, Toy Camera Effect,
Soft Focus, Monochrome, Super Vivid, Poster Effect, Colour
Accent, and Colour Swap. Smart Shutter provides options
of Smile, Wink Self-timer, and Face Self-timer. The built-in flash has a range
of 50 cm to 7.0 m at the wide-angle end and 50 cm to 2.3 m at the telephoto
end. Flash modes available are Auto, On, Slow Synchro,
and Off.
The PowerShot SX50 HS
is equipped with an extremely
powerful 50x (24 - 1200mm) optical zoom giving you true shooting versatility.
The PowerShot S200 provides a continuous firing speed of up to
4.5 frames per second in High-speed Burst mode. Still images are recorded in
JPEG format with a maximum size of 3648 x 2736 pixels, while videos are
recorded with the best quality of 1280 x 720 at 24 fps. The camera features
built-in Wi-Fi. It is powered by a rechargeable Li-ion battery pack NB-6LH. The
device weighs approximately 181g including battery and memory card and has
dimensions of 99.8 x 59.0 x 26.3mm.
