{"id":9423,"date":"2010-04-03T03:00:08","date_gmt":"2010-04-02T19:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/?p=9423"},"modified":"2010-04-03T03:08:45","modified_gmt":"2010-04-02T19:08:45","slug":"canon-powershot-s90-review-video-within","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/03\/canon-powershot-s90-review-video-within\/","title":{"rendered":"Canon PowerShot S90 Review – Video Within"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have been using the Canon PowerShot S90 for more than a month already. I must say that with its compact size and features, it is really a good compact camera for almost any situation. Although the price may put off some people, the features that it possesses are worth that amount.<\/p>\n

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The Overall Look and Feel<\/span><\/h2>\n

It is a very solid and compact 10 MegaPixels camera. It has a big 3-inch LCD screen (not a touch screen). At first look, you may think that it looks plain.<\/p>\n

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However, when you start to explore, you will realize that it has many features that you can really use. For example, it has a control ring that allows you to program it to zoom, adjust the camera.<\/p>\n

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If you explore further, you will see that it has a bright lens. The aperture range from 2.0 – 4.9. It is rare to have such big aperture for a compact camera. In fact, if\u00a0 you compare it with Canon’s higher end model,\u00a0 G11, it has a 2.8 – 4.5 aperture range. The optical zoom is not too bad at 3.8X.<\/p>\n

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If you probe further, you realized that the lens comes with image stabilizer. As you move along the side of the camera, you can see that it has a HMDI input and a Mini USB Port for audio\/video out as well as data connection to the computer.<\/p>\n

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The battery compartment also stores the SD card.<\/p>\n

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The battery is very small with a capacity of 1000mAh. If you use it sparingly, it is actually quite lasting.<\/p>\n

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Power On and Features<\/span><\/h2>\n

This Canon PowerShot S90 has a fast power on to ready state. It mere seconds (1 to 2 secs), it is ready to take pictures. Other features that you may not notice is that it has a large CCD sensor (1\/1.7″). For typical compact camera that I have seen, their sensors are usually 1\/2.3″. Also, it has ISO range of 80 to 3200.<\/p>\n

All the controls can be accessed from here (see picture below).<\/p>\n

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The Control Ring that I mentioned just now can be program using the Ring Func button on top of the camera. You can program it to control the ISO, EV +\/- , Focus, White Balance and Zoom.<\/p>\n

Sample Pictures<\/span><\/h2>\n

These pictures were resized to fit the screen of this blog. No other touch up were done on them.<\/p>\n

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Picture taken with Color Accent function<\/p>\n

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Picture taken with Color Accent function<\/p>\n

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Picture taken with Nostalgic function.<\/p>\n

Here is a video taken using the 640 x 480 30fps settings. Do note that the video is compressed by Youtube during the uploading.<\/p>\n