Canon's new cams promise greater sensitivity.
Whether shooting a large family photo at a sunset wedding or capturing a historical monument at night, Canon says, photographers will benefit from the new High Sensitivity System that improves low-light shooting in its latest PowerShot.
The HS System also helps to accentuate a number of hard-to-get details in images with decreased lighting, Canon says.
It’s the standout feature in the S95, a 10-megapixel camera with a bright f/2.0 lens with a 3.8x optical zoom that starts at 28mm wide.
The camera has a 3-inch LCD, and a ring on the front controls manual options and RAW shooting capabilities.
The $400 camera is also Canon’s first model to feature in-camera HDR “to help shooters capture the full magnitude of a scene that consists of very dark tones and bright highlights.” With the use of a tripod, one push of the shutter button yields three sequential images with various exposures, the company says, and then combines them into a single optimized image within the camera. As a result, the image showcases a better range of depth and detail found in natural settings.
The S95 also captures 720p HD video, and a “Miniature Effect” movie mode creates the illusion where large objects are shown in miniature proportions, “providing a creative way to play back video,” Canon says.
The S95 measures 3.9 by 2.3 by 1.2 inches, and weighs 6.8 ounces.
Next up: the SD4500, which Canon says is the slimmest digital camera with a 10x zoom with optical image stabilization — albeit a zoom that starts at a tight 36mm.
The $350 camera has a ten megapixel CMOS sensor, and its burst mode captures 8.4 frames per second. It also records 1080p HD video, and features a Super Slow Motion video mode that captures 240 frames per second. The SD4500 has a 3-inch LCD, measures 4 by 2.3 by 0.9 inches, and weighs 6.7 ounces.
And the SX130 is billed as having “extreme telephoto capabilities” with a 12x optical zoom lens (28 – 336mm) with optical image stabilization. The 12 megapixel camera has a 3-inch LCD and captures 720p HD video. The $250 model measures 4.4 by 2.9 by 1.8 inches and weighs 10.9 ounces.
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