Reveiw of the Canon PowerShot S5 IS Camera

Canon's PowerShot line offers photographers the absolute finest in digital cameras. Let us take a look at one of their newer releases, which is the PowerShot S5 IS and see what it has to offer consumers.

The Canon PowerShot S5 IS is an 8 megapixel digital camera that gives you photos of impressive detail. It also provides you with a 12x optical zoom.

They have made improvements here with the DIGIC III Image Processor in this digital camera, in particular with the Red-eye Correction as well as the Face Detection Technology. The Red-eye Correction will identify a red-eye in any image and it will immediately rectify this problem for you. In the event that it does not, which is rare, you can do this yourself. The Face Detection is an amazing feature to have as the camera can manipulate the flash as well as the exposure. For example, let's say a person's face turns out darker in a photo due to the way the flash bounces off of their face. The Face Detection solves this problem for you so a person's face comes out looking natural.

Canon's PowerShot S5 IS gives an incredible number of 22 modes for photographers to choose from. They are Auto, Program, Av Aperture-priority, Tv Shutter-priority, Manual, C Custom, Portrait, Landscape, Sports, Night Snapshot, Super Macro, Stitch Assist, Movie, Night Scene, Foliage, Snow, Beach, Fireworks, Aquarium, Indoor, Color Swap and Color Accent.

The Canon PowerShot S5 IS supplies you with a 2.5-inch LCD screen that is vari-angle. Do you have to shoot an image at an odd angle? Then this feature is definitely for you.

This digital camera provides you with Canon's Optical Image Stabilizer Technology. All blurry or fuzzy images are a thing of the past. The PowerShot S5 IS will sense any movement from the camera when you are shooting an image and fix this problem without delay.

The Canon PowerShot S5 IS digital camera has a hot shoe adapter which allows photographers to use external flashes from the Speedlite EX Series.

When the Canon PowerShot S5 IS digital camera is set in movie mode, you are able to record for up to 1 hour or what would equal 4GB. You can also choose from QVGA which is 320 x 240 pixels and has frame rates of 60 fps and 30 fps or VGA which is 640 x 480 pixels and has frame rates of 30 fps and 30 fps LP.