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Canon PowerShot S500 / IXUS 500 Digital Camera

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Key Features
  • Camera Type: Compact
  • Resolution: 5.3 Megapixel
  • LCD Screen Size: 1.5 in.
  • Optical Zoom: 3x
  • Digital Zoom: 4.1x
  • Weight: 0.41 lb.
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Canon PowerShot S500 / IXUS 500 Digital Camera
 

Product Description

 
The ultimate in stylish, high performance digital photography, the Digital IXUS 500 delivers quality prints up to A3 size. With a super hard Cerabrite finish, this flagship of the IXUS range brings together uncompromising build quality and an abundance of integrated technologies in a triumph of miniaturization. A 3x optical zoom culminates 60 years of Canon optical heritage to deliver crisp, corner-to-corner clarity.
 

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Average Rating: 4.5
 
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The New Canon Powershot S500 Digital Elph Is this the definitive micro-cam?

Date of Review:  Apr 4, 2004
The Bottom Line: The new Canon Powershot S500 provides a near perfect balance of tough as nails durability, ultra-compact size, intuitive ease of use, and excellent five megapixel images.
Review: One of the high-tech revolution's most interesting areas has been the ultra compact digicam camera marketing niche. Canon's digital Elph models have consistently dominated that market sector with their classy synthesis of style and substance and the...
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  4.0

by: Howard_Creech
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
Ultra-Compact Size, 5 megapixels, 3x...
Cons
Weak flash and Redeye problems, no...
 

Canon PowerShot S500 5-Megapixel Digital Camera - Why, Canon, Why?

Date of Review:  Dec 15, 2004
The Bottom Line: The Canon PowerShot S500 is a sturdy and capable camera in a compact body. It has many useful features and produces very good images...
Review: The Canon PowerShot S500 is a 5-Megapixel digital advanced compact camera with metal body that features some manual control. I find some of its features and performance aspects useful and powerful whereas others are annoying and make me question why...
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  4.0

by: dkozin
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
Compact, sturdy, good LCD visibility in...
Cons
No modes other than Normal, Landscape...
 

GREAT CAMERA.....but what is that spot on the LCD?

Date of Review:  Mar 29, 2004
The Bottom Line: Good buy with the extended warranty. Canon generally has good CS unlike Sony. If you take posed snaps buy the DSC-P10. For shooting Kids/Pets get this or the S410.
Review: So after exhaustive research and countless hours of trials at Circuit City, Best-buy and Penn Camera we decided the best way to capture those candid moments of our 3 yr old daughter was with the PowerShot S500. We decided to buy the camera from...
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  5.0

by: anishc
Recommended to buy: Yes

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Small, quick focusing. Ideal for little...
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Watch out for bad LCD. Gets warm rather...
 
 

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Product Details and Features

Product MPN

MPN S500 Digital Elph

Key Features

Camera Type Compact
Resolution 5.3 Megapixel
LCD Screen Size 1.5 in.
Optical Zoom 3x
Digital Zoom 4.1x
Weight 0.41 lb.

Lens

Interchangeable Lens Not Interchangeable Lenses
Optical Zoom 3x
35mm Zoom Lens 36 - 108 mm
Focus Type Autofocus
Focus Range 18 in. to Infinity (w) / 18 in. to Infinity (t)
Macro Focus Range 2 - 18 in. (w) / 12 - 18 in. (t)
Focal Length 7.4 - 22.2 mm

Image Quality

Image Sensor Type CCD
Camera Resolution 5.3 Megapixel
Image Resolutions 640 x 480 • 2592 x 1944 • 2048 x 1536 • 1600 x 1200

Video

Video Resolutions 320 x 240 • 640 x 480 (VGA) • 160 x 120
Video Speed 15 fps
Max Movie Length 180 Seconds
Video Format AVI

Exposure Control

Aperture Range f2.8/f4.9 (w/t)
Shutter Speed 15 - 1/2000 sec
White Balance Auto • Daylight / Sunny (Preset) • Cloudy (Preset) • Fluorescent (Preset) • Tungsten (Preset)
Frames Per Second 2.2 Frames

Storage

Memory Type CompactFlash Card Type I
Compression Modes Fine • SuperFine • Normal
Compression Type JPEG
File Size (High Res.) 2 MB (64 images on 128MB card)
File Size (Low Res.) 0.08 MB (about 1,600 images on 128MB card)

Flash

ISO Speeds Auto • 50 • 100 • 200 • 400
Flash Type Built-In
Flash Functions Flash Off • Auto Flash • Fill-in Flash • Red-eye Reduction Flash • Slow Sync

Viewfinder / Display

Viewfinder Optical
LCD Screen With LCD Screen
LCD Screen Resolution 118,000 pixels
LCD Protected Position Without LCD Protected Position

Interfaces

Interface Type USB
Video Interface Video Out

Power Supply

Battery Type Proprietary Lithium
Battery Life 190 Images

Included Features

Self Timer 2 Sec. • 10 Sec.
Built-in MP3 Player Unknown
Built-in Microphone With Built-in Microphone
Built-in Speaker With Built-in Speaker
Tripod Mount With Tripod Mount

System Requirements

Operating System Apple Mac OS 9 • Apple Mac OS X • Microsoft Windows 2000 • Microsoft Windows 98 • Microsoft Windows 98SE • Microsoft Windows ME • Microsoft Windows XP

Dimensions

Width 3.43 in.
Depth 1.09 in.
Height 2.24 in.
Weight 0.41 lb.

Warranty

Warranty 1 Year

Miscellaneous

Family Line Canon PowerShot
Included Accessories Software • USB Cable • Video Cable • Hand Strap • 32 MB Memory Card • Lithium Battery • Battery Charger
UPC 13803037494
Product ID 22128121
 
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