Canon PowerShot S2 IS

Powershot S2 IS, 5MP, 12x, 2.4fps, USB 2.0, 4.572 cm (1.8 ") LCD

Manufacturer
Canon
SKU
9883A008
05-11-2010
With a wide to super telephoto 12x optical zoom lens and both exceptional digital camera and video functionality, the PowerShot S2 IS gives you the freedom to capture every scene, any way you want.

Super Lens Performance
With Optical Image Stabilizer (IS), Ultrasonic Motor (USM) and a UD lens element, the PowerShot S2 IS's 12x optical zoom is no ordinary lens. Optical IS works to counteract camera shake - even at full zoom and in low light conditions - for ultra sharp photos and movies. USM provides super responsive, smooth and near silent zoom, while the UD element reduces chromatic aberrations for razor sharp images with superb colour accuracy. A super macro mode allows for precise focusing no matter how close you get to your subject.

Extra Long, High Quality Movies
Combine the powerful lens with capacity to shoot up to 60 minutes of VGA quality movies¹ with full stereo sound. A dedicated movie button gets you shooting immediately in either 15 or 30fps to ensure you never miss those once in a lifetime moments. The Photo In Movie feature allows full resolution digital stills to be taken whilst shooting a movie.

Superior Technology
The DIGIC II processor delivers incredible 2.4 fps continuous shooting², super fast auto focus and rapid start up, plus superb colour rendering and white balance accuracy for natural skin tones and rich, vibrant colours.

Creative control
For the ultimate in creative control over digital stills and movies, the PowerShot S2 IS provides 18 shooting modes. These include 6 Special Scene modes for great results in tricky lighting conditions, and My Colors for special effect colour swapping and manipulation. Direct manual control is available over a multitude of settings, such as focus, IS mode, shutter speed and aperture, and audio sampling rate.

Ergonomic flexibility
A 1.8" vari-angle LCD maximises shooting and playback pleasure, with Night Display for improved visibility in low light.

Take your experience further
Extend your zoom range to a staggering 27mm - 648mm with optional wide and tele converter lenses. Other optional accessories available include a close-up lens and High-Power Flash. For your post-shooting creativity, a variety of editing software is included and you can also print direct without a PC to any PictBridge or Canon Direct Print compatible photo printer.

Online action
Canon iMAGE Gateway³ provides access to 100MB of internet storage for images, and movies - perfect for sharing with friends and family.

Storage

Compatible memory cards 
SD

Video

Maximum video resolution 
640 x 480 pixels

Technical details

Interface 
USB 2.0
Colour of product 
Silver
Weight 
405g
Camera playback
movie, single image, slide show
Camera shutter speed 
15 - 1.3s
Viewfinder type 
optical
Built-in flash 
Y

Ports & interfaces

PictBridge 
Y
DC-in jack 
Y

Power

Battery technology 
Alkaline
Battery type 
AA
Number of batteries supported 
2

Display

Display 
LCD
Display resolution (numeric) 
115000 pixels
Vari-angle LCD display
Y

Technical details

Display diagonal 
4.57 cm (1.8")

Audio

Built-in microphone 
Y

Lens system

Optical zoom 
12x
Digital zoom 
4x
Focal length range (f-f) 
6 - 72 mm
Combined zoom
48x

Camera

Camera type 
Compact camera
White balance 
Auto, Cloudy, Daylight, Flash, Fluorescent, Tungsten
Scene modes 
Beach, Fireworks, Landscape, Night, Portrait, Snow
Photo effects 
Black&White, Muted, Negative film, Neutral, Sepia, Vivid
Custom colour
Y

Focusing

Auto focusing (AF) modes 
Continuous Auto Focus, Single Auto Focus
Focus
TTL
Focus adjustment
Auto

Light exposure

ISO sensitivity 
100, 200, 400, Auto

Flash

Flash modes 
Auto, Red-eye reduction
Flash range (wide)
2.3 - 17.1m
Flash recharging time
10s

Operational conditions

Operating temperature (T-T) 
0 - 40 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)
10 - 90%

Battery

Battery life (CIPA standard)
130 shots

Picture quality

Megapixel 
5 MP
Sensor type 
CCD
Image sensor size
25.4/63.5 mm (1/2.5")
Maximum image resolution 
2592 x 1944 pixels

Weight & dimensions

Width 
11.3 cm
Depth 
7.8 cm
Height 
7.55 cm

Other features

Data compression
Exif 2.2, AVI, WAVE
Video capability 
Y
Focal length (35mm film equivalent)
36 - 432 mm
USB 2.0 ports quantity 
1
Digital SLR 
N