Canon PowerShot S110Canon updates their Digital ELPH with improved color, movie capture, and direct print capabilities!<<Image Storage & Interface :(Previous) | (Next): Test Results & Conclusion>> Page 11:Video, Power, SoftwareReview First Posted: 5/24/2001 |
Video Out
The Video Out signal is adjustable to PAL or NTSC timing through the Setup menu.
The S110 comes packaged with an AV cable for connection to a television or video
recorder. Once connected, the S110 uses the television as an enlarged LCD monitor,
allowing you to compose and playback images, or to play recorded QuickTime movies
with sound. The Stitch-Assist mode does not work with the video display.
Power
The S110 is powered by a rechargeable Li-Ion battery pack (NB-1L), designed
specifically for Canon Digital ELPH cameras. It comes complete with a dedicated
battery charger, and an AC adapter kit (ACK500) is available as an option. Canon
estimates that a freshly charged battery pack should record approximately 120
shots with the LCD monitor on, or 270 shots with the LCD off (or provide 85
minutes of playback time). Unfortunately, there is no battery icon on the LCD
monitor to indicate power level until the battery is very low. At that
point, a red battery symbol starts flashing on the right side of the monitor,
and it is quickly replaced by a message that reads "Change the battery
pack" when power is too low to operate the camera. It would be helpful
to have a continuous battery level indicator with the other information icons,
especially since the battery pack is a dedicated unit, and the image capacity
is much lower than other PowerShot models we've tested. Because of this, we
highly recommend buying a second battery pack so you can keep one charged at
all times (recharge time is relatively quick, at less than two hours).
Because the S110 offers an optical viewfinder as well as an LCD monitor, you
can operate the camera more efficiently without the LCD monitor in use. While
an information display automatically appears on the LCD screen whenever a control
button is pressed (even when the LCD monitor is turned off), the display quickly
disappears a few seconds after the adjustment is made. There's also an Auto
Power Down feature, enabled through the Setup menu, which turns off the camera
after a few minutes of inactivity. The optional AC Adapter Kit is highly recommended
for time-consuming tasks such as downloading images to a computer or printing
them on the CP-10 Photo Card Printer.
Because we didn't receive the Power Adapter cable along with the S110, we couldn't
measure power consumption directly, as we normally do. We did try running the
camera continuously, both in capture mode with the LCD illuminated, and in playback
mode.A fully-charged battery lasted for 60 minutes of continuous operation in
capture mode with the LCD lit, and for 120 minutes in playback mode. We'd thus
conclude that Canon's own battery-life estimates are fairly conservative.
Included Software
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Packaged with the S110 is Canon's Digital Camera Solution Disk software (Version
4.0), which is supplied on the accompanying software CD. The Solution Disk provides
ZoomBrowser EX (Win) and ImageBrowser (Mac) programs for image downloading,
file management (displays, moves, and copies files), and setup for printing
and e-mailing images; PhotoStitch software for piecing together panoramic images;
and a RemoteCapture utility in ZoomBrowser that enables you to remotely capture
still images from a PC in both real-time and time-lapse function. A second CD,
the ArcSoft Camera Suite disk, contains the following image editing programs:
ArcSoft PhotoImpression, Adobe Photoshop LE, and Adobe PhotoDeluxe Home Edition.
In the Box
Packaged with the PowerShot A10 are the following items:
- Wrist strap
- Battery Pack with Charger and Case
- 8MB CompactFlash Type I memory card
- AV cable
- USB Interface cable
- Canon Digital Solution Disk Version 4 and ArcSoft Camera Suite disk
- Camera User Guide
- Software Starter Guide
- System map
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