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Dec 23 - Jan 6, 2001 |
Canon PowerShot S300
By Alessandro Cancian
Originally Published: 2001-09-09
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Canon PowerShot S300
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It's not about size, that's for certain. But after all, who said that the bigger they are the most powerful they should be? As small as a cigarette packet, with a very well-conceived compact design, the new Canon PowerShot S300 can perform very well despite its reduced size.
Its body, almost completely made in stainless steel, gives a pleasant feeling of robustness not usual with plastic-made cameras; the PowerShot is very handy, as it can easily be carried in a pocket of one's jacket or even, although we wouldn't advise it, of one's pants.
The S300 comes with a very good 3x (35-105mm) zoom lens, resulting in photos with remarkable colours and sharpness. When the camera is switched off, the lenses are retracted inside the body for greater protection. Differently from many other digital cameras, the S300 does not require any delay in switching on: a simple pressing of the on/off button on the top side of the body in enough to make the machine ready for use.
The S300 is a 2.11-million pixel camera that can reproduce pictures with a maximum resolution of 1600x1200 pixels. An intuitive control panel allows the desired resolution to be chosen, e.g. to store as many shots as possible in the CompactFlash card equipping the camera. One of the limits of this machine is, in fact, the 8-MB CF card, which reduces the number of available shots. A real shame.
Archival times at maximum resolution are quite satisfactory, but the S300 can also capture two images per second, on Continuous Shooting mode, with no delay between two consecutive shots. The built-in flash offers a series of options that are normally found in any camera. Perfect to fill the images in good lighting, it can be more than enough in interiors, provided the subject is not too far away.
The S300 is powered by a Lithium-ion rechargeable battery, which is included in the box, along with a plug-in charger that takes up very little space. The average battery life is very good: I managed to archive over 200 shots before needing a rechar-ge.
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