The power to excel - any time, anywhere

High performance optics
A powerful 12x optical zoom lens features Canon's renowned optical Image Stabilizer technology to counteract camera shake. An Ultrasonic Motor (USM) ensures fast and near-silent operation1. UD lens technology and SuperSpectra coating reduce chromatic aberrations, flare and ghosting for sharp images with superb colour accuracy.

Resolution
An 8.0 Megapixel sensor captures the fine detail in every scene, enabling you to crop or enlarge images and create large-scale prints.

Extensive movie options
Shoot 30fps VGA quality movies with stereo sound, or record QVGA movies at 60fps and analyse in sharp slow motion. Make full resolution stills while recording with the Photo in Movie feature.

DIGIC III with iSAPS
Canon's DIGIC III processor provides lightning quick responses, superb image quality and advanced noise reduction for cleaner images at high ISO speeds. iSAPS technology analyses each scene to optimise key camera settings even before a shot is taken.

Face Detection Technology
Face Detection AF/AE/FE ensures superb people shots by automatically detecting up to 9 faces in the frame and selecting the optimum focus, exposure and flash settings. In Movie mode, Face Detection AF/AE achieves accurate exposure and focus even when the subject is moving towards or away from the camera.

Red-Eye Correction
During playback Face Detection Technology allows you to quickly and accurately correct red-eye.

Sharp low light shooting
Shoot improved images in dim conditions with ISO 1600 - ideal in galleries or museums where flash photography is prohibited. Use Auto ISO Shift to avoid image blur with the touch of a button whenever camera shake is predicted.

Extra large vari-angle LCD
The 2.5" high-resolution vari-angle LCD lets you frame from challenging angles and share playback with friends. Night Display mode enhances screen visibility after dark.

Shooting modes and My Colors
A choice of 22 shooting modes includes Manual mode for creative control and 0cm Super Macro mode for extreme close-ups. Apply in-camera colour effects to images and movies with My Colors.

Accessories
A comprehensive range of accessories including lens hood and wide/tele/close-up converter lenses. A hotshoe on the PowerShot S5 IS enables the use of selected Canon Speedlite flashes.

1Zoom speed and noise vary between still image and movie capture modes

 
 Product Specification
IMAGE SENSOR
Type 1/2.5" CCD
Effective Pixels Approx 8.0M
Colour Filter Type Primary Colour

IMAGE PROCESSOR
Type DIGIC III with iSAPS technology

LENS
Focal Length 6.0-72.0mm (35mm equivalent: 36-432mm)
Zoom Optical 12x. Digital approx. 4x (with Digital Tele-Converter approx. 1.6x or 2.0x and Safety Zoom¹)². Combined approx. 48x
Maximum f/number f/2.7 - f/3.5
Construction 11 elements in 9 groups (1 aspherical element, 1 UD element)
Image Stabilisation Yes (shift-type)
Ultrasonic Motor (USM) Yes, zoom

FOCUSING
Type TTL
AF System / Points AiAF (Face Detection / 9-point), 1-point AF (Any position is available or fixed centre)
AF Modes Single, Continuous
AF Point Selection Manual selection using FlexiZone AF/AE
Selected AF Point Display On/Off Selectable
AF Assist Beam Yes
Manual Focus Yes
Focus Bracketing Yes
Closest Focusing Distance 0cm

EXPOSURE CONTROL
Metering Modes Evaluative (linked to Face Detection AF frame), Centre-weighted average, Spot (centre or linked to Face Detection AF or FlexiZone AF frame)
AE Lock Yes
Exposure Compensation +/- 2 EV in 1/3 stop increments
AEB 1/3 - 2 EV in 1/3 stop increments
ISO Sensitivity* AUTO, High ISO Auto, 80, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600¹

SHUTTER
Speed 15 - 1/3,200sec
(Available shutter speeds vary depending on the shooting mode)

WHITE BALANCE
Type TTL
Settings Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H, Flash, Custom

VIEWFINDER
Viewfinder EVF (0.33" type), approx. 115,000 pixels
Dioptre Correction Yes

LCD MONITOR
Monitor Vari-angle 2.5" Low temperature P-Si TFT, approx. 207,000 pixels
Coverage 100%
Brightness Adjustable to one of two levels

FLASH
Modes Auto, Manual Flash On / Off
Slow Sync Speed Yes
Red-eye Reduction Yes
Flash Exposure Compensation +/- 2 EV in 1/3 stop increments. Face Detection FE. Safety FE.
Flash Exposure Lock Yes
Manual Power Adjustment 3 levels with internal flash (19 levels with external EX Speedlites¹)
Second Curtain Synchronisation Yes
Built-in Flash Range 50cm-5.2m (W) / 90cm-4.0m (T) (at ISO AUTO equivalent)
External Flash E-TTL with EX series Speedlites¹, Canon's High Power Flash HF-DC1

SHOOTING
Modes Auto, Program AE, Shutter priority AE, Aperture priority AE, Manual, Custom, Portrait, Landscape, Night Snapshot, Sports, Stitch Assist, Movie, Special Scene (Indoor, Night Scene, Foliage, Snow, Beach, Fireworks, Aquarium, Color Accent, Color Swap), Super Macro
Photo Effects My Colors (My Colors Off, Vivid, Neutral, Sepia, Black & White, Positive Film, Lighter Skin Tone, Darker Skin Tone, Vivid Blue, Vivid Green, Vivid Red, Custom Color)
Drive Modes Single, Continuous, Self-Timer
Continuous Shooting Approx. 1.5fps¹ (until memory card becomes full)², AF/LV: Approx. 0.9fps¹ (until memory card becomes full)²

RECORDING PIXELS / COMPRESSION
Image Size (L) 3264 x 2448, (M1) 2592 x 1944, (M2) 2048 x 1536, (M3) 1600 x 1200, (S) 640 x 480, (W) 3264 x 1832
Compression Superfine, Fine, Normal
Movies (L)640 x 480, 30fps, (LP)640 x 480, 30fps, (M)320 x 240, 60/30fps
Movie Length Up to 4GB or 1 hour¹

FILE TYPES
Still Image Type JPEG compression, (Exif 2.2 [Exif Print] compliant) / Design rule for Camera File system, Digital Print Order Format [DPOF] Version 1.1 compliant
Movies AVI [Motion JPEG compression + WAVE
Sound Files WAVE (stereo)

DIRECT PRINT
Canon Printers Canon SELPHY Compact Photo Printers and PIXMA Printers supporting PictBridge (ID Photo Print, Fixed Size Print and Movie Print supported on SELPHY CP & ES printers only)
PictBridge Yes

OTHER FEATURES
Red-Eye Correction Yes, in playback
My Camera Start-up image and camera sounds customisation
My Category Image tagging feature
Sound Memo Up to 60 sec per image
Intelligent Orientation Sensor Yes
Histogram Yes, live histogram
Self Timer Approx. 2 or 10 sec. or Custom
Menu Languages English, German, French, Dutch, Danish, Finnish, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, Chinese (traditional), Japanese, Russian, Portuguese, Korean, Greek, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Turkish, Thai, Arabic, Ukrainian, Romanian

INTERFACE
Computer USB 2.0 Hi-Speed (Mini-B, MTP, PTP)
Other A/V output (PAL/NTSC)

MEMORY CARD
Type Secure Digital (SD) Card, Secure Digital High-Capacity (SDHC) Card or MultiMediaCard (MMC), 32MB memory card supplied

SUPPORTED OPERATING SYSTEM
PC Macintosh Windows 2000 SP4 / XP / XP SP1-2 / Vista
Mac OS X v10.3 -

SOFTWARE
Browsing & Printing ZoomBrowser EX / ImageBrowser
Other PhotoStitch, RemoteCapture
Drivers TWAIN (2000)

POWER SOURCE
Batteries 4x Size-AA Alkaline or NiMH Batteries(NB4-300) (Alkalines supplied)
Battery Life Approx. 170 shots¹ (with supplied batteries)
Approx. 450 shots (with optional Canon NB4-300 batteries)¹
Approx. 720 min. playback (with supplied batteries)
Approx. 900 min. playback (with Canon NB4-300 batteries)
AC Power Supply Optional, Power adapter CA-PS700

ACCESSORIES
Case Soft Case DCC-90
Lenses Tele-converter 1.5x TC-DC58B
Wide-converter 0.75x WC-DC58A
Lens adapter/Hood set LAH-DC20
Close-up lens 500D (58mm)
Flash Canon Speedlites (220EX, 430EX, 580EX)¹
High Power Flash HF-DC1
Power Supply & Battery Chargers Compact AC power adapter CA-PS700, Battery Charger Kit CBK4-300, Ni-MH Batteries NB4-300

PHYSICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Operating Environment 0 - 40 °C, 10 - 90% humidity
Dimensions 117.0 × 80.0 × 77.7 mm (excluding viewfinder-eyepiece & protrusions)
Weight (body only) Approx. 450g

Zoom
¹ Depending on the image size selected
² Digital zoom available for still image and standard movie modes only. Optical zoom may not be available during movie recording

ISO Sensitivity*
¹ Standard Output Sensitivity / Recommended Exposure Index. According to ISO 12232:2006 (20th April 2006) which specifies the method for assigning and reporting ISO speed ratings for digital still cameras. This does not apply to Digital IXUS WIRELESS.

Manual Power Adjustment
¹ Not all functions of the flash are supported

External Flash
¹ Not all functions of the flash are supported

Continuous Shooting
¹ Large/Fine with LCD monitor off
² Depending on memory card speed / capacity

Movie Length
¹ Depending on memory card speed / capacity

Battery Life
¹ Based on the CIPA Standard and using the batteries and memory card format supplied with the camera, except where indicated

Flash
¹ Not all functions of the flash are supported

All data is based on Canon standard testing methods except where indicated.
Subject to change without notice.