Canon PowerShot S90 Digital Camera
One of the surprise success stories of last year was the Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3, a compact camera with a premium 1/1.63-inch sensor 10.1 megapixels, a 3.0-inch 460k monitor and an extremely high quality f/2.0 – f / 2.8 Zoom-lens. With a substantial cost £ 300 at launch it seemed destined for the niche market of photo enthusiasts, but its combination of retro and stylish ultra-compact dimensions, high performance and superb image quality proved to be a winning combination, and it sold so well that actions of the British black version almost sold out.
The popularity of such a seemingly exclusive camera should come as a bit of a revelation to compete with Canon, which had been the undisputed king of the compact advanced with his long and highly successful PowerShot G-series The LX3 put a dent in the sale of the PowerShot G10, so it is therefore not surprising that Canon’s New Line-up of autumn includes not only the new PowerShot G11 impressive, but today Camera Review, the PowerShot S90. It’s a welcome return for the S-long dormant Canon series of compact advanced. Most recent predecessors the S90 PowerShot S80 was launched in 2005.
But I am sure that Canon would deny any connection, the similarities with the LX3 are difficult to ignore. The S90 features a 1/1.7-inch 10.0-megapixel CCD (the same as the G11), a 3.0-inch 460k monitor and a wide zoom lens with a maximum aperture of f/2.0. It also has full manual exposure control, an all-metal casing and a pop-up flash very similar. It even has one of its controls on the telescope lens.
There are a number of significant differences, however. For starters, the S90 is much smaller and lighter than the LX3, measuring 100 x 58.4 x 30.9 mm and tipping the scales at about 200g with battery and memory card. The lens of S90 is also quite different, with Canon opting for a 3.8x zoom equivalent to 28-105mm, while the LX3 is an extra-wide-angle 2.5x zoom equivalent to 24-60mm. Both devices have a maximum aperture of f/2.0 at wide angle, but the S90 this drops to f/4.9 at the telephoto end, compared to the LX3 is much faster f/2.8. The biggest difference was the price. The S90 is currently selling for a sum of £ 400, making it one of the most expensive devices on the compact market. [via trustedreviews]
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