Canon Powershot S80 Review


Playback Screens & Menus
You get all the picture information along with a histogram and visual highlight of
over-exposed areas by pressing the DISPLAY button. It's very complete and includes folder
and image number, ISO sensitivity, exposure mode, shutter speed, aperture, exposure
compensation, flash compensation, white balance, metering mode, audio notation (if used), protected notation (if used),
image size and quality, date and time.
The playback image can be magnified up to 10x by toggling the zoom
control to the telephoto position. You can stop at any of ten
enlargement steps and scroll around inside the image using the Multi Control dial buttons.
Toggling the zoom control to the wide angle position brings up the index thumbnail mode.
Nine images per page are displayed, pressing the wide angle button a second time will
take you to the JUMP mode, this lets you move quickly forward or
backward a page at a time.
You can record up to a 60-second "audio note" that will be linked to the current image.
These audio notes are saved as standard Windows WAV audio files. When in Play mode you
display the picture you want to attach the note to and then press the continuous/self timer/microphone button.
Once recorded, these audio attachments can also be played in-camera.
The Play mode menu with options for Protecting images from accidental erasure,
Rotate to re-orient portrait mode images for proper display on a TV screen, Erase All images. Single images can be erased by
pressing the
The SETUP menu, available from any menu. Mute - Silence all camera sounds: On or Off
Operation Volume - 5 levels Selftimer Volume - 5 levels Shutter Volume - 5 levels Playback Volume - 5 levels Power Saving - Auto power down and Display off settings Time zone - Set home and travel destination time zones Date/Time - Set time of day, date and date format Format - format the SD card File Numbering - Continuous or Auto reset when a blank SD card is used Create Folder - Auto Create a new folder daily, weekly or monthly, or manually Auto Rotate - Enable auto rotation Distance Units - Feet or Meters Language - set the menu language Video System - output format NTSC or PAL Reset All - Resets camera settings to their defaults
The movies playback full screen and the audio can be heard
through the builtin speaker. You can also connect the A/V cable and play them on
a television.
Pressing the DISPLAY button shows the extended movie image information.
The red battery icon is a low battery warning.
The S80 allows for in-camera editing of the video clip lengths |
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