Canon Powershot SX110 IS Review

Switching the SX110 into Play mode will bring the last picture captured up in fullscreen mode with no overlay information (depending on menu settings). Pressing the DISPlay button controls the amount of data that will be shown on the LCD. These include the extended picture information screen with histogram, and AF-Point zoom preview.

Pressing the zoom control to Wide enables the thumbnail index mode. Here you can quickly search through the stored images and find one to playback in full screen mode.

You can also search thourgh images by using the Control dial. It will show the screen above, with the date and time of capture. Once you stop on an image, it will display full screen.

The playback image can be magnified up to 10X by pressing the zoom control to Tele. You can stop at any enlargement step and scroll around inside the image with the 4-way selector.

The Playback menu has options for starting an automatic Slideshow, placing images in categories, correct Red-eye in your portraits, Resize an image, add a Sound Memo, Protecting images from accidental erasure, Rotate an image, Erase All images, choose the Transfer Order when uploading images to a computer, set which image is displayed when you enter playback mode (Last Shot, Last Viewed), and choosing the Transition between images.

The resize option allows you to save a smaller version of the original. Perfect for emailing and sharing on the web.

Movies can be played back on the camera's LCD screen or a TV set when using the included A/V cable. Monoraul sound is played back through the camera's speaker. You get VCR-like controls to Play, Pause, Fast-forward, Rewind, etc.