One year after the ever-popular S100, Canon is coming out with the 2012 instalment of its S series. The PowerShot S110 has the same overall look, but brings with it a few new and modified features, namely, a touchscreen and Wi-Fi in lieu of the GPS function.
You can stop speculating right... now: the Canon PowerShot S110 looks like the S100's identical twin (but not the evil one). It has the same ultra-compact body, and at under three centimetres thick it's the thinnest pro compact on the market. The f/2-5.9, 24-120 mm lens and 1/1.7" 12-Mpx CMOS sensor are the same as before, but the sensor has apparently been modified to reduce noise—we'll have to get our hands on it before we can reach a conclusion on that.
On the outside, the biggest changes are the control ring surrounding the lens (the notches feel a bit more pronounced than on the S100) and the bar on the front-right-hand side, which is gone. That's a shame for the handling...
But the real changes are on the inside. First of all, the GPS function is gone. It's been supplanted with Wi-Fi connectivity for transferring photos and publishing them online via Canon Image Gateway. But never fear, geolocation fans: Canon has a solution for you. The S110 enables you to save your location to any smartphone, then sync the data via Wi-Fi and integrate it in your photos.
Then there's the multipoint touchscreen, which allows you to zoom as instinctively as on a smartphone by pinching and unpinching your fingers. Even better, you can use it to fiddle with settings and adjust your shots by sliding your thumb along the edges of the screen while rotating the multifunction ring (each mode has different settings to tinker with in this way).
We were disappointed to see that the available settings list isn't customisable, but otherwise it's a great idea. All it takes is a slide of the thumb and a turn of the ring to change settings on the fly. It's sort of like the iFn button on the Samsung NX lenses, but more practical.
At £429.99, the S110 should be a nice, little gem of a pro compact, and the competition should be scarce—although Fuji did just present a compact with similar dimensions, the XF1...
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You can stop speculating right... now: the Canon PowerShot S110 looks like the S100's identical twin (but not the evil one). It has the same ultra-compact body, and at under three centimetres thick it's the thinnest pro compact on the market. The f/2-5.9, 24-120 mm lens and 1/1.7" 12-Mpx CMOS sensor are the same as before, but the sensor has apparently been modified to reduce noise—we'll have to get our hands on it before we can reach a conclusion on that.
On the outside, the biggest changes are the control ring surrounding the lens (the notches feel a bit more pronounced than on the S100) and the bar on the front-right-hand side, which is gone. That's a shame for the handling...
But the real changes are on the inside. First of all, the GPS function is gone. It's been supplanted with Wi-Fi connectivity for transferring photos and publishing them online via Canon Image Gateway. But never fear, geolocation fans: Canon has a solution for you. The S110 enables you to save your location to any smartphone, then sync the data via Wi-Fi and integrate it in your photos.
Then there's the multipoint touchscreen, which allows you to zoom as instinctively as on a smartphone by pinching and unpinching your fingers. Even better, you can use it to fiddle with settings and adjust your shots by sliding your thumb along the edges of the screen while rotating the multifunction ring (each mode has different settings to tinker with in this way).
We were disappointed to see that the available settings list isn't customisable, but otherwise it's a great idea. All it takes is a slide of the thumb and a turn of the ring to change settings on the fly. It's sort of like the iFn button on the Samsung NX lenses, but more practical.
At £429.99, the S110 should be a nice, little gem of a pro compact, and the competition should be scarce—although Fuji did just present a compact with similar dimensions, the XF1...
> Reviews: Digital Compact Cameras
> Photokina 2012: See all news
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