Canon PowerShot S60: Follow-up to the S50

Battery Performance

Our general method for battery testing is to reset the camera to its default settings and change the recording mode to the highest quality option. Then, we take 5 pictures without the flash and 2 pictures with the flash until the battery is dead. For more information on our battery test, please refer to our Testing Procedures (link to http://www.anandtech.com/digitalcameras/showdoc.aspx?i=2105&p=4) page. For this test, we used the included NB-2LH rechargeable battery pack . The battery was fully drained before charging for the test.

At 1,040 shots, the S60 put in a fairly good performance. Although our test is designed for optimal performance, you can certainly expect the battery to last through a full day of off and on shooting. Considering the NB-2LH is a relatively small battery pack, we were impressed with these results.