Canon PowerShot S60: Follow-up to the S50
by Stephen Caston on August 17, 2004 12:00 AM EST- Posted in
- Digital Camera
Color Reproduction
* For all of our color tests, we reset the S60 to its factory default settings. It was then set to record using the highest quality JPG option.We took a picture of our color chart using each of the following WB settings: Auto, Tungsten, and Manual. Click on a thumbnail below to view the full-size image.
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 Reference Chart ("actual colors") |
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Crops
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Most current digital cameras have trouble reproducing appropriate colors under tungsten lighting with Auto WB. It seems that the S60 is a little worse than average when it comes to this problem. In the Auto WB crop the strong yellowish-orange cast causes the colors to look very different from the other crops. In fact, the light blue patch (upper-right) turns out looking pinkish-purple in our test. That said, the Tungsten and Manual settings did a wonderful job reproducing accurate colors.
Studio Shot
In this shot, we tested the camera's ability to reproduce colors in our studio shot using different WB settings. The camera was set to Aperture priority mode (f4.5) without the flash.| Auto WB | Tungsten WB | Manual WB |
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The yellowish-orange cast from the AWB setting is very visible in our studio shot here. There is just a slight bluish tint on the Tungsten setting. Overall, however, the Tungsten and Manual WB settings produced very pleasing results.
Built-in Flash
For the flash test, we set the camera to Auto mode (with Auto WB). The picture was taken from 5 feet away.
The S60 produced a bright natural-looking skin tone. Overall, we were very impressed with the results of the built-in flash in our test.
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buttwhacker - Saturday, September 18, 2004 - link
I sell cameras so I get a hands on feeling of all cameras, even though I dont do such detailed tests to determine which camera is better than the other it is generally seen that consumers like the look and feel of Canon cameras, I print 8"X10" to see which camera shoots good pictures, so far Canon brand cameras have truly impressed me, even though I personally have a NikonEddNog - Monday, August 23, 2004 - link
Just curious...Quiksel, what makes you despise Canon cameras so?Staples - Tuesday, August 17, 2004 - link
Nice review. I have the S30 and it is still kicking just fine. I have yet to find a reason to really upgrade. I think once SLR cameras come within my price range, I will jump for one of them.JustAnAverageGuy - Tuesday, August 17, 2004 - link
Ah. I'll check back later tonight then :)KristopherKubicki - Tuesday, August 17, 2004 - link
The servers are having some troubles today. They have been up and down.Kristopher
JustAnAverageGuy - Tuesday, August 17, 2004 - link
Is it just me or is the images.anandtech.com server down?All I'm seeing are red Xs :(
stephencaston - Tuesday, August 17, 2004 - link
#1 thanks for pointing that out. I will change it ASAP.#4, Yes it was a really cool wedding too!
ronnaZ - Tuesday, August 17, 2004 - link
hey is that anand n wife....in that CERTAIN wedding pic ???????jliechty - Tuesday, August 17, 2004 - link
Was just going to say something about the last line in the review, but the first poster beat me to it.Yeah, and thanks for the "easter egg"... Nice picture. :)
Quiksel - Tuesday, August 17, 2004 - link
while i pretty much despise all Canon cameras, it was nice to see a "test shot" of Anand and Vinney at his wedding!Great easter egg!
:D