Review
Compact / CAMERA REFERENCE
PowerShot S90
Canon
Catalogue announcement:

01 / TECHNICAL RECORD
Specifications
Manufacturer specifications. Source: Canon Camera Museum ↗.
Manufacturer specifications
- Camera Effective Pixels
- Approx. 10 million
- Image Sensor
- 1/1.7-inch type CCD (Total number of pixels: Approx. 10.4 million)
- Lens
- 6.0 (W) – 22.5 (T) mm 35mm film equivalent: 28 (W) – 105 (T) mm f/2.0 (W) – f/4.9 (T)
- Digital Zoom
- Approx. 4.0x (Up to approx. 15x in combination with the optical zoom)
- LCD Monitor
- 3.0-inch type TFT LCD color monitor Approx. 461,000 dots, Picture coverage 100%
- AF Frame Mode
- Face AiAF/Center
- Servo AF
- On/Off
- Focusing Range (from end of lens)
- Auto, Low Light, Manual Focus: 5 cm (2.0 in.) – infinity (W)/30 cm (12 in.) – infinity (T) Normal: 50 cm (1.6 ft.) – infinity Macro: 5 – 50 cm (2.0 in. – 1.6 ft.) (W) Kids&Pets: 1 m (3.3 ft.) – infinity
- Shutter
- Mechanical shutter and electronic shutter
- Shutter Speeds
- 1 – 1/1600 sec. 15 – 1/1600 sec. (Total shutter speed range)
- Image Stabilization
- Lens-shift type
- Metering System
- Evaluative, Center-weighted average or Spot
- Exposure Compensation
- ±2 stops in 1/3-stop increments
- ISO Speed (Standard Output Sensitivity, Recommended Exposure Index)
- Auto, ISO 80/100/125/160/200/250/320/400/500/640/800/1000/1250/1600/2000/2500/3200
- White Balance
- Auto, Day Light, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H, Flash, Underwater, Custom
- Built-in Flash
- Auto, On, Slow Synchro, Off * Flash exposure compensation/Flash output/Shutter Sync./Red-eye reduction/Red-eye correction/FE lock/Safety FE settings available
- Built-in Flash Range
- 50 cm – 6.5 m (1.6 – 21 ft.) (W)/ 50 cm – 2.5 m (1.6 – 8.2 ft.) (T)
- Shooting Modes
- Shooting Mode: C, M, Av, Tv, P, Auto, Low Light, SCN, Movie SCN Mode: Portrait, Landscape, Night Snapshot, Kids&Pets, Indoor, Sunset, Night Scene, Fireworks, Beach, Underwater, Aquarium, Foliage, Snow, Color Accent, Color Swap, Nostalgic, Stitch Assist
- Continuous Shooting
- Continuous: Approx. 0.9 images/sec. (Auto), Approx. 2.1 images/sec. (Low Light) Continuous Shooting AF: Approx. 0.6 images/sec. Continuous Shooting LV: Approx. 0.6 images/sec.
- Self-timer
- Custom Timer, Face Self-Timer
- i-Contrast
- Auto/Off
- Recording Media
- SD memory card, SDHC memory card, MultiMediaCard, MMCplus memory card, HC MMCplus memory card
- File Format
- Design rule for Camera File system and DPOF compliant
- Data Type
- Still images: Exif 2.2 (JPEG)/ RAW (CR2)* Movies: MOV (Image data: H.264, Audio data: Linear PCM (Mono)) * Use Digital Photo Professional for processing.
- Compression
- Fine, Normal
- Number of Recording Pixels (Still images)
- (Still images) Large: 3648 x 2736 pixels Medium 1: 2816 x 2112 pixels Medium 2: 2272 x 1704 pixels Medium 3: 1600 x 1200 pixels Small: 640 x 480 pixels Widescreen: 3648 x 2048 pixels RAW: 3648 x 2736 pixels (Movies) 640 x 480 pixels (30 frames/sec.) 320 x 240 pixels (30 frames/sec.)
- Number of Possible Shots
- Approx. 220 images (Based on CIPA standardized measurement)
- Playback Function
- Single Image, Movie, Magnified Focus, Index, Magnified, Filtered Playback, Slideshow, Scroll Display
- Editing Function
- Erase, Protect, My Category, Resize, My Colors, i-Contrast, Trimming, Rotate, Red-Eye Correction
- Direct Print Type
- PictBridge capable
- Interface
- Hi-Speed USB (Dedicated connector with unified type of digital, audio and video*) HDMI (HDMI mini connector) * mini-B compatible Video/Audio output (NTSC and PAL capable, mono audio)
- Communication Settings
- MTP, PTP
- Power
- Battery Pack NB-6L (rechargeable lithium-ion battery) AC adapter kit ACK-DC40
- Operating Temperatures
- 0–40°C (32–104°F)
- Operating Humidity
- 10–90%
- Dimensions (excluding protrusions)
- 100.0 x 58.4 x 30.9 mm (3.94 x 2.30 x 1.22 in.)
- Weight (camera body only)
- Approx. 175 g (6.17 oz.)
02 / INDEPENDENT COVERAGE
Reviews and field reports
03 / PROVENANCE
Sources and dates
A catalogue year identifies the year held in the source dataset. Announcement dates and retail months are labelled separately. Specifications can vary by region, firmware and recording mode; use the linked manufacturer documentation for those conditions.
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