The Powershot S70 is the "big brother" of the 6.0 megapixel PowerShot S60 and is aimed at the advanced user who wants full photographic control in a compact digital camera with very high resolution. The S70 combines a 7.1-megapixel imager with the same Canon 3.6x wide angle zoom lens used on the S60, it covers a 35mm equivalent of 28-100mm. This is a very high quality aspherical glass lens that produces image quality the equal of that found in the much larger professional cameras. And all of this state of the art imaging power is housed in a very compact, stylish and durable, two-toned dark metallic and black body.

The 3.6x lens features Canon’s exclusive Ultra High Refractive Index Aspherical technology, called UA Lens technology for short, which produces outstanding sharpness and clarity while at the same time allowing the camera body to be even thinner and more compact than previous models with smaller zoom ratios. The 28mm zoom setting makes real estate photography, group photos and travel photography much easier, while the UA technology produces crystal clear image quality at all focal lengths.
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Powershot S70 Features:
- 7.1-megapixel CCD with RGB primary color filters
- Image sizes of 7MP, 5MP, 3MP, 2MP, VGA
- JPEG compressed, Canon raw and JPEG+RAW image capture
- Canon 3.6x f/2.8-5.3 wide angle zoom (28-100mm in 35mm format)
- 1.8-inch color LCD viewfinder/monitor
- ISO settings of Auto, 50, 100, 200 or 400
- Shutter speeds from 15 secs to 1/2000
- Noise reduction for 1.3 sec or longer time exposures
- Continuous image capture at 2 frames per second
- Program AE (with Program Shift), Shutter-priority, Aperture-priority and Manual.
- Image Zone modes: Portrait, Landscape, Night Scene, Fast Shutter, Slow Shutter, Stitch Assist and Movie.
- Movie capture with sound, 640x480 (30 secs.), 320x240 or 160x120 (3 mins.)
- Exposure Metering: Center-Weighted Average, Spot, and Evaluative
- Manual focus with distance readout and the portion of the image covered by the active focusing point is enlarged while focusing.
- 9-point AF with focus-assist illuminator
- User-selectable exposure compensation, flash exposure compensation, auto exposure bracketing and white balance
- Playback histogram function with over-exposure warning
- CompactFlash Type II slot compatible with Microdrives
- Canon NB-2LH lithium rechargeable battery pack


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