- Conclusion Get the lowdown
- Features How it compares
- Performance Real world benchmarks
- Differences Technical showdown
- Reviews Word on the street
- Competition Others to consider
- Discussion Answers and opinions
Canon PowerShot S110
- 12 MP
- 5x f/2.0
- 1/1.8" CMOS
- 3" LCD
Released September, 2012
Rated 80% by by TrustedReviewsThe touch-screen is able to recognise a range of gestures – such as pinch-to-zoom – as well as the regular Touch AF and Touch Shutter features found in other touch-screen compacts.
Conclusion Check out the Canon PowerShot S110
First reviewed September, 2012
Features Key features of the Canon PowerShot S110
12 MP
1/1.8"
by DPReview (Sep, 2012)The main additions are a smartphone-like multi-touch capacitative touchscreen, along with this year's must-have feature, integrated WiFi connectivity.
megapixels
| 0 MP | 20 MP    | 20 MP |
PowerShot S110 by amazon.com (Jun, 2001)The pictures are nice, and 2.1 megapixels is plenty, trust me.
PowerShot S110 by Photography Blog (Nov, 2012)All of the sample images in this review were taken using the 12 megapixel Superfine JPEG setting, which gives an average image size of around 4.5Mb.
sensor size
PowerShot S110 by James-R.-Asker (Mar, 2013)Sensor size is a much more important driver of quality and versatility than the number of pixels.
PowerShot S110 by Photography Blog (Nov, 2012)The Canon PowerShot S110 may look a lot like its predecessor, but faster auto-focusing, a touchscreen LCD, expanded ISO range and built-in wi-fi all add up to make this a more well-rounded proposition than the S100 that it replaces.
wide angle lens
PowerShot S110 by Lonchodomas (Mar, 2013)Since the previous writing, I took an overseas trip, and found the 24 mm wide angle lens very good for photographing architecture and art inside cathedrals.
aperture size
PowerShot S110 by SkookumPete (Dec, 2012)This technique also brings up an onscreen control that, in program mode, lets you select from various combinations of shutter speed and aperture.
PowerShot S110 by SkookumPete (Dec, 2012)What first drew me to this camera was the idea of the ring around the lens that can be used to control, among other things, focus and aperture.
zoom range
| 0x | 3.8x  | 5x |
PowerShot S110 by Photography Blog (Nov, 2012)Full 1080p video with continuous auto-focusing, stereo sound and full use of the zoom is the icing on the imaging cake.
PowerShot S110 by TrustedReviewsLens performance impresses too, and while the S110’s 24-120mm zoom might not provide quite enough telephoto reach for some, it keeps images impressively sharp throughout the entire zoom range.
body size
99 x 59 x 27 mm
111 x 68 x 46 mm
111 x 68 x 46 mm
PowerShot S110 by SkookumPete (Dec, 2012)But unquestionably this is a great little camera for anyone who wants to get out of automatic mode.
PowerShot S110 by Seattle-consumer--contrarian (Feb, 2013)That said, it does offer some pretty amazing power and control for a compact camera.
Performance Real world tests of Canon PowerShot S110
battery life
200 photos
360 photos
330 photos
PowerShot S110 by staticanticsI hold out hope that future improvements will make the WiFi better, but for picture quality and battery life, I'm a happy camper.
max continuous shooting
PowerShot S110 by Photography Blog (Nov, 2012)The normal continuous shooting mode offers a still quite impressive shooting rate of 2.1fps.
PowerShot S110 by c|net (Nov, 2012)If you need to use autofocus during continuous shooting you'll get about 0.9 frames per second for JPEG and 0.8fps raw, and that's for a fixed 10 frames.
DxOMark low light performance
PowerShot S110 by Photography Blog (Nov, 2012)The Canon Powershot S110's maximum shutter speed is 15 seconds, which is great news if you're seriously interested in night photography.
PowerShot S110 by Fshad (Dec, 2012)In the end, I was quite happy to get a new and fairly cheap camera, but it simply isn't THAT much better than my SD4000, except in low light, and then not super low light, just low light.
Our analysis How does it stack up against its top 10 competitors
pros
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HD video -
Fewer buttons, interact directly with menus -
230 ms -
Yes -
24 mm -
2.15 s -
For that film look -
198 g -
27 mm -
99 x 59 x 27 mm
cons
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1/1.8" -
461 k dots -
48.0 -
2.1 fps -
200 -
The screen is fixed in place -
No automatic HDR -
11.2 ev -
No automatic stitching -
1/2000 s -
15 s
Reviews Word on the street
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Lens
Canon Powershot S110 | Rated 100% by by Paul-Chang (Jun, 2001)Macro is the ability to take close-up pics.
Canon Powershot S110 | Rated 80% by by S.-Vogt (Dec, 2012)It's unfortunate they haven't taken the opportunity to put a faster lens in this model because most of the competitors have much faster lenses on their cameras.
Canon Powershot S110 | Rated 90% by by Photography Blog (Nov, 2012)The Canon Powershot S110's 5x zoom lens provides a focal length of 24-120mm in 35mm terms, as demonstrated below.
Screen
Canon Powershot S110 | Rated 90% by by Photography Blog (Nov, 2012)Aimed at the serious photographer looking for a capable compact, the Canon S110 features a newly designed high-sensitivity 12.1 megapixel 1/1.7-type CMOS sensor, 5x zoom lens with a focal range of 24-140mm and fast maximum aperture of f/2.0, DIGIC 5 processor, fast autofocusing of 0.2 seconds, and a 3.0 inch touchscreen LCD display with a resolution of 460K dots.
Canon Powershot S110 | Rated 80% by by Peacefrog (Oct, 2012)LCD is bright and visible even in Florida sunlight.
Canon Powershot S110 | Rated 90% by by Photography Blog (Nov, 2012)From the top then is the rubberised thumb-rest, below which we find a pairing of buttons for changing the lens control ring function and a dedicated one-touch movie record button respectively.
Image quality
Canon Powershot S110 | Rated 100% by by R.-Koehler (Nov, 2001)They are clear and color balance is good.
Canon Powershot S110 | Rated 100% by by Gregory-A.-Jasinski--NutsoNutz (Jan, 2013)#34;. Picture quality is great and manual function control reaches that of an SLR camera.
Canon Powershot S110 | Rated 80% by by maxmach (Dec, 2012)The picture quality is superb, the menu choices are all one needs.
Sensor
Canon Powershot S110 | Rated 76% by by c|net (Nov, 2012)For its price, quality remains what I'll call "borderline excellent" - that is, a lot of people will be very happy with it, and raw shooters can get very good results.
Canon Powershot S110 | Rated 80% by by staticanticsIt performs awesome, gives me all of the manual and raw functions i want and need that fits in my pocket.
Canon Powershot S110 | Rated 100% by by Marc-Jordan--Marky-Da--SaintCanon has improved upon the sensor and auto focus speed of this model, added usable ISO, WiFi and touchscreen functionallity.
Wifi
Canon Powershot S110 | Rated 80% by by TrustedReviewsThat said, its actual implementation isn’t quite as complete as what’s found on some other Wi-Fi enabled compacts, however it still offers a range of functions that many photographers will no doubt find useful.
Canon Powershot S110 | Rated 80% by by sa (Dec, 2012)The wifi feature is really nice for transfering the photos to your phone or just browsing the photos that are located on the camera on your phone and deciding which ones to bring over.
Canon Powershot S110 | Rated 80% by by TrustedReviewsLooking at Wi-Fi, we had no problems connecting the camera up to an available network and found it to perform perfectly well, although functionality is a little limited – especially compared to what some rival Wi-Fi enabled cameras currently offer.
Competition What else you should consider
 | 1 | Sony Cybershot DSC-RX100 Best image quality as rated by DXOMark Sony Cybershot DSC-RX100 vs Canon PowerShot S110 |
 | 2 | Canon Powershot S100 Shoots high speed video Powershot S100 vs PowerShot S110 |
 | 3 | Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX7 Fastest rapid fire mode Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX7 vs Canon PowerShot S110 |
 | 4 | Canon EOS M Largest sensor EOS M vs PowerShot S110 |
 | 5 | Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF5 Most shots per battery charge Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF5 vs Canon PowerShot S110 |
 | 6 | Leica D-Lux 6 Rated the best by consumers Leica D-Lux 6 vs Canon PowerShot S110 |
 | 7 | Fujifilm XF1 3-way tie: Newest Fujifilm XF1 vs Canon PowerShot S110 |
 | 8 | Nikon Coolpix P310 Many more contrast-detection focus points Nikon Coolpix P310 vs Canon PowerShot S110 |
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