Product Description

Updating the popular S400 Digital Elph, Canon's PowerShot S410 is both elegant and powerful. It features a 4-megapixel sensor, 3x optical zoom, and movie mode for videos of up to three minutes. Elegantly designed and super compact, the S400 has a protective stainless steel shell with a celabrite finish, which mixes metals and ceramics to produce a tough cool-toned exterior that is visually stunning. It also features Canon's new Print/Share button, which helps you quickly connect directly to a printer or send an image via e-mail.

Optics and Resolution

The 4-megapixel PowerShot S410 can capture 2272 x 1704 images for photo quality 11 x 14 print enlargements. It also has 1600 x 1200, 1024 x 768, and 640 x 480 resolution modes. The 3x optical zoom lens has a focal length of 7.4-22.2mm (35mm equivalent: 36-108mm). It also has a 3.6x digital zoom.

Features

9-point Artificial Intelligence autofocus (AiAF) for fast and sharp images, even with off-center subjects
1.5 inch low-temperature polycrystalline silicon TFT color LCD (118,000 pixels)
Real-image optical zoom viewfinder
Built-in flash with auto, red-eye reduction, and slow sync modes
Record a voice memo of up to 60 seconds and attach to images
Shutter speed: 15 - 1/2,000 seconds
White balance control: Auto, pre-set (daylight, cloudy, tungsten, fluorescent, fluorescent H), or custom white balance
Continuous shooting: 2.5 frames (maximum 5 images)
2x to 10x zoom into captured images while reviewing via the LCD

Technical Details

Type: Compact digital still camera with built-in flash and 3.0x optical, 3.6x digital, 11x combined zoom
CCD type: 1/1.8-inch charge coupled device
Total pixels: Approximately 4.1 million
Effective pixels: Approximately 4.0 million
Lens focal length: 7.4 (wide) to 22.2 (telephoto) millimeters (35mm film equivalent: 36 to 108 millimeters)
Digital zoom: 3.6x
Focusing range: Normal AF: 46 centimeters (1.5 feet) to infinity (wide and telephoto); macro AF: 5 to 46 centimeters (2.0 inches to 1.5 feet) (wide); 30 to 46 centimeters (1.0 to 1.5 feet) (telephoto)
Autofocus system: 9-point AiAF (Automatic Focus Point Selection)/1-point AF (Fixed to center)
Optical viewfinder: Real-image optical zoom viewfinder
LCD monitor: 1.5 inch low-temperature polycrystalline silicon TFT color LCD
LCD pixels: Approximately 118,000 pixels
LCD coverage: 100%
Maximum aperture: f2.8 (wide) to f4.9 (telephoto)
Shutter speed: 15 seconds to 1/2,000 second
Sensitivity: AUTO (camera automatically sets optimum speeds); ISO 50, 100, 200, 400 equivalent
Light metering method: Evaluative, Center-weighted average, Spot Metering frame when spot is center fixed
Exposure control method: Program AE
Exposure compensation: +/- 2.0 stops in 1/3-stop increments
White balance control: Auto, Pre-set (Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H), or Custom White Balance
Built-in flash: Auto, Red-Eye Reduction On/Off, Slow-Sync
Flash range: Normal: 46 to 3.5 meters (1.5 to 11 feet) (wide); 46 centimeters to 2.0 meters (1.5 to 6.6 feet) (telephoto); Macro: 30 to 46 centimeters (1.0 inch to 1.5 feet) (wide) (when ISO is set to AUTO)
Recycling time: Approximately 10 seconds or less (battery voltage: 3.7V)
Flash exposure compensation: +/- 2.0 stops in 1/3-stop increments
Shooting modes: Auto, Manual (Long Shutter mode is also available), Stitch Assist, Movie
Photo effects: Vivid, Neutral, Low Sharpening, Sepia, and Black & White
Self-timer: Operates with approximately 2 second or 10 second count-down
Wireless control: Not available
Continuous shooting: High speed: approximately 2.2 shots per second; normal speed: approximately 1.5 shots per second (Large/ Fine Mode and LCD monitor is off)
Storage media: CompactFlash (CF) card Type I
File format: Design Rule for Camera File System (DCF)
Print order format: Digital Print Order Format (DPOF) Version 1.1
Image recording format: Still image: JPEG (Exif 2.2 compliant)
JPEG compression mode: SuperFine, Fine, or Normal
Number of recording pixels: Still image: 2,272 x 1,704 (Large), 1,600 x 1,200 (Medium1), 1,024 x 768 (Medium2), 640 x 480 (Small); movie: 320 x 240, 160 x 120
Playback modes file: Single, Index (9 thumbnails), Magnification (2x to 10x), Slide Show, or Movie
Erase modes: Still images: Single Image, All Images; movie: Part of Movie, All Movie
Computer interface: Universal Serial Bus (USB)(mini-B jack)
Video out: NTSC/PAL
Other interfaces: CF card slot (accept Type I card); direct connection to Canon CP Printers and BJ Photo Printers (no computer required)
Power source: Rechargeable Lithium-ion battery (NB-1LH or NB-1L), compact power adapter (CA-PS500), car battery charger (CBC-NB1), coin-type secondary Lithium battery (MS-614S)
Shooting capacity: AA alkaline with LCD on, approximately 190; LCD off, approximately 440
Playback time: Approximately 140 minutes
Operating temperature: 32 to 104 degrees F (0 to 40 degrees C)
Operating humidity: 10 to 90%
Dimensions (W x H x D): 3.43 x 2.24 x 1.09 inches (87.0 x 57.0 x 27.8 millimeters) excluding protrusions
Weight: Approximately 6.53 ounces (185 grams), camera body only
Mac requirements: OS: Mac OS 9.0 to 9.2, Mac OS X (v10.1/10.2); computer model: the above OS should be pre-installed on computer with built-in USB ports; CPU: PowerPC; interface: USB (models with Apple genuine USB interface only)
PC requirements: OS: Microsoft Windows 98 (including Second Edition)/Me/2000/XP; computer model: the above OS should be pre-installed on computer with built-in USB ports; CPU: Pentium 150MHz or higher processor (Windows 98/Me/2000), Pentium 300MHz or higher processor (Windows XP); interface: USB (Windows 98/Me/2000/XP pre-install model only)

Canon Technology Features

Digic Imaging Processor: While much technical discussion of digital cameras centers around the optics and the CCD sensor, the complex task of image rendering is the job of the image processor--the "brains" of a digital camera. Canon's latest, exclusive DIGIC Imaging Processor significantly enhances digital camera performance in numerous areas. DIGIC's high-speed signal processing is combined with high-capacity buffering to give Canon digital cameras fast response and continuous shooting capability unmatched by other digital cameras. DIGIC delivers longer battery life and beautiful, rich color rendition with far fewer white saturation problems. And DIGIC's unequaled precision delivers clear, noise-free images that are demonstrably superior.
iSAPS Technology: Canon iSAPS (Intelligent Scene Analysis based on Photographic Space) technology dramatically improves the performance of AF (Autofocus), AE (Auto Exposure), and AWB (Auto White Balance). By analyzing a huge volume of photography data, accumulated over 60 years and the manufacture of over 150 million cameras, Canon engineers arrived at statistical relationships among focal length, focus distance, scene brightness, and other factors. Equipped with this "fore knowledge" Canon PowerShot cameras can optimize AF/AE/AWB settings for any given scene more rapidly and more effectively.
Multi-point AiAF: Canon's wide-area, multi-point AiAF (artificial intelligence autofocus) automatically selects one or more focusing points based on factors, such as subject position and motion. AiAF works in conjunction with iSAPS Technology to more quickly and accurately achieve autofocus under a wide variety of shooting conditions. You get fast, accurate AF whether you hold the camera horizontally or vertically, with stationary or moving subjects, with off-center subjects, and even in low-light/low-contrast lighting.

Direct Printing/Sharing
The PowerShot S410 introduces a new Print/Share button that speeds and simplifies printing to compatible Canon and PictBridge enabled printers and one-touch image transfer to Windows XP, Me, 2000, and 98 computers for use with image processing programs, uploading to the Internet, or placement in e-mail. When connected to a Canon Compact Photo printer, a Movie Print mode divides the selected clip into equal parts and prints thumbnails of a maximum 63 equally spaced frames onto a single sheet of Postcard Size Paper.

Storage and Transfer
Images and video are stored on CompactFlash memory cards (Type I only) and the included 32 MB card holds approximately 21 images at the Large/Fine setting. Images can be downloaded to either a Mac or PC via USB 1.1 connectivity, which means the camera can be connected to any USB-based Windows Me/2000/XP and Mac OS 8.6 or later computer without installing any software.

Power and Size
The camera is powered by rechargeable lithium-ion battery (NB-1LH). With the LCD on, you will get approximately 190 shots. It measures 3.43 x 2.24 x 1.09 inches and weighs 6.5 ounces (without batteries).

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Reviews

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Dan Dalton

This is really a great camera.

Voted 5/5

I too have used it for a few years and am really impressed with how well it does in all sorts of outdoor conditions, even thought it is not specfically designed for this. Simple and easy to get high quality shots with. Other than charging time for the battery, it has a long run before the juice runs out.

Dan

Posted Jan 30, 2007 7:00 pm

JFox

My thoughts...

Voted 4/5

I have used this camera for 2.5 years now and love it. It has taken ~90% of my pictures I've posted here on SummitPost. It shoots movies really well (I have a 1GB Flash-Card) and the timer function is really nice for those summit hero shots. It's not quite as light as some digi's but you hardly notice. I even submerged mine in a river, after taking 100+ pictures, and it still worked! I was able to salvage the pictures, and once the camera dried out, it worked again...I was very pleased to say the least! The only drawback is the batteries. They stay charged for a good amount of time, but when they begin to deteriorate, and you need a replacement, they are $65 each!

Posted Mar 1, 2007 6:13 pm

Woodzy

Great Camera

Hasn't voted

This is my moms camera, but I have used it alot. Great all around camera with great quality photos.

Posted Dec 21, 2008 11:25 pm

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