Friday, July 29, 2005
Canon PowerShot S2 IS
Posted by Jeremy Charette in "ARTICLE" @ 07:00 AM
"Another day, another mega zoom digicam with a 12x optical zoom and built-in optical image stabilization. This one is far from plain vanilla, however, since the PowerShot S2 IS is the replacement for the popular, year-old S1 IS. Since this is the consumer electronics business, for the same initial asking price ($499) you get higher resolution (5 megapixels instead of 3MP), a more powerful zoom (12x versus 10x), a larger LCD screen, and more importantly, the improved DIGIC II processor that speeds up all the operations (so the camera is very responsive with a minimum amount of shutter lag). And it takes very accurate images, something Canon is well known for."
Canon has released yet another excellent camera, yet they left out a few small details that move the S2 IS to the bottom of the 5-megapixel pile. According to the review it's just too complicated to use for the average consumer, and has a fatal flash flaw. Consumers expect to be able to simpy pick up a product and feel like they've always known how to use it, especially at this price level. Another example of making a product to a specification, and not the customers' needs.
Canon has released yet another excellent camera, yet they left out a few small details that move the S2 IS to the bottom of the 5-megapixel pile. According to the review it's just too complicated to use for the average consumer, and has a fatal flash flaw. Consumers expect to be able to simpy pick up a product and feel like they've always known how to use it, especially at this price level. Another example of making a product to a specification, and not the customers' needs.
