Editors' Comments
The top-ranked Canon PowerShot S50 offers superb image quality and easy-to-use controls. Offering almost all the advanced features and optional manual controls of the G3, yet simple enough for beginners to use, the S50 should appeal to anyone who wants high resolution in a compact package.
Specifications
- 5.0 megapixels (effective)
- 3x optical zoom/4.1x digital zoom
- auto and manual focus
- program and manual exposure
- JPEG and RAW file formats
- ISO range 50-400
- proprietary Lithium-Ion battery
- movie mode with sound
Canon PowerShot S50 Comments & Questions (write your own!)
Hope this helps!
Can you tell us exactly what the camera is doing? Are you getting an error message, a black screen, etc?
You might look for a small object or some dirt in the cover. Your goal is to try to open the cover just a little further. Good Luck !
You don't need to purchase it- you can download it for free from Canon! Go to the link below and choose your camera from the dropdown menus, then choose Product/ Software manuals. You'll need Adobe Reader for the PDF files but you can print the entire manual from there.
Hope that helps!
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The battery does not keep a charge.
All my pictues have red eyes.
There is such a delay on the button when you take a pictuer is that a setting? The camera does take beautiful pictures. But it is not reliable.
Most newer cameras have red eye faetures. They're also much faster.
With all this, I'm thinking it's high time you bought a new camera.
It gave me problems with the software crashing my Dell also. I was never happy with this camera.
Guess I'll start shopping for a new one.
I have the same problem with my door. Did you find someone to fix it and how much did it cost?
Randy
No, I don't know where to bring it. I don't think I want to put any money into repairing the camera.
Lucille
Thanks
Any suggestions?
I have had great sucess with my Canon.
P.S. - If any one is giving up on their S50, I might be interested in it to keep a spare for parts.
Where did you find the parts manual you mentioned on another discussion?
Did Erik ever send a tutorial on how to repair the door on the Canon PowerShot S50? I have the same problem and I am a do-it-yourself person too....any insight on how to replace the door would be appreciated.
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ALSO, WHAT IS THE BEST CURRENT CAMERA (EXCLUDING D-SLR'S) THAT ACCOMPLISHES THIS?
THANK YOU!!
Are you talking about the recovery time between shots, or about the time it takes the camera to shoot after you press the shutter release (shutter lag)?
If you're talking about shutter lag, the best thing you can do to get a faster response time is to pre-focus by half-pressing the shutter release.
If you're talking about recovery time, there's not really much you can do about this except to shoot without flash. You can also use the S50 ( digitalcamera-hq.com/digita... )'s continuous drive mode, which will shoot pictures at a rate of 1.5 to 2.0fps (frames per second) for up to 8 shots, as long as you're holding down the shutter button.
Hope this helps!
You might have a charge issue on the battery. Is it fully charged? If so, it sounds like an issue with the camera. Because it is an older model, it may not be under warranty anymore. Before you let them repair it, ask for a price quote. It may be less expensive to buy a new camera with a warranty. Good luck.
Andrew
I also did a search for a service manual for this camera and found an online parts manual that shows all of the parts in an exploded view. Definitely required if you try to repair it yourself.
You could take it to a repair shop, but...to look at it might be $35-50 minimum. And then pile on repair$$.
ANY SUGESTIONS?
I WAS TOLD THERE MAYBE ANOTHER SMALL BATTERY SOMEWHERE IN THE CAMERA, BUT I CANT FIND IT.
HELP!!
If your camera is still under warranty, the best thing you can do have Canon should fix it.
If your camera is out of warranty, or if Canon refuses to repair it for free, the one thing you can try is to If you gently, and I do mean GENTLY push against the lens with the PALM of your hand as you turn it on, it may cause it to depress back into the camera. If that doesn't work, and you can't reset it or turn it on/off several times, then you may have to send it in for a repair estimate anyway.
Be advised, however, that if it's out of warranty, it may cost more to repair than it is really worth. The rule of thumb is that if the estimate for repair is north of 50% what you paid for it, you're better off taking that money and buying a newer and upgraded model.
I know you wrote S18, but I believe it's a similar error.
Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.
Larry
Another tip is to go to Canon's website ( usa.canon.com/consumer/cont... ) and look for firmware updates. Download and install them.
But considering that this camera is 5 years old, it's reaching the end of it's operational life, unfortunately, and a repair would cost more than the camera is worth. Time to start looking for a new camera, David!
Somehow, I have somehow forgotten how that was done
can someone tell me how that is done?
Regards
Eddie
Canada
Select and interval time using the < or > on the multicontroller.
Press v on the multicontroller.
Select teh number of shots using < or > on the multicontroller.
Press SET.
(pg 96 of the manual)_
I have had my Cannon S50 for a few years now and am now starting to have a problem with flash pictures.
I cannot take an indoor flash picture without it being out of focus.
Can you suggest anything?
Sometimes when I open the lens cover to start the camera the viewfinder shows very dark and if I take a picture it is very out of focus. Other times I start the camera and it looks normal.
Any ideas on why this is happening?
My camera is 5 MP -- now of course they have much higher MP -- will 10 to 12 MP be a drastic difference in picture clarity?
I am thinking of buying a new camera because of these issues .
I am not sure if you can help with this -- if not it would be wonderful if you could direct me to someone who could help.
Thank you very much.
As for the higher MP, it'll only help at image sizes larger than 8x10. Smaller than that and you won't really see a difference.
How can I get the date and/or time to appear on my pictures?
The camera does not imprint the date or time directly on the pictures. However, you are able to print the date and time on the photograph using Zoombrowser EX and PhotoRecord. To set PhotoRecord to print date and time, follow this procedure:
* In Zoombrowser, click File -> Preferences -> Printing.
* Check the boxes next to the item or items you wish to print and click 'OK.'
* Right click on the image you wish to print and select Print -> Layout.
* PhotoRecord will now open the image selected with a caption including the items you selected to print.