S45 features

[Greyhound]

Does any know the difference between the S40 and S45? Someone mentioned futher down the board that the S30 has more ISO than the S40. Im not sure what this means can someone explain what it is and does the S45 redress this?

[octathlon]

I don't know about the S45, but the S30 has ISO 800 and I think the S40 only has up to ISO 400. The higher the ISO, like film speed, the more sensitive the camera is to light, so at a higher setting, you can shoot in dimmer light, but you also get more noise.

[PeterS45]

Most important changes are the new RISIC-processor which should make the storage of the pics faster and the autofocus using FlexiZone AF/AE and 9-point AiAF.

Regards,

Peter

[PeterS45]

This is wat "Digital Photography Review" (www.dpreview.com) says:

Summary of new features / improvements available on the S45
DiGiC processor - CCD control, AE/AF/AWB, signal processing, JPEG compression, memory card control, LCD monitor display).

Orientation sensor - tags images as portrait or landscape depending on the orientation of the camera at the time the shot was taken).

Intelligent Scene Analysis based on Photographic Space (iSAPS) - Camera uses variables such as focus distance, exposure brightness and cross references these against a table of known scene types, uses this information to optimize image processing.

Custom exposure mode - A new mode dial position for quick recall of pre-programmed settings saved from any exposure mode (P, TV, Av, or M).

Focus bracketing - Enables the camera to take three shots in quick succession at positions before, at and after the current focus point. Only available with flash disabled.

Two manual white balance presets - You can now store manual white balance in either Custom1 or Custom2 white balance presets.

Manual flash output - Manually select flash output of 1/3, 2/3 or FULL. Available in Manual exposure, Aperture Priority (option) and Shutter Priority (option).

Flash sync selection - Select between 1st-curtain and 2nd-curtain sync.

9 point AiAF / Flexible AF point selection - In AiAF mode the camera utilizes a grid of nine AF areas. When manually selecting an AF area you can now select from any one of about 300 positions around the image frame.

Modified Photo Effects - Off, Vivid, Neutral, Low Sharpening, Sepia, B&W, Custom. Photo effects have also been moved to the FUNC button and are available in all exposure modes.

FUNC button control - All major settings can be changed from the improved FUNC mode.

Improved control - Expanded range of settings allow you to enable or disable: Manual Focus zoom, AF assist beam, Auto Rotate, File No. Reset. And also change: Distance Units, USB mode

Intervalometer - A time lapse shooting feature, intervals of 1 - 60 mins, 2 - 100 shots

Movie clip length - Movie clips can now be recorded non-stop for up to 3 minutes

EXIF 2.2 - JPEG file header now includes full EXIF 2.2 information (ExifPrint standard)