Canon Powershot S2 IS digital camera

The Canon Powershot S2 IS, quite a mouth full, is the successor of the S1. The Powershot S2 IS was officially introduced in April of this year and is available for some months now. The Canon S2 IS camera features an impressive optical zoom of 12x combined with an almost indispensable image stabilisation. When used to working with this function, you don't want to do without it anymore. The specifications of the Canon Powershot S2 IS are impressive; 5 Megapixels, 12x zoom with optical image stabilisation, high video clip resolution and the already rather famous DIGIC II processor.
Over the last few years, a new group of digital cameras has appeared showing a heavy competition within. The Mega zoom cameras, with a minimum requirement of an 8x optical zoom, may be characterised as fully versatile digital cameras that offer the user everything he needs. This is also the case with the Canon S2 IS. A 12x optical zoom combined with optical image stabilisation, 5 Megapixels of resolution and an abundance of (manual) settings make this model a strong competitor in the group of entry level digital reflex cameras. Canon now, made a vast difference here, by equipping the new EOS 350D with 8 Megapixels and a price that is very clear to the consumer.