Canon PowerShot S80 Expert Reviews

alaTest has collected and analyzed 585 reviews from magazines and websites. Reviewers really like the contrast. The memory also impresses, but many are less positive about the focus.

Contrast, Memory, Design, Usability

Focus, Price, Resolution, Interface

Experts rate this product 82/100 and users 80/100. We analyzed these ratings, the product age and more factors. Compared to other Digital Compact Cameras, the Canon PowerShot S80 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 88/100 = Very Godd quality.

The Canon PowerShot S80 ($549) is a fairly compact 8 Megapixel camera whose biggest features include a wide 28 - 100 mm lens and large 2.5" LCD. The S80 is the descendent of the PowerShot S60 and S70, which had a similar design. The S80 shares many of ...

Very good photo quality ; Wide-angle lens ; Full manual controls and plenty of scene modes ; Large 2.5" LCD display (but see issues below) ; Impressive performance (save for focus speeds) ; Live histogram in record mode (and it's about time) ; Custom ...

On the expensive side ; Some vignetting at wide-angle, especially with the flash ; corners can be blurry as well ; Redeye ; No more RAW support ; Noisy at high ISO sensitivities ; Movie file size limit approaches quickly at higher resolution settings ...

It's worth mentioning my usual complaints about proprietary lithium-ion batteries like the one used by the S80 (and nearly all of the competition). For one, they're expensive -- $50 a pop. Secondly, you can't drop in some "off the shelf" batteries ...

Ambitious but Dissatisfying Point-and-Shoot Camera

Easy to use. Large and good-looking LCD. Good color accuracy ; Noisy images

Noisy images

. For everyday point-and-shoot moments, the PowerShot S80 is a capable camera. But temper your expectations when it comes to image quality from an eight-megapixel point-and-shoot camera.

As the former flagship of Canon's hybrid digital cameras, the Canon PowerShot S80 houses 8 megapixels and an interesting XGA Movie mode. With its 1024 x 768-pixel resolution, this Movie mode captures 2.5 times more data than most digital cameras. The ...

The Canon PowerShot S80 has a shiny black body that resembles the look of a kitchen appliance; it even has a sliding door that covers the front. The built-in flash is decent for a compact digital camera, reaching subjects up to 13.8 feet away. The S80 ...

As the former flagship of Canon's hybrid digital cameras, the Canon PowerShot S80 houses 8 megapixels and an interesting XGA Movie mode. With its 1024 x 768-pixel resolution, this Movie mode captures 2.5 times more data than most digital cameras. The ...

The Canon PowerShot S80 has a shiny black body that resembles the look of a kitchen appliance; it even has a sliding door that covers the front. The built-in flash is decent for a compact digital camera, reaching subjects up to 13.8 feet away. The S80 ...

Canon's PowerShot S80, the new flagship of Canon's S-series, incorporates 8 megapixels for shooting still images and a movie mode that records an impressive 1024 x 768 pixels. It replaces the S70 with more resolution, a bigger LCD screen, revamped ...

- XGA movie mode - Interesting My Colors mode - 22 language choices, the most we can recall seeing on any camera - Great playback mode - Lots of live views - Software is easy to use

- Loud lens with excessive barrel distortion - Inaccurate viewfinder - Poor LCD resolution - Clustered layout - too many buttons surrounded by way too many icons - Split menu system appears disorganized - No optical zoom in movie mode - Limited ...

The Canon PowerShot S80 is a hybrid digital camera with 8 megapixels for shooting still images, and several modes and resolutions for recording movie clips. The S80 is the first camera to have a movie mode that can shoot in 1024 x 768 pixels. While ...

Photo quality is quite good with very accurate colors, something you expect from Canon cameras.

8-megapixels ; nice zoom range

So-so LCD screen ; expensive

Megapixels: 8, Maximum Resolution: 3264 x 2448 pixels, Included Memory Amount: 32 MB, Included Memory: Media Card, ...

Excellent quality. Very good performance. Wide-angle is 28mm.

No RAW files. Recycle time could be quicker. A little pricey.

The Canon PowerShot S80 is a little expensive, but it's a solid, compact camera that takes excellent photos.

Just over a year after the launch of the 7 megapixel PowerShot S70 Canon revealed its replacement, the new S80, which boasts a slight redesign, an extra million pixels and a few new features - including the latest DIGIC II processor. The S80 is ...

Excellent resolution, good per-pixel sharpness for this class of camera, Low noise at ISO 50 and 100, not bad at 200 and 400, Fast, responsive operation, Excellent metering and color, Very clean, artefact-free images, High quality wide-angle zoom (28 ...

Mild corner softness at wide-angle and maximum aperture, Occasional lens flare and some highlight clipping, New multi-control dial useful, but can be fiddly, Lens slow at telephoto (F5.3), Would prefer a higher resolution LCD screen, Mediocre macro ...

After the rather uninspiring noise performance of the Panasonic LX1 and overblown image processing of the Olympus Stylus 800 I approached the update to the excellent PowerShot S70 with some trepidation.