Canon PowerShot S60 Review

Despite the ’60′ in the name, the Canon PowerShot S60 is in fact a 5-megapixel digital camera, just like its predecessor, the S50. There have been a number of improvements, though, to increase its photographic appeal.

Most important among these is a brand new lens. The old S50 had a 3x zoom covering a focal range eguivalent to 35-105mm. When camera makers extend a lens’s zooming range, they usually add the extra range to the telephoto end -it’s the easiest thing to do, optically – despite the fact that what most photographers actually need is extended wide-angle capability.

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