Are you a camera and photography enthusiast who wants to be taken seriously in your craft? Well maybe if you have this latest Canon PowerShot S5 IS you will be looked upon as a professional. Really, if you want to get serious in photography as your craft this digital camera is what you need. This gadget has almost everything that’s needed in order to produce professional-looking snapshots and even some video recording.

Equipped with a 12x optical zoom with Ultrasonic Motor and UD Lens, you can capture interesting views even from a distance. It also comes with an 8.0 megapixel camera as well as an optical Image stabilizer that prevents the image from becoming blurred due to unsteady hands. It also comes integrated with DIGIC III image processor as well as Face Detection Technology. And who can forget the irritating red-eye? Well, that can be solved easily with the Powershot’s Red-eye correction feature. Viewing the captured shots is easy in the 2.5” LCD that has an increased resolution of 207 pixels for sharper images.

If you will notice this Canon Powershot S5 IS have some new interesting features like – the DIGIC III processor, USM and the UD features. The DIGIC III makes it possible to capture better photos without any difficulty especially when caprturing faces in a group. The USM or Ultra-Sonic Motor enables rapid zoom but very quietly. The D or Ultra-low Dispersion on the other hand makes it possible for capture images with the same vibrant colors as the scene from which it was taken.