Features:
The 3x optical zoom lens has a focal length equivalent to 35 - 105mm in 35mm format. 5x digital zoom is available too. For close up work the camera can focus from 5cm away from the subject.
For composing your photos there is a 2.4 inch LCD screen. This is made up of around 112,000 pixels.
The flash unit works for up to 3m. This falls to 2.5m when the zoom lens is in use. The flash modes are: Auto, Auto & Red-eye reduction, Fill-in flash, Slow sync, Flash off.
To help with picture taking there are a small number of scene modes. These are Night, Portrait, Children(in Mode Dial), Landscape, Close-up, Sunset, Dawn, Backlight, Fireworks and Beach & Snow. Whenever you select a scene the camera will use what it considers to be the optimum settings for the type of shot.
There are a variety of effects you can take advantage of. These include being able to change the sharpness levels, add colour (B&W, Sepia, Red, Blue, Green, Negative, RGB), using picture frames, create composite shots and highlight areas of a photo. A self timer can be used as well. The delay time can be set to either two or ten seconds. Continuous shooting is another feature available to you.
More advanced features are metering (Multi, Spot), ISO (Auto, 50,100, 200, 400), white balance (Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Fluorescent_H, Fluorescent_L, Tungsten, Custom) and exposure compensation (±2EV (0.5EV steps). In manual mode you can select the shutter speed and set the aperture. Shutter speeds work in the range work in the range 8 - 1/1,500 seconds and the aperture can be set to F2.8 - F7.1(Wide), F4.9 - F12.4(Tele).
You can shoot movies up to the capacity of the memory card. These can be at a maximum resolution of 640 x 480 pixels and a top speed of 30 frames per second. Sound can be recorded, but zoom can only be applied before you start recording.
The Digimax S500 can also be used purely as a voice recorder. The maximum recording time is one hour. You can also add ten second sound clips to photos you have already taken.
YOU GET:
- s500 Camera
- 1GB Memory Card
Camera is in excellent condition with some pocket scratches
Normal Postage 3-7 days R40 + 2% of winning bid for insurence and Speed service 1 day R80 + 1% of winning bid for insurence (Insurence is option extra but recomended)
