Canon S60/70 can be turned off underwater... Read on!

[diediealsomustdive]

Hi guys,

Have read on many pages that the Canon Powershot S series can't be turned off once in casing. That's what I thought too, until my friend John [deleted by moderator; implicit advertising] showed me how.

Thought I would share this with you all.

Press and hold the FUNC key on the left, until - you guess it - the camera turns off. The lens would retract. To turn the camera back on, press lightly on the shutter release!

This neat little trick I could not find in either my S60 or S70 manual. And it help me survived 7 am through 5 pm, dive-sleep-rock around the clock-dive-... trip last November. My battery lasted but not the 512 Mb CF card - I had to delete some photos while top side.

Don't know if this works with earlier S series camera, my guess is that there is no harm in trying.

Do report back.

FG
aka diediealsomustdive
diediealsomustdive@yahoo.com.sg

 

[cat64fish]

This was also stated by a forum poster in that thread. So, those following already know it .. me included

Jeff

 

[kthan]

thanks for sharing...

 

[diediealsomustdive]

Sorry if I have repeated something of common knowledge...

Just wanted to share something I learned....

 

[diediealsomustdive]

oh one more thing - does it work with the earlier S cameras, like S40/45/50?

 

[drazic]

yes, earlier cams works as well.. i had the S40 and it works this way...
however, sometimes if u dive below 30m the water gets too cold and the cam shuts off.

 

[davidlkh]

It also works on the S50.