Canon's 2013 enthusiast compact — a 10.1MP 1/1.7-inch camera with 24-120mm zoom, lens ring, 720p.
The Canon PowerShot S200 was a pocketable enthusiast compact announced in late 2013, sold mainly in Europe and Asia rather than North America. It sat within Canon's S-series of small, control-led compacts, positioned below the flagship S120 as a more affordable route to manual control and a lens ring in a shirt-pocket body.
It was a fixed-lens compact built around a 10.1-megapixel 1/1.7-inch high-sensitivity CCD. The lens covered a 5x optical zoom, equivalent to 24-120mm in 35mm terms, giving a genuinely wide angle. A 3.0-inch PureColor II G LCD with about 461,000 dots handled composition, and the camera recorded 720p HD video with stereo sound. A customisable lens control ring and manual exposure modes were included.
The S200 suited general, travel and street photography for users who wanted manual control and a wide zoom in a compact body. The lens ring and exposure modes gave more creative input than a typical point-and-shoot, while the 24mm wide end suited interiors and landscapes. The small CCD limited low-light reach and the zoom stopped at 120mm, so it favoured wide and standard framing over telephoto.
This name is ambiguous: there is also an older Canon PowerShot S200 Digital ELPH from 2000-2001, a 2-megapixel IXUS-family compact. For a current UK used pool the 2013 enthusiast S200, which was a European and Asian market model, is the more likely item, but listings should be confirmed against the specific camera. Used, check the LCD, lens ring, zoom, card and battery-door latches, battery health and any CCD faults.