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S110 - any way to disable the touch screen?

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HaplessClick Regular Member • Posts: 364
S110 - any way to disable the touch screen?

I'm really enjoying my S110 which is replacing my trusty S90.  However, I'm not fully sold on the touch screen as it is too easy to bump it and change the focus spot without noticing.  Is there any way to disable the touch screen or otherwise make it so that touching the LCD during record mode doesn't change the focus?  I've gone over all the menu items and don't seem to see this as an option.

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brianj Forum Pro • Posts: 14,657
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HaplessClick wrote:

I'm really enjoying my S110 which is replacing my trusty S90. However, I'm not fully sold on the touch screen as it is too easy to bump it and change the focus spot without noticing. Is there any way to disable the touch screen or otherwise make it so that touching the LCD during record mode doesn't change the focus? I've gone over all the menu items and don't seem to see this as an option.

I don't know the answer to your question, but the fact that you have needed to ask it concerns me.  The S110 seems like the ideal camera for my needs, and even though it comes with a touch screen, I thought I could just ignore it and that's the end of it.  But now a new potential problem has emerged, so I woud also be interested in the answer.

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Bruce Hunter Contributing Member • Posts: 859
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Interesting question. Since no reply to question yet, I'd suggest a call to Canon Customer Service. I've found you can usually get a Canon tech or rep on the line in minutes....to answer your questions.

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pineledger Regular Member • Posts: 223
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I too will be interested in the reply, as I am considering the S110.  I have been using a Panasonic FX580 since June 2009, and as you may know it has a touch screen.  I haven't had any problems (at least not that I've noticed) inadvertently setting something wrong on the touch-screen.

Since you can always set the screen to black-out to save battery, you might consider making that setting for the minimum amount of time.  But then you have another problem if a fleeting opportunity presents itself and you're not ready.  To paraphrase my favorite history of science professor, "Ain't technology grand!"

1pixelatedlady Regular Member • Posts: 148
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I'm also interested in knowing the response to this question because I would love to acquire the S110... however, I hate touch screens (on cameras).

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HaplessClick wrote:

I'm really enjoying my S110 which is replacing my trusty S90. However, I'm not fully sold on the touch screen as it is too easy to bump it and change the focus spot without noticing

My bet is you should read the user manual. Your answer is probably in there as most answers posted on here are in the user manual.

And my guess is that you are more likely to miss a photo by having the touch screen disabled than to be bothered by missing a photo because you bumped the screen.  Sort of like having to unlike the camera with a key before using it by disabling the screen.

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The EOS-M uses the Canon touchscreen and it can be enabled or disabled (only for one-tap-snapshots) using an icon on the lower left-hand corner of the screen.

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primalspy Regular Member • Posts: 133
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Just received this message from Canon in my email:

Thank you for contacting Canon product support regarding disabling the touch screen on the PowerShot S110 camera.

Unfortunately, there is no way to completely disable the touch screen. I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Please let us know if we can be of any further assistance with your PowerShot S110 camera. Thank you for choosing Canon.

Sincerely,

Nancy
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Hollander Senior Member • Posts: 1,370
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I on the other hand like the touch screen feature and see no reason to disable it.

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Molsal Regular Member • Posts: 142
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RedFox88 wrote:

HaplessClick wrote:

I'm really enjoying my S110 which is replacing my trusty S90. However, I'm not fully sold on the touch screen as it is too easy to bump it and change the focus spot without noticing

My bet is you should read the user manual. Your answer is probably in there as most answers posted on here are in the user manual.

And my guess is that you are more likely to miss a photo by having the touch screen disabled than to be bothered by missing a photo because you bumped the screen. Sort of like having to unlike the camera with a key before using it by disabling the screen.

On The S120 the screen can be disabled in the settings menu, there must have beeen some demand for this easily added feature.

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primalspy Regular Member • Posts: 133
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Hollander wrote:

I on the other hand like the touch screen feature and see no reason to disable it.

Rob.

Hello Rob. Can you please tell me if there have ever been times when the touch screen unintentionally changed the settings? How's the battery life?

I am on the fence about getting one. The price has dropped big time during these sales.

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Paul

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amhall Regular Member • Posts: 411
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primalspy wrote:

Hollander wrote:

I on the other hand like the touch screen feature and see no reason to disable it.

Rob.

Hello Rob. Can you please tell me if there have ever been times when the touch screen unintentionally changed the settings? How's the battery life?

I am on the fence about getting one. The price has dropped big time during these sales.

Best regards,

Paul

There are two touch features on the S110 and S120: focus point/object and shutter release. The S120 enables you to turn these on/off individually, but the S110 only allows you to turn off the shutter function, not the focus.

The battery life on the S110 seems much better than the S120.

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amhall wrote:

There are two touch features on the S110 and S120: focus point/object and shutter release. The S120 enables you to turn these on/off individually, but the S110 only allows you to turn off the shutter function, not the focus.

The battery life on the S110 seems much better than the S120.

I suppose the blunt truth of the matter is that we will always each have different opinions and thoughts on the "touch" feature of this type of camera. Personally I intensely dislike any touch feature as I would greatly more wish to have definite positive control of both focussing and shutter action and I'd never buy a camera with the touch feature as mandatory - many others of course like it. so there is no bad or good about it in the full sense.

But out of curiosity I can't help but wonder about one point .. the touch focus action which in the case of the S110 it now seems clear, is a feature you cannot fully turn off... touch SHUTTER action YES.. as it is very clearly said in the Manual.. but I also was not at all sure whether the Touch FOCUS could or not , be fully turned off..it seems not.
But.. and this is where I'm a bit puzzled..  even if you actually leave the camera switched ON although not being used for a period..  doesn't the Auto Switch-off generally only give a modest time before it shuts down. so then, the 'touch' action cannot of course operate - as the camera has switched off.  OR.. if you leave the camera ON for such as several minutes without actually taking a pic but in some way actuate the touch-focus by the camera bumping against your body in motion.. does that really matter..surely if you are at all serious about taking pics..whatever has happened to focus whilst you may walk about..when you DO definitely start to take a new pic, you are going to positively get focus quite afresh anyway.. to make sure you get focus properly on the intended new pic - does it matter if any body bump has done that whilst you carry it around... the new pic will normally require you to set a new focus anyway ??

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mojorising Regular Member • Posts: 131
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I finally got around to googling how to disable the touch screen.

What a pain in the ass.

It is so easy to accidentally touch the screen and move the focus away from centre.

So when I google it this is the answer? There is no way to do it.

There has not been any firmware update to address this?

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sensingsys Senior Member • Posts: 1,564
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mojorising wrote:

I finally got around to googling how to disable the touch screen.

What a pain in the ass.

It is so easy to accidentally touch the screen and move the focus away from centre.

So when I google it this is the answer? There is no way to do it.

It was changed for the S120.

This was one of my main  reasons for not upgrading from my S100 to the S110. I did upgrade to the S120.

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