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Canon PowerShot S1 IS

User Rating:

(56 reviews)

Price Range: $264 to $498

Bizrate User Review.

Google Lens issues on Canons

by Online Shopper , Apr. 21, 2007

Comments:
VERY sensitive to cold weather. Pouts and does not put its lens out if left in the JEEP overnight in Montana even if it's spring and there's only a light flurry that evening. I was just getting everything set perfectly (yes, it's taken me 4 years) when

QuickTake:

Pros: An excellent first digital camera shoots nice photos

Cons: Poor construction for those who trek in cold weather

Recommended: Yes

Has Owned Product: 4 years

Bizrate User Review.

Takes a 4GB microdrive card !!

by Online Shopper , Jul. 12, 2005

Comments:
I bought a 2.0USB card reader to transfer the pictures of the *4GB* micro drive card. It takes great movies,& the 10times optical zoom multiplied with the 3.2 digital is fun . After a short while you'll learn alot more about all the settings. Most p

QuickTake:

Pros: easy to use great pictures & movies.can use a 4GB microdrive

Cons: needs rechargeable batteries to last 5 times longer

Recommended: Yes

Has Owned Product: 1 year

Bizrate User Review.

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by Online Shopper , Jun. 8, 2005

Comments:
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QuickTake:

Pros: FREE DIGITAL CAMERAS

Cons: NONE ITS FREE

Recommended: Yes

Has Owned Product: 1 year

Bizrate User Review.

Great Little Camera

by fudd , Nov. 12, 2004

Comments:
This is a great all around camera,sharp pictures,excellent zoom,great at close ups,has a great movie and sound mode,this little camera can do it all.One thing I would highly recomnend,change to Maha Powerex rechargable batt.It is rated number one on a lo

QuickTake:

Pros: This is a GREAT ! camera, use Maha Powerex batt, Great! batt

Cons: None

Recommended: Yes

Has Owned Product: 6 months

Bizrate User Review.

This is a camera and COMPANY to avoid.

by Andy , Oct. 30, 2004

Comments:
I purchased this camera based on reviews here. So I feel it's imperative to set the record straight. This camera has a MAJOR FATAL FLAW IN THE FIRMWARE. I purchased the camera from beachcamera (still haven't heard from them, but we'll see how they han

QuickTake:

Pros: Looks great.

Cons: Doesn't work. And there is a fatal E18 firmware problem...

Recommended: No

Has Owned Product: 4 days

Bizrate User Review.

Outstanding performance

by Nick , Oct. 3, 2004

Comments:
I had owned a Minolta Dimage S404 (4.1 MP). The service was so poor and Konica/Minolta so poor in following instruction that I found them impossible to work with. My Dimage 404 crapped out after two years. The cost of repair was only a few bucks short

QuickTake:

Pros: Very easy to use. Shooting before I left the parking lot!

Cons: Only 3.2 Mega Pixels

Recommended: Yes

Has Owned Product: 3 days

Bizrate User Review.

Generally satisfied.

by Buddy , Aug. 17, 2004

Comments:
I've taken several hundred pictures and still find new features to try and discover. I found the lens cap falling off of poor design and Canon won't admit it but it needs to be improved. The battery life of both Alkaline and Ni MH is not according to s

QuickTake:

Pros: Image stabilizer, 10X Zoom

Cons: Lens cap falls off easily, battery life not up to spec.

Recommended: Yes

Has Owned Product: 3 months

Bizrate User Review.

Excellent achat

by mamy69 , Aug. 3, 2004

Comments:
Appareil de haute qualité. Zoom 10X avec stabilisateur très efficace. Je le recommande à tous ! Vous ne serez pas déçus.

QuickTake:

Pros: Excellente qualité de photo, zoom 10X

Cons: Lourd

Recommended: Yes

Has Owned Product: 3 months

Bizrate User Review.

This Camera is equal to an SLR

by MoparAl , Jul. 23, 2004

Comments:
7-22-04, No way can a digital camera look as good as a 35 mm. Well, the Canon S1 IS just proved me wrong. Not only do you have FULL control, you can set the ISO the compresion you can do apature, shuter, manual and the set programs. This camera has it a

QuickTake:

Pros: Full control of the camera and the IS is great

Cons: None, but rhe batteries.

Recommended: Yes

Has Owned Product: 2 months

Bizrate User Review.

Camera for all seasons

by Jack , Jul. 23, 2004

Comments:
So far all the features of the camera have not been used. Each day I find that the camera does something better than I expected and much easier too (especially on the rare occaisons that I read manual) Not sorry I chose this camera for my transition in