Owners Ratings:
Canon PowerShot S400 (Overall)

Click for full specifications: Canon PowerShot S400
3.9 million effective pixels
36 mm - 108 mm (3x) zoom
Average rating (220 responses)

 Construction()()()()()() 4.47
 Features()()()()() 4.21
 Image quality()()()()()() 4.44
 Ease of use()()()()()() 4.48
 Value for money()()()()() 4.02
 Overall()()()()()() 4.32

Owners Opinions: Canon PowerShot S400

NamePostedOpinion preview
DYL1 Oct 06This was my first digital camera and what luck that I bought it. ...
plazmo26 Oct 05Good quality at highest resolution. A little slow between ...
lotus2 Jul 05I loved this camera, I notice I get too much red in indoor ...
nlsnow22 Nov 04I did a ton of research before purchasing this camera. I wanted ...
yesdoot13 Nov 04GOOD!
Ken__W22 Oct 04Be careful of the lens retract crashThis is a great little ...
Hollie30 Sep 04REPAIRS! Sent back to Canon twice at $155 a pop for repairs. I ...
MaryMarin16 Aug 04I've had my S400 for about a year now, and I LOVE IT. For those ...
hay_mog8 Aug 04The camera #1 for your pocketExcellent as second cameraHi qual
mmace22 Jul 04Canon defect E18.I did not own a , however, I owned S45 (still ...
jvrichardson13 Jul 04Previously owned an Olympus point and shoot, but it was just too ...
GreatEstates.ca10 May 04I bought this Canon S400 a year ago after owning the S200 for a ...
bds23110 May 04CF Performance:I just went to buy a new 256 MB card, having ...
Adrian Bashford29 Mar 04When I upgraded from my CP5000 to a EOS 10D I decided to get rid ...
nicole_s13 Mar 04i bought this after a fair bit of thought. Upgraded from sony ...
JoePaul20 Feb 04I just picked-up the S400 after three months of reading and ...
Dan12 Feb 04I purchased the S400 (after 3 months of research) because I ...
solostudio9 Feb 04Traded up from Exilim b/c of the superior picture quality of the ...
randellt7 Feb 04My sister got this camera and she let me use it a couple of ...
AXA3 Feb 04(No text)
AXA3 Feb 04I got this camera a few months ago from my sister who bought ...
AXA3 Feb 04I have used this camera now about three years and Ihave amazed ...
maizzy2 Feb 04i love the camera is so cute ^.^ ! not many people have it, so ...
brunitou27 Jan 04A GOOD REPLACEMENT OF MY OLYMPUS Mµ IIPROs: sharp pictures, solid
nik22 Jan 04It,s little, nice, charming... and make unique amazing pictures ...
davidhcohen22 Jan 04I have used this camera extensively while traveling for both ...
highsector18 Jan 04i was so confused whether to choose fuji f700, canon ixus 400, ...
Kevin15 Jan 04I bought this camera in June 2003 and have since taken about ...
photoshooter11 Jan 04I figured I should get a well rated camera that has been on the ...
Chris R-UK7 Jan 04I bought an S400 4 months ago to complement my Sony F717. I try ...
Jeremy Shields6 Jan 04Despite it's rather high price, I went for this camera for my ...
medalian14 Jan 04Ok I wasn't very keen on spending $450 on this camera. Not even ...
active_observer30 Dec 03Cannot do better than several 'professional' reviewers from the ...
Ai Shinobi29 Dec 03This is my 2nd camera.1st one is Fujifilm 401.Great Camera. Nice ...
Nadav Binenbaum27 Dec 03i had it for 5 months now.the good things:1. EXCELENT photos.
ashtonaut17 Dec 03This is my first digital camera, which I purchased after viewing ...
ken moffat16 Dec 03I have used this camera for a month and find it to be first ...
Loucas Naziris10 Dec 03A fantastic camera ! Its my first digital camera and i have it ...
brian9 Dec 03(No text)
W1ld0ne742 Dec 03Out the box the camera feels sturdy. I took a look at some other ...
lin0129 Nov 03(No text)
Alex B Sandrow24 Nov 03So here I sit, finally decided on the s400. Great camera! Many ...
Maria de Waard23 Nov 03Incredible! My first digital camera which I have owned now for ...
changgull song20 Nov 03Windows2000, ME, 98 users should buy a CF reader. Other than ...
vinjhed13 Nov 03Among the small form-factor cameras out there today, the S400 ...
Vivek_DPR13 Nov 03Decent image, easy to use. No manual controls at all, strictly ...
Pam Newt12 Nov 03Great size to pocket. Easy controls, light, convenient, nice ...
one910 Nov 03Perfect image quality and color balance, easy to use.
Energy9 Nov 03My first digital camera ever.Was very surprised by the ease of ...
M@gs8 Nov 03Great camera, I’ve had it for 4 days now. It's Fantastic!! ...
isaacvito7 Nov 03After doing extensive research on this as well as other digital ...
s2kdriver3 Nov 03SUMMARY: If you are looking for a camera that fits in your ...
Roddy Balle27 Oct 03The only problem I have is that it's such a beautiful piece of ...
Ralph Barnie26 Oct 03I like the fact that it can be used in the auto mode, but also ...
Hidecutter24 Oct 03I use the S400 in a coal mine. It is a wet, dusty and hot and ...
SenTiNeL24 Oct 03I've had my eye on this camera for a while. It was initially a ...
acer00119 Oct 03Iv had this camera for 3 months now with no problems. The built ...
Louis Jaffe17 Oct 03Picture quality is hit or miss, despite Canon's phenomenal ...
mfo27 Sep 03Good small camera but don't put it in the water...wishes: the ...
James Tran24 Sep 03I bought this and the Sony P10 for my European trip. After 3,000 ...
alanio24 Sep 03Great small sub-compact digital camera, the size is small and ...
Big G9 Sep 03Great camera, small and light but sturdy construction. Good ...
Nimrod6 Sep 03Great camera! excellent ,sharp and clean Photos.so small , so ...
Gareth Evans5 Sep 03Had this camera 3 months after my old Ixus V1 developed a ...
tend2it31 Aug 03Got this camera about a week ago ...Excellent, compact ergonomic ...
Chris Brown28 Aug 03As most might know, PHD is the acromym for 'Push Here, Dummy' ...
Boxer313 Aug 03Very nice camera, has all the features I wanted! Takes wonderful ...
ANUNEZ13 Aug 03WARNING!!!If you don’t care carrying multiple Compact Flash in ...
hong10 Aug 03I have used, S30, A70, S45I bought S400 for my wife at SIN$760, ...
Frank Knowles9 Aug 03This is my first venture into digital photography and I am ...
Dr. Tom4 Aug 03I've had the S110, S300, and S230, and this one the best yet. ...
Harry Spatz2 Aug 03I have had this camera around a month and am very happy with it. ...
John Pritchard2 Aug 03Delightful to handle, look at and use, but
Jakob Heitz31 Jul 03I've had an S100 for 3 years. Taken many great pictures. ...
Granit29 Jul 03I've chose this camera because of its high speed processing and ...
Jeff Suber28 Jul 03I've been very happy with the performance of this camera, ...
Ken Wagnitz28 Jul 03USB connection under utilised.I haven't had it long yet, but...E
Takenoko25 Jul 03A miracle to put all components into such a compact case. Very ...
david lyth24 Jul 03Size = excellentColour and image resolution excellentHave also a ...
Goliatex24 Jul 03Bardzo dobry aparat Polecam ;-)
MurrayB17 Jul 03After some months of 'wobbling' over what d-cam to get, and ...
Spiderman16 Jul 03I'm very happy with my Ixus 400. Easy to set up, good picture ...
Howard Fang16 Jul 03It got hot and noisy- really hot and really noisy!I gave a '5' in
jeevan14 Jul 03brought this instead of the s50 are most reviews speak so highly ...
Phil Bentley9 Jul 03VERY POOR BUILD QUALITY.I've had three and they all broke.The
Dave H.8 Jul 03I bought the s400 mostly for the size alone. This camera goes ...
Yves Tack7 Jul 03(No text)
Sean Shen7 Jul 03Bad picture quality, especially for evening portrait and casual ...
Norman L. Allen3 Jul 03I love this camera hands down. I got it recently because I ...
sean Bee29 Jun 03I recently bought the Canon S400 and it has lived up to my every ...
Lolesz25 Jun 03I have use this camera for a week, here is my comments.The pros:
Tamir Chen23 Jun 03This camera is absolutely incredible. I have used the Sony ...
PeterV21 Jun 03I have had my camera now for over a month and overall I would ...
zoerose19 Jun 03Now that I have a working unit. The pictures are very nice and ...
jim chen19 Jun 03This is my second digital camera. I used to only a Fuji 2800. ...
thouston19 Jun 03Camera is wonderful with the exception of horrible red eye. Red ...
JohnLeeinSLC18 Jun 03I've 'upgraded' from a G1 to the Elph. Mainly, I was not taking ...
Andrew Butterfield18 Jun 03Thought you might appreciate my opinion now I've had the camera ...
Oliver Ying17 Jun 03I've read lot of user opinions about this camera and most of ...
PBR16 Jun 03Good quality camera. My other camera was a powershot A40 and I ...
coyote12 Jun 03Being my fifth digital camera (Kodak 280, Oly 2100UZ, Sony S75, ...
termson11 Jun 03So happy to buy the camera at only USD 505. My package comes ...
ellen a11 Jun 03I got my camera today and got busy taking pictures right away. ...
Slap Shot11 Jun 03Great camera, excellent image quality all in a small package. ...
Robert Wang8 Jun 03This review is from the folling stand points:1. It's my first ...
jerryfung8 Jun 03Easy to use, fancy, a good 4 megapixel d-cam I have ever used
Michael7 Jun 03(No text)
Doug D6 Jun 03I have used the S400 for several days now and I feel it is near ...
Doug D6 Jun 03(No text)
jan holmes5 Jun 03(No text)
BigCAl5 Jun 03(No text)
thomas_ting5 Jun 03Bought this digicam after returning the powershot A70. There's ...
Ralph T4 Jun 03Excellent value at the price I got it at. Astonishing photo ...
Onno Meeuwis4 Jun 03Straight out of the box and working like a charm. Opted for the ...
norm wong3 Jun 03Shots in most kinds of conditions are very good to ...
Tamas3 Jun 03Only after months of research did I decide to buy this camera. ...
HKam2 Jun 03small enough to put in shirt pocket and take it anywhere. image ...
Warren Christie27 May 03(No text)
NorbM27 May 03My first digital camera, I have been waiting since March for ...
Garrie26 May 03This is my first ever digital camera. I must say this camera ...
Garrie26 May 03This is my first ever digital camera. I must say this camera ...
Isabel Cutler25 May 03The S400 is the seventh digital camera I've owned, preceded by a ...
Coyean25 May 03This is my first digital camera. It does an excellent job with ...
Jean Delmas18 May 03Ecellent camera. It is my first digital camera. I have bought it ...
dkjuice17 May 03I've had this camera for a month now and shot 500 pics and so ...
Peter G13 May 03This camera is a GEM!This is the second digital camera I have ...
eblue12 May 03My first digital camera to complement my Elan IIe and JVC ...
RobertTseng9 May 03I am a regular consumer photographer. I like this camera for my ...
Les Anderson4 May 03I Bought my Ixus S400 last month in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. ...
craigwr1 May 03S400 is an excellent camera and makes learning digital ...
Basil Canuck1 May 03I have had this camera for about a week. I researched my ...
peitxon30 Apr 03This cam is awesome! Ultra-compact with more manual features ...
Umesh Patel29 Apr 03I've had this camera over 2 months now and like everyone else I ...
bendrl29 Apr 03For a quality, handy to carry camera, you can't beat this ...
Barry Dant28 Apr 03With the deepest respect to all those who have 'gone' before me, ...
Dave Orashan28 Apr 03In response to the dead pixels comments and the 'methodology' ...
Marco Nero27 Apr 03An excellent camera with an easy to use interface. This camera ...
Shyuemin Pang27 Apr 03I have to say this camera produces very nice quality pictures ...
Roderic Fuerst27 Apr 03In general I am very happy with my S400, It is extremely compact ...
Ice Berg27 Apr 03I have had this camera for about 2 weeks now and feel I can ...
Len Villemaire26 Apr 03A great liitle pocket camera, you can take it anywhere, and ...
carlos maltz26 Apr 03: I received the camera to my cousin's that lives in chicago 7 ...
Matthew26 Apr 03I have now owned this camera for 1 month and all I can say is ...
reptyl25 Apr 03c de la balle cet appareil
Shailesh Garach24 Apr 03Excellent camera. I've been using it for two weeks and haven't ...
A. F.23 Apr 03Along with the S330 I traded it for and my brother-in-law's new ...
Jay Kavanaugh22 Apr 03Beware: dead pixels!I've had this camera for approx 6 weeks now ...
Mike Coyle22 Apr 03(No text)
SeanU22 Apr 03I picked this up at Gateway for $400 (with a $50 discount ...
ecpc22 Apr 03Outdoor picutre quality is excellent but indoor quality is not ...
Nikon&Canon Boy21 Apr 03The Canon IXY 400 compliments my Nikon 5700 really well. ...
J T20 Apr 03I'm thinking about getting a S400. But can it store manual ...
Eddie Stuettgen19 Apr 03After reading all the reviews I finally bought the s400 and must ...
M Hallett18 Apr 03great camera ,easy use .can carry in pocket easy.
Jeff Tan18 Apr 03S400 is a good complement to my G2. Its ultracompact size, cool ...
Holbrook Robinson17 Apr 03The Canon s400 reminds me of the Leica 3C that my father ...
Mark D. Brown17 Apr 03I picked up my camera two days ago. I have been looking for a ...
madhatter16 Apr 03This is a great ultra compact camera that takes excellent ...
ongdennis15 Apr 03i just receive the camera yesterday.it rock..anyway, can it use ...
duxguts15 Apr 03Its the dux guts, my first digital camera and it does everything ...
francescoli15 Apr 03this is a fantastic camera, you'll never imagine how much small ...
SandyKHo14 Apr 03I have now owned the Canon Powershot S330, the S230 and the ...
Edwin14 Apr 03Canon IXUS 400 ReviewOwned the camera for a month and have been ...
srylance14 Apr 03Great camera. I've Had it 2 weeks now and found it to bespot on, ...
Johan-13 Apr 03Got my camera a few days ago, and there was nodead or hot pixels ...
richard bevan12 Apr 03I have had this camera for four days - it replaces my IXUS 300 ...
Andrew Rivlin11 Apr 03Ok, this is my honest opinion after buying the S400 and ...
Soarer_GT9 Apr 03This camera rocks hard for something so easy to use. The ...
JGM9 Apr 03In a recent review, Daniel and others have had problems with ...
JimRes9 Apr 03Great camera, but as daniel stated earlier, the camera I ...
William Lynch8 Apr 03Although I don't think the pictures from Canon cameras are as ...
bcat27 Apr 03The sexiest 4 MP cam around? Loaded with features and stunningly ...
mecamec7 Apr 03Finally i ran into the CANON DIGITAL IXUS 400, after waiting a ...
James Michaels6 Apr 03Great tiny camera. I have no Idea why Morons like Koo and the ...
Peter Way6 Apr 03I just got this camera after I returned a Canon s45. This is a ...
Jeff Liss5 Apr 03I had this camera for a few weeks and took many pics with it. ...
Jarvis5 Apr 03I upgraded from a S110 that I was very happy with. It was my ...
Michael Koo5 Apr 03JMichaels, Have you used the S400?I have started using my ...
William Wood4 Apr 03Great images (rivals 10D images), and built like a little jewel. ...
Liudas4 Apr 03An excellent camera! After a long investigation and comparing to ...
Terry Leong3 Apr 03I just got my camera two days ago... and I can say it is a ...
Ian Gee2 Apr 03This is a great little camera which takes extremely high quality ...
Tuomas Suur-Uski2 Apr 03(No text)
Seth Johnson1 Apr 03I had this camera for a few days now. Got it from my local Best ...
hpc1 Apr 03The best IXUS I ever had! Fast, excellent picture quality, ease ...
Simon Heal31 Mar 03(No text)
Bob Thompson Photos30 Mar 03Canon S400 and A200 Review and Sample Images.I took 50 shots with
ix29 Mar 03my first camera was an s100..and it went everywhere with me and ...
Markus Hahn29 Mar 03Some sample shots I took can be found ...
eisbaer28 Mar 03Just got my ixus 400 (www.tweakers.net/pricewatch 585 euro) Only ...
MFO28 Mar 03Good Camera but Canon should now provide the 5 MB pixels... ...
jsmith80926 Mar 03I have owned this camera for about 1 week now, it just hit the ...
Rick Z26 Mar 03I agree that there are too many opinions from those who have ...
Big Leu25 Mar 03Why don't we leaving the reviewing to people who actually own or ...
cam-man25 Mar 03This camera is the best Ixus I've had and I'm glad that I made ...
Daniel Pérez24 Mar 03UPDATE: More DEAD pixels! I got my newly exchanged S400 from ...
Brawbob24 Mar 03Had this camera for a couple of days but decided to go for S50 ...
John tryman24 Mar 03I received the S400 from DELL last week for $405. That is 10% ...
Wick Smith23 Mar 03I'm surprised by the number of people who say video isn't ...
Chris Matthews23 Mar 03I think it's very disapointing that Canon should make a step ...
tostaky23 Mar 03cet APN est excellent j avais un S40 que j ai revendu pour ce ...
wmsjb22 Mar 03CANON BLEW IT!I am sticking w/ my S230. No way will I accept the ...
Adrian Tofan21 Mar 03Although it was a little expensive, this camera is amazing. I ...
Ed50020 Mar 03Over the years Canon has refined this design. It is a little ...
Sorlo_pat20 Mar 03You have to give credit to Canon for upgrading its lens to 3x ...
transam30th20 Mar 03I just got my S400 a few days ago. Wow, this little thing is a ...
Ben Topen20 Mar 03NO UNCOMPRESSED MODE. I can't believe people are bitching about ...
E. Adams19 Mar 03I originally has purchased a Canon S45 but after a few weeks of ...
RPH18 Mar 03This camera sounds like a great upgrade from the S230 - except ...
Tifosi17 Mar 03Disappointing compared with the S-230, except for the increased ...
Adam Todd15 Mar 03I received my S400 yesterday. WOW! I repeat - WOW! What a ...
Mr. Argo15 Mar 03I bought this camara today, the vendor said it is one of the ...
strongwinter14 Mar 03Can this one zoom at movie mode?
istomtom12 Mar 03IN STOCK AT RITZ CAMERA!. I currently own the S230, bought it in ...
yybbxx12 Mar 03太可爱啦!!一定&
Phil Thien9 Mar 03I was surprised when I saw reader reviews, knowing the camera ...
Che Chao Hsu8 Mar 03(No text)
Scooter Dog7 Mar 03Shame on Canon!!They dropped the 640x480 movie mode that was a ...
bkdd3 Mar 03I do agree that the 3x focus is certainly a step fowards, but: ...
Julien Chiang1 Mar 03The digital Ixus series of cameras have always been a quality ...

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