Owners Ratings:
Canon PowerShot S45 (Overall)

Click for full specifications: Canon PowerShot S45
3.9 million effective pixels
35 mm - 105 mm (3x) zoom
Average rating (172 responses)

 Construction()()()()()() 4.38
 Features()()()()()() 4.60
 Image quality()()()()()() 4.40
 Ease of use()()()()()() 4.31
 Value for money()()()()()() 4.32
 Overall()()()()()() 4.40

Owners Opinions: Canon PowerShot S45

NamePostedOpinion preview
couldnotfindanybetter1 May 05(No text)
MTito6 Apr 05Great lower-light camera. I used this camera a lot set on ...
Benjamin Franzmayr30 Jan 05Great quality pictures every time. Compared with my first camera ...
Manfred Kaiser6 Dec 04Verry good Pictures. The Handling (Box) is good
Anders Lestander15 Sep 04Great camera that has everything you wish for!Perfect for point ...
formosans14 Aug 04Canon PS S45 is my first digital camera, and I chose it over ...
gojira_rox11 Aug 04It takes a licking and keeps on clicking! From European ...
mmace22 Jul 04Big dissapointment (E18 error). Not recommended, unless you have ...
ginny Westcott2 Jul 04I am very amazed with the people at Canon. Something happened to ...
serios21 May 04Great camera. Better than 'a' series, very crash-resist camera
Valsitarb13 May 04Excellent camera, much better than I expected.
Taman6 May 04About 10'000 pictures taken and still very happy. So happy in ...
Iain Davies25 Mar 04Bought this camera for £245 with a x40 256Mb Compact Flash card ...
diego g1 Mar 04Good pictures for a year but after that the camera doesn,t want ...
Gavin Wilkinson8 Feb 04Bought this for £250 off ebay a year ago and havent looked back. ...
Malcolm J. Agnew7 Feb 04This is the one year anniversary of my getting this camera. I ha
brian9 Dec 03(No text)
weleasewoger28 Nov 03This is an excellent camera - the build quality is rock solid, ...
Geoff The Man25 Oct 03Overall very happy with purchase. Have had this first digital ...
Joej122 Oct 03After obsessing for months on which digital camera to select, I ...
AcuraCL21 Oct 03(No text)
K. Lowel1 Oct 03Until the lense jammed and Canon 'fixed' it under warranty, a ...
neppa31 Aug 03Excellent indoor and outdoor photos.RAW format is very ...
Bryan W.12 Aug 03This is great digital camera. For a first time user, it's very ...
Eskil Sorensen3 Aug 03Solidity and great pictures are my main characteristics of the ...
scv18 Jul 03Overall a very nice camera. The construction is very solid, ...
Francis Byrne18 Jul 03Bought the S45 after reading many reviews about it. Seemed to ...
Andre Bonneau7 Jul 03Excellent images, good focus, good colors, good contrast.A lot ...
Sean Shen7 Jul 03I had a similar review for S400. Many of the same weaknesses ...
David Renton20 Jun 03Had this for about a month now-excellent camera. Very pleased ...
Bruno Marques17 Jun 03(No text)
NNS2 Jun 03I have used the S45 for about six months now. I have a D100 ...
DigitalDuck19 May 03Thanks DPreview. You highly recommended this camera. I bought ...
sap16 May 03I made the switch to the S45 after numerous other cameras. I ...
ellenj1914 May 03Great Camera. I used to own Canon S330, S400 and this one. All i ...
andy0313 May 03Why canon don't put antiscatch on LCD? Do they actuall listen ...
Valentin Bockarovski10 May 03First impression was, what a great camera. And it sure is. Fast ...
waldy2 May 03very fast; very sharp; good handling
ee200321 Apr 03I have owned this camera for more than 6 weeks now, and I have ...
SHAY LEVY21 Apr 03(No text)
Peet18 Apr 03easy camera, solid in your hands, quality of picures are good, ...
Nejib Ben Mansour14 Apr 03Good photo
Brant Smith13 Apr 03The S45 is a great little camera. I recently ran mine through a ...
zen dx9 Apr 03I am one of the proud owners of Canon Powershot S45
Tan Chun5 Apr 031. For an average amateur photographer, I have done a rather ...
Eldarrio1 Apr 03Mini-Cooper outfitted with anemic 63 hp SmartCar engine, this is ...
Greg Conn31 Mar 03first time owner blown away by all the cool stuff this camera ...
Christer Torsleff31 Mar 03This is my second Digital camera, I shot some 4000 withthe old ...
Bernhard Huber29 Mar 03I changed Canon G2 for S45. The reason why: The G2 was too big ...
dk62029 Mar 03Should you buy this camera?The answer is an emphatic yes.I am
Funkmasterta28 Mar 03Got some problems but great overall.
dpreviewbvw18 Mar 03For someone who's bewildered about the digital camera world, I ...
Flavio Marcio16 Mar 03I'm from Brazil. I live in Natal city. This is a my first ...
mark Bedwani11 Mar 03AWSOME.
Rochefort8 Mar 03it's a very good camera.
Pierre Canada8 Mar 03The S45 is my second Digicam and I come from a 35 MM full ...
Phil665 Mar 03My first digital camera and wow, what a camera to start with. ...
Bogie-Beppu5 Mar 03UPDATED! Still a good camera!My marks have shifted slightly. Now ...
kusuma1 Mar 03I'm satisfied
Kehui Wu28 Feb 03I had a sony F707. It produces nice photos, but I seldem use it ...
Yossi Atiya27 Feb 03The S45 is a well built camera: Good construction and confort to ...
SMT26 Feb 03After the success of the S40, the S45 takes the camera to a ...
Steve Richardson25 Feb 03I have had this camera since Christmas 2002 and i cant tell you ...
ANAYV24 Feb 03i believe the S30 is decent for shots,especially 5x6 or ...
HWLee18 Feb 03I've been through tree Canon S-Series models in the last two ...
Renato De Benedictis18 Feb 03Excellent in any aspect, eccept some little things listed below. ...
qtran18 Feb 03Hi everyone,I am new to the forum. I am very much indecisive ...
Susanj18 Feb 03I reseached alot before I made a Digital Camera purchase. What ...
Rainer Schmidt17 Feb 03I bought this camera as backup to my underwater video camera. I ...
Frank_l17 Feb 03Urgently!! who can give me any suggestion between Minolta F100 ...
Alexey17 Feb 03Very good camera and multi-controller is no problem at all. ...
Greg Gliffe16 Feb 03(No text)
Vincent Vega15 Feb 03No camera is perfect, any purchase will always be a compromise ...
Rich A15 Feb 03I have read all of the comments and reviews about the Canon S45. ...
koodies13 Feb 03After using a friend's s40 in Europe, I wanted a camera to take ...
Radu Galesanu5 Feb 03S45 Weaknesses - read before you buy!You can also find this ...
Richard Sjolund5 Feb 03I bought this camera for my wife to take 'snapshots' of her ...
Richard Sjolund4 Feb 03I bought this camera for my wife to take 'snapshots' of her ...
Ian2 Feb 03This is my first digital camera. Overall I have been totally ...
JetCtyGrl31 Jan 03Hey xenon101 :)Sorry, this is not a review as I have not yet ...
Wong CM31 Jan 03After detailed research and comparison, I bought my first ...
Rhandy30 Jan 03Well, I just bought this as my first digital camera, although I ...
terib29 Jan 03Xenon, may I ask a ?????
xenon10129 Jan 03Don't read this if you don't want the truth.Ignore the ignorant ...
NITRO26 Jan 03I purchased this camera a short time ago and I am very happy ...
Jimmy Dozer25 Jan 03I have used the Canon D60 DSLR, G3 and will be one of the first ...
Björn Solatie25 Jan 03(No text)
Rich Bauer24 Jan 03Beware of people (paid or with other vested interest) who sign ...
Blues Man22 Jan 03After countless hours of research and burning my pupils reading ...
Michael Handrich18 Jan 03I have this camera since 2 months. I am very satisfied. I made ...
dirk duetemeyer16 Jan 03solid metal body (I like the feeling of cold steel) and excelent ...
Luca Bravi14 Jan 03I had this camera for about 1 month. This, together with a ...
Marc Wilson14 Jan 03After finally ditching my AWFUL Minolta Dimage 2330 Zoom, I was ...
linuxfan13 Jan 03wonderful
Hans von der Crone12 Jan 03Been using a IxusV for about 2 years, I decided I wanted to go ...
ripclaw12 Jan 03alvintanYou're not comparing apples to apples. If you want ...
verti11 Jan 03(No text)
verti11 Jan 03(No text)
revelation070310 Jan 03VERY DISAPPOINTING CAMERA !Has lousy macro of max 10cm, even ...
Jeremy Aston8 Jan 03I went for this camera in preference to the Konica KD500Z and ...
TJK7 Jan 03My birthday present from my wife. My views are:Construction :
Sami Saarnio6 Jan 03A few serious problems in this pretty good camera.Updated this ...
GaryK5 Jan 03What an upgrade from my Pentax Optio 430; I was disgusted with ...
alvintanhk4 Jan 03Do not have the camera yet. Was comptemplating on which camera ...
david chey3 Jan 03Did lots of research before I settled for this baby. I need ...
Anthony Melendez2 Jan 03I just recived the camera today. I'm really impressed with the ...
Street Wing1 Jan 03I bought it with HK$4150 last month(~US$530) in Hong Kong. The ...
Edward Leiken1 Jan 03I LOVE this camera!!! Awesome clarity and color reproduction. ...
Steven_Teo31 Dec 02Bought this cool DC a few days ago for SD$945. Very satisfy ...
Chad Drain31 Dec 02(No text)
PATRICK WONG30 Dec 02Nice in all aspects!Sharpness, noise control, features, tonal ...
sarah042629 Dec 02This is my first digital camera and again i will say it is a ...
rootc27 Dec 02Great camera with a few minor problems/glitches. Construction - ...
Kelly27 Dec 02My husband bought me this camera for Christmas after I'd read ...
Jan Willem Mars27 Dec 02The verdict: a very good camera, but not for photographic ...
Rajan sachdeva26 Dec 02A great point and shoot camera for day light
Wladek Skorko26 Dec 02Great little camera; solid build, solid picture quality ...
tonychy25 Dec 02This is a follow up of my last comment on 25/12/2002. I have ...
ken87523 Dec 02zjunx, can you advise where you bought it, pls email me at ...
zjunx22 Dec 02I bought the Canon S45 for SGD$1050 with a soft case and 128mb ...
gudels121 Dec 02Buy it!! Great camera. Loads of features, taking photos are a ...
Sidney Spence21 Dec 02YOU CAN'T DO THIS WITH THIS CAMERA.Upload altered previously ...
George Lewis18 Dec 02Third S45 camera. Previous two returned with focussing problems ...
Gavin Jackson18 Dec 02I have had my S45 for a few days now and I'm very happy with it. ...
GerryPro18 Dec 02Internal software improvedImproved speed in every shot ...
Aljosa Lorencon18 Dec 02I bought this camera yesterday and I'm verysatisfied with it. I ...
bernd stoeckl18 Dec 02Outstanding picture quality. Used the Optio330 and 430RS before. ...
ahbird18 Dec 02The Canon S45 was the second DC I have used, the first one being ...
AdamZ16 Dec 02The Canon S45 was the second DC I have used, the first being an ...
Don Brown16 Dec 02It's a great camera. Picture quality is outstanding, and once ...
Aaron Jacks14 Dec 02This is an excellent little camera! It has more features than ...
Cynthia Florizoone12 Dec 02I'm only just a beginner but i'm very happy with the camera i ...
mauro paillex11 Dec 02mr.bauer, you must learn to use the best compact dg your money ...
Kiwi Scooter11 Dec 02As at Dec-02 this has to be the best compact 4mp cam on the ...
William Nunez10 Dec 02Fantastic! Exceeded all expectations! I have always used canon ...
HappySnapper9 Dec 02S45 vs S40I remember a comment that the newly released Canon S45 ...
kuiran dong8 Dec 02i use it about 5 days, the image quality is excellent, function ...
cameraguy9116 Dec 02s-45 very easy to use great pictures got beautiful caleneder ...
Mark LV5 Dec 02An excellent camera from Canon. Image quality is very sharp and ...
yvesL3 Dec 02I just upgraded from a S40 to an S45.I am very happy to have ...
Breez2 Dec 02Well, i'm very happy with this little camera, it has provided me ...
DP Wong30 Nov 02S45 is my 3rd 4.0 mega pixel camera. The other 2 are Sony S85 ...
Derek Lee27 Nov 02A very good point and shoot DC with many exposure controls e.g. ...
Jan Jirous26 Nov 02using for 2 weaks, I'm really suprised with this camera!!picture ...
Bjorn H.26 Nov 02Fantastic camera, that gives you fantastic pictures you will ...
anak25 Nov 02A much better and more user friendly camera than I expected. ...
Jay Rinn20 Nov 02Really Excellent camera.The image quality is very very good.And ...
Carleen M19 Nov 02Great camera - horrible red-eye problem. WE bought this camera ...
Carleen M19 Nov 02(No text)
johngt16 Nov 02Although I have used a few different models, this is my first ...
R. A. LOON16 Nov 02My first Digital Camera. This camera shoots excellent images, ...
Martin Swinkels12 Nov 02Works fine. I also used a Kodax DX4900. But the Canon is far ...
temes11 Nov 02excellent compact
Tony To10 Nov 02(No text)
Juergen landenberg9 Nov 02Execlent Camera for the price, except white balance in the ...
zjavor9 Nov 02(No text)
andy putt8 Nov 02wide angle lens ? After researching what to buy and opting for ...
jppmendes6 Nov 02I love it :)
Tachyon4 Nov 02Basically the same review as Grizzly Adams below. I bought the ...
Grizzly Adams4 Nov 02I got an excellent deal on my S45 here in Japan paying about ...
Jan Nymark4 Nov 02Prior to choosing the S45 I read review after review and decided ...
Sam X4 Nov 02Just received my S45 this morning.The camera feels sold & ...
Garfield So1 Nov 02Its photo quality is excellent, sharp to all photo corners and ...
Peter T.1 Nov 02All I have to say is I have had several DC, and this one is the ...
Larissa1 Nov 02(No text)
Henning Kullak-Ublick31 Oct 02Being a beginner, I had to get into digital photography in the ...
szriver30 Oct 02(No text)
T I29 Oct 02I've bought this camera a couple of weeks ago and am very ...
Anthony So29 Oct 02I just switched from my old Casio 2900 to my new S45 for about ...
Anthony So29 Oct 02I have received several e-mails from different S45 pontential ...
Barbara Thalmann28 Oct 02Now, that I have the S45 I’m more then happy that I switched ...
Ivan Asturien27 Oct 02I have used my Canon PShot s45 for 10 days now and have about ...

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