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S95 review in 2022 - great low cost photographic tool

Started Feb 11, 2022 | User reviews thread
OP jonby Regular Member • Posts: 399
Re: I'm glad you like your S95
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toomanycanons wrote:

I bought into the hype and got a used S100 a few years ago...just to give it a test drive

And I have to say it was the worst camera purchase I've ever made and I've owned a ton of cameras in my time and still do

I don't like anything about it, really. It's a PITA to even use, the IQ isn't anything special, the lens is just OK then horrible at full tele

I kept giving it another chance. One time, instead of taking any one of my other cameras I took it on an extended hike around tree line and the shots were terrible

I'm an experienced photog. I used to have toomanycanons so I know how a compact is supposed to work. I still have two 330 HS and they are superior to my S100 (which has been sitting in a drawer for about a year). Just point...and shoot, and my 330 HS always gets the shot, with a superior lens to the S100 to boot

Maybe your S95 is a completely differently camera and Canon dropped the ball on the S100 but after owning a D550/D700/D850/D880 and others I was supremely disappointed

Not trying to hijack your thread with my sad story but I sure wish my S100 made me as happy as your S95 makes you

I would sell the S100 but I'd feel guilty trying to pawn off this disappointment onto someone else

Sorry to hear you had a bad experience with the S100. I haven't used that camera and so can't really comment, though I'd be surprised if it was much different from the S95. The samples I've seen look decent. I wonder if you got a bad lens copy? Have you compared what you get to online samples? The user reviews on DPR are pretty positive.

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