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S95 review in 2022 - great low cost photographic tool

Started Feb 11, 2022 | User reviews thread
toomanycanons Forum Pro • Posts: 14,167
Re: I'm glad you like your S95
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jonby wrote:

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.

For me it was the overall experience.  I thought the 1/1.7 sensor would add to the IQ but I never saw any.  Shooting with it, it being a point and shoot and all, was just a chore.  The ergonomics were just wonky (I know, pretty subjective).

When I received it, before shooting with it, it seemed like some classy upgrade to the usual Canon compact, I was keen to enjoy the upgrade.  But from the first set of pics all I could say was "Huh?"

If the IQ of the images were "better" than my 330 HS, that would have been a positive, but the 330 always looked better, was easier to shoot and had a superior 10x zoom, sharp at all focal lengths.

The zoom on the S100 was decently sharp till full tele then it was just plain bad, so yeah, the lens wasn't a good copy. I avoided anything past 3x zoom.

I gave up dialing in separate settings and shot on Auto for awhile but, compared to my 330 HS, that really wasn't a good comparison, it was the 330 HS for the win.

I kept shaking my head wondering out loud "what's the appeal of this camera?"  I was under the impression, ever since the S90 came out, that that particular Canon point and shoot line was a classy upgrade but I never once felt that when shooting with the S100.

I have to say that I occasionally take it out of the drawer, charge up the battery, and revisit it thinking maybe I was being too harsh in my judgment earlier but...nope

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