Canon PowerShot S2 IS Reviews

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• moeski 17th May 2009

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  Good Points: I'm goint to replace it with something that works.

  
  

  Bad Points: Canon just didn't get it right, this time.

  
  

  General comments: The Canon PowerShot S2 IS is too complicated, accessories are expensive, PC interface software never worked (even after following Canon's VERY specific, and once again, complicated instructions). Finally ended up having to use a card reader to recover images. It finally quit working (won't aquire images) altogether after being stored for 6 months. I had only put a total of about 30 hours on the beast, taking less than 500 images, over the 3 years I have owned it. The reason I chose this product was because I have 2 Canon printers and an old A20 Powershot that still work well.
  

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• Guest 21st Nov 2008

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  Would not recommend it. Dont buy it after reading rave reviews of those who have used it for only a few weeks. I used it extensively for more than 2 years and it let me down. I'd never buy a Canon digital camera again.

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• herbiemay 29th Aug 2007

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  I've used my Canon Powershot S2 IS on holiday in Malaysia for the last month after swapping it for my newly bought Fuji s9500. It does almost all of what the Fuji does without the bulk, hence you can take it with you without feeling you're on a photo shoot. Best feature has to be the superb zoom ,fitted into a tiny space with a maximum aperture as wide as the Fuji's. Image stabilisation is a blessing and it works (within limits). The Fuji was really hard work at long focal lengths in anything bu ...

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• pixiedot 8th Mar 2006

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  I own a Sony DSC-H1 and won some money (not much so don`t spam me - lol), so I decided to buy a Canon PowerShot S2 IS digital camera as I wanted a camera with a swivel screen. I was most disappointed it did not have a live histogram, which is very important now I come to not have it. The screen is terrible to see in bright light, and I have no problems at all with the Sony. I also had both cameras out one day and took some pictures of a huge overhead crane. All the glass surround had chromatic a ...

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• SHARPSHOT 14th Aug 2005

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  I have been taking photographs for 50 years and have owned dozens of small and large format cameras. When I think of all the extra gear that I used to carry around to achieve the type of results that the Canon PowerShot produces; one cannot ask for much more. I take a lot of pictures of animals and birds and find that the 2.4fps mode to be very useful. I have a 2gb card so the 776 shots at SL quality is a decent quantity.
  
  If I am taking night shots at full zoom, I usually set the self timer ...

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• cmerriman 28th Jul 2005

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  This is my first digital camera. I bought it because I needed a camera that powered off AA batteries and had a big zoom. With it I bought a 1Gb Sandisk Ultra II SD and 8 (2 sets) 2500mAH rechargeables. It is very satisfying to use and easy once you know your way round the standard digital camera controls.
  Its rich feature set does mean that there are lots of options but for everyday operation the controls are readily at hand. I am very impressed with being able to use an equivalent 400mm+ zoom ...

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• theromanis 30th Jun 2005

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  Canon PowerShot S2 IS - Great camera with too many features to list. Takes great photos in auto mode and can be used manually with fantastic results. High quality video and audio capture.
  For a person like myself who has never owned a digital camera, this takes quite a bit of learning to use it proficiently. The lens is fantastic and zoom is great. I bought this camera to take shots of my kids playing sport and dancing performances. The healthy 12 times zoom performed magnificently and the opti ...

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