Why I buy this one ?
- 8.0-megapixel CCD captures enough detail for photo-quality 16 x 22-inch prints
- Ultra-powerful 12x optical zoom; up to ISO 1600 for steady shooting in any lighting conditions
- High-resolution 2.5-inch vari-angle LCD for easy shooting at any angle
- DIGIC III Image Processor with improved Face Detection Technology and red-eye correction for sharper images
- Print/Share Button for easy direct printing and downloading

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"Canon S5 IS - good but not a point and shoot", Canon PowerShot Pro Series S5 IS 8.0MP Digital Camera with 12x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom
I bought a refurbished Canon Powershot S5 IS to save some $'s. I replaced a 3 yr old S2 IS. It developed some blurring on the left of the image in the last few months (other than that reliable as heck) and at over $150 for Canon to repair, it was time to upgrade. The S5 is basically just an upgrade from the earlier Powershot S2 and S3. Same lens, just more pixels and some additional features and functionality.
I understand the problems with the camera series; low light focussing is difficult; chromatic abberations to the extremes of the image with high contrast edges; grainy shots above ISO 200, appalling lens cap concept. However, I fixed the lens cap issue by buying a lens adaptor and fitting a standard 52mm UV filter. I can use the usual snap on lens cap with no problem. I also have protected the lens surface this way. It makes for a bulkier camera, (2" added to lens length) but I'd rather protect it than worry about carrying it. Having the same lens, I have been able to fit my adaptor to the S5. The movie function is invaluable. With this camera, I can take high quality photos and movies - very versatile! The Image Stabilization is great and works even in movie mode, eliminating the dreaded shaking at high zoom significantly. The flip-out and rotate LCD screen is good for those over-the-head shots in crowds. The traditional viewfinder, which I use most of the time, is also useful to stabilize the camera against your face and compose the shot in more detail, especially in bright sunshine. If you're an "older" photographer, you can understand the usefulness of the viewfinder.
This camera is not a pocket camera and neither is it a point and shoot. The functionality of this camera is amazing (the operations manual is 200 pages long!) and the image quality is very good. It also uses 4 AA batteries; very useful if you need more power from the local store!
If you know alot about photography, aperture settings, shutter settings, focussing fields, etc, but you don't want to carry a bulky digital SLR around, [I have a bag for the S5 that hangs around my belt with a velcro loop] and you want movie capability, then this is the camera for you. It really is a compact version of an SLR, but with movie capability.
If you know little about photography, and don't want to learn, then maybe you need a simpler camera.
Yes, the S5 IS has some image quality issues, but you won't notice in 95% of your photos. The other 5% can be dealt with with software most of the time!

"Awesome Camera ", I researched Many digital cameras before deciding on the canon Power Shot S5 IS, I asked around to a lot of Hobby and professional photographers

and finally went and bought it, Loved it from day one, I stood on my porch zoomed in on a stop sign that was almost 2 blocks away, and took a picture, Was able to see the stop sign like I was standing right in front of it!, Did the same thing with my [...] Vivitar Vivicam couldn't even see what I took a picture of it was a big blur.

Then I went and started taking pictures of the things that was my whole point in buying a new camera - MY birds, I was so tired of my violet parakeets coming out in different shades of blue with my other camera and explaining to people until i was blue in the face "no those birds are really violet not blue"

well those couple hundred shots, Blew my mind and I was hooked Even my blue birds were coming out more true to color

I love the fact you can zoom in while recording video (not a option on my old camera) and I just wish I would of picked this camera up soon I would of had a much better video to send to my parents of my daughters 6th Grade graduation and Talent show she was in. instead of one that you could barely see my daughter in.

The zoom button is in a excellent position

I have not had a single issue with the battery door , when its closed it is closed.

My only complaints and its 2 small ones is well one seems to be the same with every one, The lens cap the slightest touch and it falls off -Granted I enjoy the fact it comes off when turned on (never forget to take the lens cap off LOL)

and it goes drains batteries quick but only seemed to drain my rechargeable ones quickly, I can have non rechargeable ones in it for a few weeks

But I did just buy a new set of rechargeable batteries just haven't used them yet, Hopefully that will take care of the quick drain

Because charging them all night, then taking at the most 4 pictures and the batteries Die is very frustrating

I've owned this camera for over 5 months and I recommend it to any one who asks about cameras

"great", This camera rocks. I bought it to take to Disney World and the pictures i took looked every bit as good as my old Canon AE1SLR. It is bigger than most point and shoots but it has all the features you might ever want to use, In fact is has more features that i will probably ever use. It is somewhere between a point and shoot and a SLR. The price cant be beat.

"AMAZING CAMERA", This camera takes amazingly clear pictures and fits your hand like a glove. The movable screen is very nice for when you need shots lower or higher since you don't have to bend down or find a stool to stand on. I could go on for a while explaining all the details, but all you need to know is that this is an amazing camera at an amazing price, and you will not be disappointed if you buy it.

"upgrading (?) from and AE 1", I own and love a Canon AE 1 but have been looking at the digital camers if only to be shed of the negatives, developing, and all the rest that comes with a film camera. I would love to have been able to go to a digital SLR but that wasn't in the books this year so I started looking down the scale a bit.

Is the S3 IS an upgrade from a film 35mm AE 1 with a good assortment of lenses? After owning the S3 for six or seven months now and taken somewhere around a thousand pictures with it and, with the exception of extreme zoom range pictures, I'll be damn if I can tell the difference. One thing I do notice is the money not spent having to pay to develop all those bracketing/varied angle/change of lighting/etc shots that go in the trash can after the best of the sequence is picked. Then of course there is the two or three thousand photos I can shoot without having to change film.

The decision made to do the change I read numerous reviews on every major brand digital camera maker's offerings, examined every options those cameras offered, compared those options to my AE 1, and somewhat considered price (most were so closely priced the issue was almost moot). My conclusion was, obviously, that the S3 gave the best bang for the buck and was superior to the newer S5. I have not been disappointed. Well, there is that lens cover thing, it isn't automatic, you have to put it on and take it off yourself. However that's so minor it borders on compulsive obsessive.

NOTE somewhere in the user pictures section of the S3 I have posted a macro called flower. Just as an example of what the camera can do.
MikeG

Read this reviews before You buy...

"It's The Best Bang For Your Buck", Before I used the S5, I used the Canon S1 IS. Let me tell you what a jump that was. From the expanded LCD screen to an even better zoom (though the S1 has 10x optical & the S5 has 12x optical), I thought it was a pretty good investment. I think it's a much more sturdier hold, that when you hold the S5 and any other camera, you can notice the difference in feel, it feels more like a real camera. Asides from the outside aesthetics, the features aren't anything that's really different from the old version of the camera. The continuous mode of the S5 is nice, it takes more pictures in a second, however if your subject is constantly on the move it works well only in the daylight or somewhere that has a good light source. Otherwise it turns out blurry and you'll have to use more exposure or put it on sports mode, which ends up giving you pictures with noise. The one thing that I still don't like about Canon cameras is that does not do very well in regards to low light. In addition to that, the camera lens cover does come off easily, let that be a warning to those who like their covers, however I've gotten used to it, and it makes things very easy when you're trying to take a picture on the fly and it pops right off. Overall it's the best bang for your buck, and it's as close to a DSLR you can get for a point & shoot. There's also the option to get a converter that you can put different lenses on it, but I haven't tried it yet, so I cannot say anything other than that it does offer that other feature.

"Deployed camera man", The camera seems good, I am currently deployed in Kosovo. I feel that the video imaging lacks some clarity. I can get blurred images unless I put it on the sport shots. The zoom is great on the standard zoom, once you get to the digital zoom it startd to pixelate. I can zoom quite well with the regular zoom to distances of a mile or more and use it for reports to higher ups.
I feel that the camera once the extras are purchased is well worth the price paid. I strongly recommend the larger SD card for the camera. Pay for the better card as the pictures that the camera is capable of will merit the larger images for future use.
For being a larger camera, it still does alot of stuff that you would expect in a much more expensive unit.
SSG Marc Johannes,
Kosovo 2008-2009


"Great easy to use point and shoot camera", This is great camera if you want a top of line point and shoot thing. It's not a professional SLR so don't expect that. I like it cause I can give to other family members and they can take good pictures. Flimsy lens cap that gets lost easy. Nice small size.

"A great choice for an upgrade", If you are like me, you have had a point and shoot digital, have become comfortable with how to download, store, back-up etc..., but still are not entirely satisfied with the picture quality. You want something that takes better photos, but don't want to go to an SLR because of the size and you might be a little intimidated by all of the manual settings. You are going to every website, trying to find out which camera is the best one to buy, and are now obsessed with trying to decide. If this is you, then you can't go wrong with this camera. I was there, and pulled the trigger on this one, and wouldn't go back. DO NOT BE SCARED BY THE PIXEL concerns that are on various websites...I can't see it on my pictures...you must need a magnifying glass to see it.

I've been using this camera for 4 months now. I use it mainly to take pictures of my kids...in sports, first day of school, birthday etc...this camera takes great pictures. If you are taking these types of shots, I would recommend investing in the external flash for indoor shots. this camera has an ok built in flash, the external flash attached to the hot-shoe takes the photos to the next level.

I manly view photos online, but have had a few hundred sent to Target to be developed. The quality is amazing. People that look at my shots are impressed with the quality. I'm not even using the best camera setting (I typically use the middle of the road setting M2 "fine" setting).

If you are going from a smaller P&S to this camera, I would recommend doing some basic research and learning about exposure, aperture, shutter speed, and so on. You'll get a lot more out of the camera, and improve the quality of your pictures. The manual tells you how to use the camera...but it doesn't tell you how to take a quality photo.

Is this SLR quality? No, because the sensor isn't the same as what you get on those cameras. You need a little more light to hit the sensor to take the same shot you could with the SLR, but in an outdoor situation, this camera holds it's own.

I love it and so will you.

"Great camera for the price", Before this camera I had a Powershot A620 that I dropped and screwed up the LCD screen. I didn't think I'd be able to tell much difference in the pictures since the S5 is only a few steps up, but the difference is huge! My pictures are so much clearer and the colors are so much more vivid. If you are considering a powershot, but not sure which one, I'd definitely recommend getting the S5 over any of the A series.

As a side story... something interesting that happened to me with this camera the first week I had it...
Well, I'm studying abroad in Japan. I got the camera like the day before I went on a 10 day Japan-wide vacation with my husband and in-laws. On the last day of my vacation, we were in Hiroshima and wanted to go to the Island of Miyajima to see the shrine lit up at night. Well, we took a taxi to the station, then took a tram but decided that was going to take too long, so we got off at a random station and took a taxi from there to the Ferry to go to Miyajima. While we were waiting for the ferry to Miyajima, I realized I didn't have my camera anymore. I started FREAKING out, not only because the camera, camera bag and memory cards totalled over $400 dollars, but also because all my pictures from my whole vacation were gone with it, all those memories... I cried and tried to use my Japanese at a police box to explain what happened. It was really difficult explaining that it could be in two taxis or on a tram. They filed a report, but I never thought I'd see it again. I told my Japanese friend what happened and asked if she could call some of the main taxi companies in Hiroshima, since there are thousands of them. She looked it up online and there is a website where most of the main companies are affiliated with and you can report lost items, so she sent a message about mine. The next day she got a phone call saying they found it and asking for an address. I gave them my address and received it in the mail the next day. Cost me 12 bucks for the COD. Japanese people are so honest!! In America, that would be the taxi driver's lucky day!

There is another funny part to this story as well. While I was at the police box making the report, I told my mother-in-law to go on to Miyajima so she could take pictures of it for me. I didn't want the expensive taxi ride to be for nothing! There were two ferries over, one at 10, and one at 10:24. She took the one at 10, and got off, ran to take pictures, and came back to the port in Miyajima. She assumed that since the ferry at 10pm went back to the main island, that the one at 10:24 would also go to Miyajima and then back. But it didn't, it just stayed in Miyajima. So, my mother-in-law would not leave the port and kept crying, saying her family was on the other side. Poor woman, doesn't know a lick of Japanese. Meanwhile, me, my husband and his dad are on the otherside waiting for her to come back. Suddenly the lights turn off at our port. What the heck? We go to look to see if the ferry is coming in, and we see nothing. Everything is dark. So, we forget about the camera and everyone starts freaking out. I start asking a taxi driver about how we can get over there, and he says there are no more ferries, but he might be able to get his friend to take us across for 20000 yen (200 bucks, 300 both ways). We have to do it, because we know she is freaking out and scared and alone and probably no one understands her. (Not as many people in Japan speak English as they lead you to believe.) But the taxi driver can't get ahold of the guy, he's sleeping. THEN the police from the police box come, saying that our mom is at a hotel and will take the first ferry back in the morning. Apparently, the police from there called the police on the main island. They took us back to the station to talk to her, and we saw her again at 7am the next morning. As soon as she got back, we headed straight for the airport, making our flight just in time. What a way to end a trip, right?

Everytime I look at my camera I think of this story!!!