- New 10-megapixel High Sensitivity System; DIGIC 4 Image Processor
- Improved low-light image performance, plus a Low Light scene mode for ISO settings up to 12,800
- Customizable control ring for easy access and operation of manual or other creative shooting settings
- Wide-angle 3.8x optical zoom with Canon’s Optical Image Stabilizer; bright f/2.0 lens
- RAW + JPEG shooting and recording modes; capture images to SD/SDHC memory cards (not included)
Product Description
The pocketable PowerShot S90 gives powerful everyday shooting. Shoot quickly with a lens control ring and get superior low-light performance with a high-sensitivity 10.0 MP CCD and f/2.0 lens.A high-sensitivity CCD sensor gives outstanding image quality in a wide variety of lighting conditions. Even images taken at high ISOs show exceptionally low noise levels and a wide dynamic range.A bright f/2.0 aperture allows exceptional versatility, capturing low-light images… More >>
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Canon touts the new S90 as a camera for photographers, a camera I waited for all summer. I purchase one locally the day they became available, and after shooting several hundred images over a week, I took it back to the store. The S90 exhibited some of the worst barrel distortion I’ve seen from any camera, much worse than my SD780IS or my even older SD950IS. To me, the S90 is a camera that does most things pretty well but nothing exceptionally well. Endless Scene Modes and video are not things I find necessary, but virtually every camera in the upper-end point-and-shoot arena offer these “Features” which further serves to make the S90 nothing special. I’m now waiting for the Leica X1, it also is advertised as a camera for photographers..we’ll see.
Rating: 15 / 5
Received this camera yesterday.Great camera with sharp pictures in low light.
I’ve read through all the comments and and i have to say i personally think we’re all expecting an SLR in a small IXUS SIZED Camera and lets face it – JUST AINT GONNA HAPPEN !!!!
Not for a number of years anyhow – not until all the perfectly good (upto 5 year old) cameras that the makers have sold millions of, have given up the ghost.
HOWEVER, that said i personally like what i’ve seen in the sample photos for both the G11 and S90, GREAT COLOUR and DEPTH and soft enough to retain a lot of detail for POST PROCESSING which lets face it THIS IS WHAT A PRO WANTS for a walk about go anywhere pocket camera FOR PERSONAL USE.
Some photos taken with s90 at:
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Rating: 55 / 5
Was hoping for an upgrade from my Powershot SD870, and while I’m sure it is with regard to image quality and low light use, the camera feels cheap and plastic. Position of the shutter button seems too far forward and over to the left, the adjustment wheel moves way to easily and unexpectedly, and over all it’s just not a pleasant experience. Had Canon made the camera out of metal like an LX3 or Dlux-4, or even like their previous Powershots, they’d have something! As it is, I’m returning it.
Rating: 35 / 5
Yes. Its a keeper. Easy to use, portable, some nice features, low light performance is amazing (tested ISO 400 and 800 mostly). Zoom is abit on a short side, but thats understandable. Love the front and rear rings and custom button. Waited a few years for this to come out. LX3 is also a great camera but zoom range and size killed it for me.
Rating: 55 / 5
Before you read my review, please note that I have owned (and sold most) 27 digital cameras since 1992. All the way from the simplest Oregon Scientific and Logitech point and shooters to Canon DSLRs, Fujis, Panasonics, Samsungs, Casios, Nikons, Kodaks, etc. No camera in this very long list has disappointed me as much as this camera. It is WAY over-hyped and twice the price it should be. It is a good camera in low light, but no better than my Fuji EX200 which, overall, takes the next best pictures to a low end DLSR. Pictures with full light or with contrast are better taken with the EX200 or one of the great Panasonic Lumix or Canon cameras. And I do know how to use this Canon camera. And I have owned nearly a dozen Canon digitals. Using all of the manual settings and the automatic setting for my tests, I took to Yosemite on a recent trip, this camera, my wonderful FUJI F200EXR, PANASONIC Lumix DMC-ZS3K, Canon A1100, and Panasonic LUMIX FZ28. All took better pictures than the S90. It is certainly not a bad camera; it is just very over-priced and over-hyped. Looking at the full size pictures on a monitor, even raw shots, cheaper Canon cameras are about equal in quality at the pixel level.
Rating: 35 / 5