Canon Powershot S95 Digital Camera Review

The Canon PowerShot S95 digital camera is a compact point and shoot camera that provides a great deal of professional features.

Geared towards the professional photographer wanting a competent point and shoot, the Canon S95 digital camera features have improved handling and greater levels of manual control as compared to the older s90. The state-of-the-art lens Control Ring, which allows users to modify the configurations of numerous functions by rotating the selector at the base of the lens to the left or right, currently delivers more flexibility, and also the image stablizing system utilizes Hybrid IS technology for sharper macro-mode photos.

An in-camera High Dynamic Range mode serves to photograph high-contrast scenes and Multi-Aspect photographing with 3:2, 4:3, 1:1, 16:9 and 4:5 formats enables you to become more creative. There’s also 720p Hi-def 24fps video recording along with stereo sound. Features kept from the prior S90 incorporate the same 10MP CMOS sensor, a 3" LCD viewing screen using a resolution of 461K dots, 3.8x optical zoom lens with very fast optimum aperture of f/2.0, extensive array of manual shooting modes and RAW format support. The Powershot S95 is available in black.

The Powershot S95 digital camera requires around 2-3 seconds to turn on and take photos, you can expect to wait around 2-3 seconds between taking photos and shutter lag averages just over a 1/2 second, therefore the S95 feels extremely quick.

Imatest was used to gather object details with regards to image quality. With regards to sharpness, the Canon S95 digital camera provided an average of 1,858 lines per photo height, which is great for a point and shoot. Photos captured at ISO 3200 were also good along with the S95 being a superb low-light shooter, and can operate in almost all conditions without using flash.

Video files shot in 720p30 Hi-def come out equally as wonderful. The great part is that the video files are composed as .MOV, which lets you upload them directly onto YouTube and other similar sites.

Connection possibilities on the S95 digital camera are stellar.

You'll find a universal mini-USB port allowing you to connect to your laptop or computer and a standard mini-HDMI port for direct-connect to an HDTV for Hi-def photo and video clip playback. The S95 digital camera writes photos and videos to SDXC as well as SDHC cards, which gives you a few more options.