Canon Powershot S50

Well, after only a year of good use from my A40 (see my previous review), without warning, I walked into a shop off Oxford Street, and there it was at a bargain price. I did this just after Christmas, and my wife has not noticed yet. I did not mean to spend the money, but the price was so good, I could not walk away. By the time you read this, the Powershot S50 will probably be an obsolete model: it has been out since 2003, and things move quickly. But the thing that I was interested in - the 5 megapixel resolution has not overtaken me, and people are still happily snapping away with 2 and 3 megapixel jobs, and seem happy. So why did I do it? Well, ...  Read the complete review

In my own experience of using this camera, I find that it is fun to use, pleasing to the eye and very durable. I'm not too keen on the fact that it has a sliding front protecting the lens and feel that if the manufacturers had provided a camera case as standard the camera itself would have looked a lot nicer, but hey, they manufacturers seem to have got everything else right though. This is the second digital camera that we have bought and feel that it is the best one for the every day person to use; I'm not one of these people that regularly uses one but find that the features are easy to understand. This camera comes with a rechargeable ...  Read the complete review

I bought this camera 2 weeks ago from Amazon, it is absolutely amazing. Having previous owned a Kodak 2mega pixel digi camera I wanted a serious upgrade, I went for the best I could afford, namely the new S50. With over 5million pixels it is truely outstanding. The features, functions and photo options are out of this world, there isn't a photo it won't take. I've already taken quite a few shots and have them up at home, you can't tell the difference between the quality on this and a professionally taken image - apart from problems caused by my ham fisted photography style! This is the best camera available, read all the ...  Read the complete review

I bought this camera last year and have taken it on a number of holidays. The camera is easy carried (usually in my bum bag) and easily operated. Prior to buying this camera I had an SLR, but I now have similar wuality pictures and have less to carry. One thing I would recommend is that a case is bought for the camera as the LCD screen hag got scored in the bum bag. The picture quality from this camera is exceptional and I have printed FULL size on A3 paper which are on display in my office. The software which comes with the camera is easy to use and is quick to allow the pictures to be downloaded. The larger the picture size the slower it is ...  Read the complete review

My camera stopped working the first time I filled the flashcard. I was pleased with the quality of the pictures and ease of use of the camera but am very disappointed with the quality. Having filled a 250MB flashcard I then swapped in a new one but the camera would not power up again and has not worked since. To add insult to injury the retailer from whom I bought it (Pixmania.com) will not replace the camera. It is covered by Canon's warranty but a camera at this price should not malfunction so quickly. ...  Read the complete review