Epinions Recent Reviews for Canon PowerShot S2 IS Digital Camera

Canon PowerShot S2 IS Digital Camera: Buyer Beware This is a great 'disposable' camera if you want to spend $350.

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:21:52 GMT

rating: 0/5 by: Epinions Author tkaloha - I purchased my Canon Powershot S2 IS about mid 2005 and really loved it. I have owed a Canon Ftb 35mm since 1971 and it still works. I wish I could say the same for my last Canon purchase. If you buy one, get a refurbished one...

Canon PowerShot S2 IS Digital Camera: black view screen

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:22:00 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author turnipseed - This has been an excellent issue until recently. Many of these camera are experiencing a failure of the shutter to open resulting in a black view screen. Even though it appears to be wide spread Canon does not recognize this as a significant...

Canon PowerShot S2 IS Digital Camera: DISSAPOINTED

Sun, 7 Dec 2008 00:46:22 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author skydancrr - Purchased this camera October 4, 2005 after searching for the "perfect" camera. I read up on it and while many complained about the lense cap, I thought it was minor. I wanted to get those far away shots. While it does that, I am...

Canon PowerShot S2 IS Digital Camera: Canon Reliability Sucks

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:02:56 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author explorer56 - LCD and viewfinder stopped working after 2 years of very light use. I had a similar problem with another model from Canon before I bought this camera. They admitted there was a problem with this previous model and fixed it at no charge. When asked about...

Canon PowerShot S2 IS Digital Camera: BEWARE OF E18 BLACK SCREEN

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:44:14 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author taxihail - Great for a year then screen goes black! Mine went black at a press conference with the Mayor. Never buy this...

Canon PowerShot S2 IS Digital Camera: Awesome camera

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:28:05 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author sriram_vr - I had been using this camera for more than year now, this is a great camera i have ever had. i am a beginner in digital photography, and with the features and ease of use its really worth buying and i would surely recommend anyone to buy this. Except for...

Canon PowerShot S2 IS Digital Camera: Black screen of death camera.....

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:08:26 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author lucychaz - Camera had a great zoom. Most pictures were great.. The only thing now is there is no pictures at all. I searched around and found like the S1IS-this has what some call a sticky shutter. Canon won't recall these camera either after so many people...

Canon PowerShot S2 IS Digital Camera: Affordable camera with extensive options and features

Mon, 7 Jan 2008 12:58:36 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author kivafriends - After days of tiresome research into which camera would best correlate to my needs I decided upon the Canon S2. Ive owned this camera for a year now and I remain thoroughly pleased with the cameras performance. By far the best feature is the extensive...

Canon PowerShot S2 IS Digital Camera: I Love This Camera

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:19:59 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mobilebuzz - This has been a very easy to use digital camera. I purchased it based on positive feedback posted by others that have purchased it and because I was looking for a good middle of the road camera feature-wise. I'm not a professional photographer...

Canon PowerShot S2 IS Digital Camera: Canon Powershot S2 is the camera to have

Wed, 13 Jun 2007 15:09:42 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author craftgun40 - Last winter I decided to invest in a new camera and after doing a lot of reading reviews and specs on cameras, I was about to settle for a Canon Powershot S3 but was balking at the price, then I lucked onto a review that compared the S3 to the S2 and I...

Canon PowerShot S2 IS Digital Camera: Canon Powershot S2 IS: Everything (& more) the Average Person Could Hope For

Mon, 9 Apr 2007 19:35:49 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cmaw63 - When I needed more out of my digital camera than what my C
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A520 could give me, I fell into the unfamiliar jungle of the digital camera world. Megapixels, digital zoom, optical zoom, f-stop, aperture...where...

Canon PowerShot S2 IS Digital Camera: Canon powershot S@ IS Digital Camera

Tue, 3 Apr 2007 09:23:22 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author de070 - This is an excellent camera has a nice 12X zoom that lets you get up close pictures. The image stabilization is great and focuses in nicely. one of the best cameras i found and would recommend to anyone. With their patented sophisticated imaging their...

Canon PowerShot S2 IS Digital Camera: Excellent camera

Sun, 28 Jan 2007 19:12:29 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author reidfamily - This camera remains very easy to use and takes excellent pictures, thanks to the image-stabilizing feature. We were amazed at how much clearer it was than our previous Fuji Finepix. One con is that you have to remember to raise the flash, rather than...

Canon PowerShot S2 IS Digital Camera: A Great Surprise!

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 13:56:52 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author wolfwxnerd - As a storm chaser, a digital camera is a major part of my adventures. In May of 2006, my original digital camera bit it and I needed a quick replacement. Off to a local, small town Wal-Mart I went and picked up this camera based on its brand. For the...

Canon PowerShot S2 IS Digital Camera: Great Camera, Great Price!

Tue, 16 Jan 2007 18:55:24 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author pondhopper_k - I bought this camera in Dec'06 instead of the S3 IS and save $100. It had everything I needed... the S3 IS wasn't much of a upgrade. I paid $280. My sister and brother in-law couldn't believe the price and quality. It's the next best thing to a SLR,...

Canon PowerShot S2 IS Digital Camera: Love it!

Wed, 3 Jan 2007 00:11:55 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bentile1 - I bought this camera knowing that none other would do! I was attracted to its video capability, its zoom, its ability to take full resolution while taking video. It takes great clear pictures, though I suggest having the flash up because the pictures...

Canon PowerShot S2 IS Digital Camera: Not happy, overall

Fri, 29 Dec 2006 19:50:45 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author aardvarkpest - We purchased our power shot October 2005 We had trouble from the get go. First, returned it for a replacement. The replacement had some of the same issues. Focus and picture quality issues are the main ones. Now the lens is stuck in the out...

Canon PowerShot S2 IS Digital Camera: Awesome Camera

Sun, 3 Dec 2006 15:54:19 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author balkie12 - This camera was initially bought because of the optical zoom, however after acquiring it I realised that it was just short of having a SLR camera. It definitely is a great upgrade from the...

Canon PowerShot S2 IS Digital Camera: Perfect Camera

Tue, 14 Nov 2006 16:37:54 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dmsangel - I bought this in July of 2005 because I needed a digital camera. I wanted one with a large zoom capability since I go to a lot of concerts. Also because of that, I didn't want a very large camera that I couldn't handle during a concert, or hide if...

Canon PowerShot S2 IS Digital Camera: The Canon PowerShot S2 IS Digital Camera is an amazing, affordable camera.

Tue, 24 Oct 2006 20:46:01 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author zpws1 - The Canon PowerShot S2 IS Digital Camera is an amazing camera. It has a high 5 Mega Pixels. However, it beats out other five Mega pixel and greater cameras with its intense 12X optical zoom. Its easy-to-use camera top options knobs and moving-image...

Canon PowerShot S2 IS Digital Camera: Great Mid Range Digicam

Fri, 4 Aug 2006 22:19:07 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author rambo77 - This is my third digicam. I started out with with the HP Photsmart 215, and thought I was onto something special. I followed this up a couple of years later with a Fuji Finepix 2650. I found that I wanted two things-optical zoom and more resolution, and...

Canon PowerShot S2 IS Digital Camera: Canon PowerShot S2 IS: Really nice hybrid camera

Fri, 16 Jun 2006 14:50:59 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author ajrs - The Canon S2 IS is a 12x zoom camera with 5 Mp, silver color. There are other very similar cameras in the market, I will talk about the S2 IS comparing with what were for me the other 12x zoom candidates (Panasonic DMC-FZ7: 6Mp and Sony DSC-H1: 5Mp and...

Canon PowerShot S2 IS Digital Camera: LOVE THIS CAMERA!

Fri, 9 Jun 2006 14:39:15 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mandksmom - I absolutely love this camera. I have been doing research on digital cameras for 9 months and this is the only one that had everything I was looking for...only 2 seconds betw/ shots, 12x zoom with image stabilization, feels comfortable in hand. The...

Canon PowerShot S2 IS Digital Camera: Difficult to obtain consistent good photos

Wed, 7 Jun 2006 22:05:04 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author rjodra - I bought this camera for the large zoom, and it has not disappointed in that aspect. The image stabilization really works and you can obtain crisp pictures from a long distance. But very often the images come washed out, dull and overexposed...

Canon PowerShot S2 IS Digital Camera: Love it !

Mon, 1 May 2006 12:41:29 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author scarlettrn - Love my camera other than I needed service only after 2 weeks use and Canon would not replace it with a new camera. No sports mode I thought would not be a problem with the extra settings and being able to manually set shutter speed as needed but I was...