Customer Rating: 
Summary: Great camera, but why get ripped off here???
Comment: The ridiculous prices here aren't even CLOSE! I just LOVE the clowns selling it over MSRP. What a joke. Please, don't waste your time with these fools. Buy it elsewhere. I've seen it for $299. The camera is great. I had the S3, and am about to buy this one. Takes wonderful pictures. I've taken great shots from the nosebleeds at a hockey game of the puck at faceoff. Unreal how well they came out. Canon makes great stuff. Nicely put together, easy to use. Awesome Zoom and good quality shots.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Canon S5 IS-Excellent Camera
Comment: I was debating between the Olympus SP570 UZ and the Canon but after comparing them I chose the Canon primarily because it was quicker focusing,less expensive, and the picture quality was as good or better. The extra zoom was enticing but did not make up for the slower response. Have had the camera for a month and extremely pleased.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Love It!
Comment: I love my camera. The pictures are sharp and vivid. There are a lot of features to use. I am still learning them of course, but I will have plenty of opportunities to utilize them. I can zoom in on an object and see it with such clarity. The only draw back is the lens cover. It continuously falls off , but compared to the picture quality and the relatively easiness of using this camera it's a minor issue.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Love it!
Comment: I bought this camera to replace my S3, which I gave to my daughter. I love it. Excellent zoom and image stabillization is a great feature. The only negative thing I can say about it is that it is large. It is difinitely not a pocket-sized camera. Overall another great camera from Canon.
KarenP
Customer Rating:
Summary: Has some great features
Comment: All cameras are loaded with compromises, however the S5's impressive features outshine the drawbacks.
The S5 picture quality is very impressive. Shots tend to be well exposed. Image stabilization keeps blurred images to a minimum. A complete novice could use this camera "out of the box" and product a high percentage of "keeper" photos.
Lens quality is impressive. The S5 has a looong zoom range from 36 to 422mm - which should suffice for most situations. Too bad the lens isn't 28mm at the most wide angle, and then it would be truly a versatile tool. Sometimes you will have to stand back a bit to get the whole scene in without the 28mm wide angle capability.
The long end of this lens is 432mm which is extreme telephoto. To be honest, the long end of this lens results in very dark photos - to the point it's of limited use. However it never hurts to have a long zoom so that you can grab some kind of shot of a long distance object, even though the photo quality won't be great.
The zoom is a little "touchy" however it can be gotten used to.
Another amazing feature of this camera is the movie mode. This camera can take better movies than most movie cameras below $1,000 US dollars. The camera could be justified in it's own right as an inexpensive but high quality movie camera.
The S5 is also quite small and light, so it won't be a problem around your neck during vacation.
All in all, this is a very impressive camera at a really nice price. The only reason I didn't give it five stars is the lack of 28mm at the wide angle, and the slightly touch zoom control.
All cameras are compromises, but the image quality, lens and superb video quality - and consider the low price - the S5 has to be highly recommended.
Summary: Great camera, but why get ripped off here???
Comment: The ridiculous prices here aren't even CLOSE! I just LOVE the clowns selling it over MSRP. What a joke. Please, don't waste your time with these fools. Buy it elsewhere. I've seen it for $299. The camera is great. I had the S3, and am about to buy this one. Takes wonderful pictures. I've taken great shots from the nosebleeds at a hockey game of the puck at faceoff. Unreal how well they came out. Canon makes great stuff. Nicely put together, easy to use. Awesome Zoom and good quality shots.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Canon S5 IS-Excellent Camera
Comment: I was debating between the Olympus SP570 UZ and the Canon but after comparing them I chose the Canon primarily because it was quicker focusing,less expensive, and the picture quality was as good or better. The extra zoom was enticing but did not make up for the slower response. Have had the camera for a month and extremely pleased.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Love It!
Comment: I love my camera. The pictures are sharp and vivid. There are a lot of features to use. I am still learning them of course, but I will have plenty of opportunities to utilize them. I can zoom in on an object and see it with such clarity. The only draw back is the lens cover. It continuously falls off , but compared to the picture quality and the relatively easiness of using this camera it's a minor issue.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Love it!
Comment: I bought this camera to replace my S3, which I gave to my daughter. I love it. Excellent zoom and image stabillization is a great feature. The only negative thing I can say about it is that it is large. It is difinitely not a pocket-sized camera. Overall another great camera from Canon.
KarenP
Customer Rating:
Summary: Has some great features
Comment: All cameras are loaded with compromises, however the S5's impressive features outshine the drawbacks.
The S5 picture quality is very impressive. Shots tend to be well exposed. Image stabilization keeps blurred images to a minimum. A complete novice could use this camera "out of the box" and product a high percentage of "keeper" photos.
Lens quality is impressive. The S5 has a looong zoom range from 36 to 422mm - which should suffice for most situations. Too bad the lens isn't 28mm at the most wide angle, and then it would be truly a versatile tool. Sometimes you will have to stand back a bit to get the whole scene in without the 28mm wide angle capability.
The long end of this lens is 432mm which is extreme telephoto. To be honest, the long end of this lens results in very dark photos - to the point it's of limited use. However it never hurts to have a long zoom so that you can grab some kind of shot of a long distance object, even though the photo quality won't be great.
The zoom is a little "touchy" however it can be gotten used to.
Another amazing feature of this camera is the movie mode. This camera can take better movies than most movie cameras below $1,000 US dollars. The camera could be justified in it's own right as an inexpensive but high quality movie camera.
The S5 is also quite small and light, so it won't be a problem around your neck during vacation.
All in all, this is a very impressive camera at a really nice price. The only reason I didn't give it five stars is the lack of 28mm at the wide angle, and the slightly touch zoom control.
All cameras are compromises, but the image quality, lens and superb video quality - and consider the low price - the S5 has to be highly recommended.
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