A look back at the significance the S90

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The Canon Digicam That Changed Everything

The old Canon S90 is a camera that changed everything whether or not you realize it. It's a camera many people admired, and you should too.
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I owned one of these; replaced it with an S95.

I 'shot' some great concerts with the (still functioning) S95.

I would pay a premium for a 2024 version of the S95; tiny, light, responsive and well-specced always works for me.

I imagine some others reading this would as well.
 
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I never used the S90, but I had the S95 and replaced it with the S100. The latter had some significant improvements.

PowerShot S100 reviewed and compared to the S95

My goal is to make this a quick, readable review that hits the highlights. I’ll leave a lot of the technical details to the big review sites, although I will include some IQ comparisons. First impression is that the S100 is a great little camera. It combines a rich feature set, including...
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Like you, I’d be interested in a new version of such a camera – 24-xxx range, shoots RAW. The M6II is great, but sometimes I want something truly pocketable, but with a bigger sensor than my iPhone. Having said that, the recent iPhone Pro models do a really good job, so it’s getting tougher for a P&S to compete even for me, and obviously a lot more so for the general market.
 
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When my S95 died, I replaced it with an S110 as my pocket camera. Still works fine, but I don't remember when I last used it.

Wonder how it compares to my iPhone 15 Pro Max (3 lenses with 13, 48, and 120mm equivalents) which is much larger but similar weight. One benefit of a camera is that I can do RAW processing and Prime Noise Reduction in DxO PhotoLab. I'm not sure about the new iPhone DNG format. The iPhone likely wins for video recording. I might have to do some tests one day.

For convenience I might still opt for the phone so I can carry one less thing.
 
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dcm said:
When my S95 died, I replaced it with an S110 as my pocket camera. Still works fine, but I don't remember when I last used it.

Wonder how it compares to my iPhone 15 Pro Max (3 lenses with 13, 48, and 120mm equivalents) which is much larger but similar weight. One benefit of a camera is that I can do RAW processing and Prime Noise Reduction in DxO PhotoLab. I'm not sure about the new iPhone DNG format. The iPhone likely wins for video recording. I might have to do some tests one day.

For convenience I might still opt for the phone so I can carry one less thing.
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DxO doesn’t support anything the iPhone produces :(
 
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