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Canon PowerShot S100 compact camera

Aperture priority f2
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Canon PowerShot S100 compact camera

Aperture priority f5
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Canon PowerShot S100 compact camera

Auto mode
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Canon PowerShot S100 compact camera

Auto mode
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Canon PowerShot S100 compact camera

Handheld
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Canon PowerShot S100 compact camera

Long exposure - Night
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Canon PowerShot S100 compact camera

Long exposure - Day
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Canon PowerShot S100 compact camera

Program mode
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Canon PowerShot S100 compact camera

Program mode
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Canon PowerShot S100 compact camera

Shutter priority
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Canon PowerShot S100 compact camera

Shutter priority - ISO 640
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Canon PowerShot S100 compact camera

Shutter priority - ISO 80
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Canon PowerShot S100 compact camera

Shutter priority - ISO 800
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Canon PowerShot S100 compact camera

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I disagree that the GPS is a gimmick

Especially after a trip, I find that being able to tie down where a shot was taken really makes reviewing them more pleasurable.

Especially when visiting destinations that change substantially with the seasons, being able to locate and view other people's photos taken at the same place and a different time of year adds an interesting extra dimension to the place you've visited.

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90%

Sounds such a good review that it should be rated at 90% which bring it down from 100% with some minor issues like the min aperature and speed in raw mode.

How often does a RegHard review go below 60% and above 90%. The scores on the doors are not good enough to give a realistic view of the review. At the moment you have to take 60% as crap and 90% as effing brilliant. It should be more like 10% for crap and 100% as effing brilliant.

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Re: I disagree that the GPS is a gimmick

Agreed!

If you're serious about photography you often go out on a walkabout and shoot a series of recce shots to scout a location, you'll often do this without your full bag of kit. Having a camera with GPS means you know to within a few feet exactly where you took the viewpoint you really favoured. Nothing worse than scouting a location then coming back a week or two later and wandering about in the dark trying to find the exact spot you wanted to shoot from again.

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Great review for a great camera, corroborates with other views, discussion on DSLR vs Compact

e.g. at kenrockwell.com and on amazon.co.uk

Also, for an informative discussion on DSLR vs Compact look at:

http://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/14510/is-there-at-least-one-reason-why-i-should-buy-an-entry-level-prosumer-aps-c-dslr

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Failures

A friend has had really bad experience with one of these, having to keep send it back for repairs.

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