Canon PowerShot Pro Series S5 IS 8.0MP Digital Camera with 12x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom

I have a Powershot S2IS and it is now pretty much useless and I'm not the only one with the problem.
Evidently there was problem in the S1 model which Canon issued a recall on. But not the S2 though it is the same problem. I have to slap my battery case flap shut to just take ONE pic. Canon refuses to address the issue. It is a recurring one in multiple models I believe. They keep coming out with new versions of the same problem. I have totally sworn off Canon.

The camera was great until the "Lens Error, Restart Camera" aka "e18 Error" killed the camera five months in. Canon will not fix the camera. Canon has a reliability and customer support issue, it seems. I would not recommend any Canon at this time.

If you doubt that this is an issue (and obviously a couple of you do), Google "e18 error" for yourself. I'm not the only one.

Great little camera that does so much. Like all the features with the exception of the fact that the lens cap doesn't stay on like I would like it to. Maybe it's just me. Movies are excellent and the eight megapixel pictures are easy to work with. With the four gig card I put in, I can shoot a thousand pictures and over an hour of movies.

Worth the money I paid.

Mike

The camera had many features I wanted in a digital such as fast shooting and adjustable focus while shooting videos. But there were too many things about it that I did not like. Some of there are it was very bulky, the buttons were awkard to use and worst of all, it took too many blurry pictures. It was not packaged very well and was sliding around in the box that it was shipped in from Amazon. The $20.00 book and memory card were packaged better. That was disappointing, I would have expected Amazon to take more precautions with expensive electronics. The low review cannot be completely attributed to the camera at this time because of the poor packaging and potential damage it received while in transit.

I really enjoy this camera, even though I purchased it for my wife. The intent was to take macro photos of her soaps that she has for sale, and for that purpose, the camera works great. Really needs a light-box though, and luckily I was able to snap one together real quick. For other photos, really this camera is a blast too. It's quick, on both bootup and saving pictures. Wish I could figure out how to turn the flash off, though - and not get the message "raise flash".

That said, the only "negative" thing I would have to say about it is that the lens cap comes off far too easily.