I am a fan of Canon - especially the S series - however, this newest incarnation is not at all what I expected after reading several reviews. I have an S95 which in my side by side comparison, beat the S120 in terms of color accuracy and sharpness.

Easy to Use; Fast Shutter Speed; Small / Compact

Poor Image Quality; Short Battery Life

This camera takes killer Video. Anti-shake device works as if you had this camera on Glide-Cam mount. Awesome. But photos Im not really impressed with. It takes very good pics in dark places where you dont need flash BUT when you put the flash on it takes too long to for the flash to load power to...

Great full HD videos; a whole lot of options like DSLRs; compact

Colors that so great; flash loading time is too long; poping flash everytime; bad pictures in 24mm focus/angle; battery doesnt last long

Review Canon Powershot S120 Digital Camera You could wonder at my bravado in reviewing this tiddler when all it seems to offer is a digicam with moderate specs and little else. Aah! But look further!

I liked this camera alot. However the battery life when shooting Full HD video is horrible. If you search on the internet you will see loads of complaints regarding battery life issues, yet Canon fails to recognize this problem. Images and effects are great.

Good Low-Light Performance; Nice features/settings; excellent image quality; Bright LCD; Lightweight/Portable; Simple controls/menu; easy to use

Short battery life; poor microphone placement

I bought this camera to replace my wife's Ixus 960 which was falling apart after years in her handbag. She uses her Nikon D40x for more serious photography but likes to carry a small camera at all times as a visual notebook.

Fantastic videos, above-average photos – a strong contender but not the best

Canon PowerShot S120 may not look like most of the camera at first glance. Most thin fixed camera lens that look like S120 models that do not perform at a high level, either in the operating speed or from the point of view of image quality.However, this model has a lot to offer photographers looking...

gustatory quality; LCD offers sharp and bright images; One of the thinnest cameras available that

Inflated price

Fantastic videos, above-average photos – a strong contender but not the best

The Canon PowerShot S120 may not look like much of a camera at first glance. Most thin fixed lens cameras that look like the S120 are models that don't perform at a high level, either in working speed or in terms of image quality.

Very fast performance levels; RAW image quality available in thin camera body yields very good image quality; Lens offers f/1.8 aperture; Touch screen display capabilities make this camera easy to use; Mixture of advanced shooting modes and beginner shooting modes

Price may be a little high; measurement is limited to 5X; Inclusion of a hot shoe would have been helpful; Camera's menu structure could use a redesign for better touch screen performance; Wi-Fi feature is difficult to set up and use

The Canon PowerShot S120 may not look like much of a camera at first glance. Most thin fixed lens cameras that look like the S120 are models that don't perform at a high level, either in working speed or in terms of image quality.