Two reviews of the new Canon Powershot S1 IS
A couple of review of the (almost palindromic) S1 IS, a camera that's a decidedly bizarre blend of many things—a sub-prosumer 3.1 megapixel digital still with loads of camcorder features in a digital SLR style case without a hot shoe or interchangeable lenses. We suppose this may just be the only way to get a digital still manufacturer to give us more than 3x optical zoom (the IS features a luxurious 10x zoom lens), but fear that the Powershot S1 IS may be stretching itself a bit too thin for the $500 US pricetag. However, the S1 IS can buffer an hour of 30fps VGA-quality video to its CompactFlash memory card (assuming, of course, you have the memory space and juice for it), which may be a plus for say, watching your paint dry or grass grow.
