Superb build & image quality- this camera has a really classy feel and is now excellent value for money.

There are some 'quirks' with this camera, but nothing that would make me think twice about purchasing this camera again!

I bought the X10 about a month ago as a high quality compact which I could use asg an alternative to my SLR when circumstances dictate. By this I mean that when an SLR is just too big or inconvenient to lug around. After this short period of use, I can honestly say that the camera has more than met my criteria. Manual controls are excellent, picture quality is excellent, build quality is excellent plus, the camera looks and feels great use. just what I was looking for.

So I got this camera 4 months ago. Now that I have some material to share - excellent bridge camera, full of features, awesome zoom (still curious to see how HS50EXR will perform, but my budget is way too low to allow to buy one), good colours, good pictures, manual focus, full manual settings along with auto programs, separate AA bateries. In other words - all that one can think of. As a con I can only think of the battery cover which cracks, although it is tightly closed. I don't count as a co

Dear all,

I just purchased S2980. I wonder as it can be charged through some DC or AC adapter. Can anyone have any idea ,from where should i get that adapter.

I bought this camera after reading Amazon reveiws. My Olympus X43 was eating batteries and I could not see the screen out side. One S4500 complained of excessive battery use and the cure was to use Duracell Staycharged batteries. Tried this on the Olympus and it works!!!! But was already drooling over the S4500, so just had to have one. (What is the definition of a BRIDGE camera?) I have had great fun with the s4500, super pics great zoom, lots of features, a lot of which I haven't used yet. Goo

This was my first big camera, initally only buying through frustration at my I-pod. So not knowing much at all and going purely on cost I got this.

I love it! Initially just using auto I quickly began experimenting with the other functions. A quick fumble through google got my up to date with ISO, exposure time and aperture and then I was off.

Now i'm taking pictures of energetic live bands, sports photography and wild life. 

What it lacks in features I can usually find a fix for elsewhere.

very good camera for the money, only on the first day usb connection broken on the camera and I seen the arrow on the cable but who will believe this so no guarantee a little bit sad

really is not very good

Having owned a S2500HD for 18months we decided to go for a camera each and bought a S4500. A brilliant camera, it does all that the 2500HD does and has the additional zoom. Whilst we appreciate that we have a lot to learn about photography and are enjoying just that with these cameras we feel the best praise we can give is; the photos always hold their own at our camera club with others who use a range of Canon and Nikon DSLR's.

The HS20 is a great still image camera, but the auto focus on videos are very bad so don't plan on using it as you main video camera. Also, it uses AA batteries and not a rechargeable pack.

All that said, it takes great quality images and is packed with features.

overall the xp30 is a great camera, it does what it says on the tin. it handles underwater up to 5metres, it is shookproof as i have come off on my mounting bike whilst in my pocket. the underwater feature is great and produces great pictures, took abit of pratice to get right, as the af is hard to achieve as viewing the display is hard when snorkling and the sun is glaring down, but the further you swim down the easier it is. the only really bad point with the xp30 is night time shots arnt the