More than two decades experience writing about PCs and accessories, and 15 years writing about cameras of all kinds. But can a compact camera of such credit card sized dimensions really produce images that real photographers would be proud of? For most of the shooting modes, it defaults to exposure compensation; however, in Scene mode, it changes the scene type you're using.

In-camera processing fixes most lens anomalies, making a pretty amazing and useful wide-angle to telephoto range. Finally, another compact camera to come my way to challenge my wife’s trusty D-Lux 4, the KING of 2009 COMPACTS IMO! Some may argue that the S95 is the better option here, but when you are pinching pennies, I find much better deals can be had for the S90.We spent a lot of time looking at this, enlarging the focus target to get this camera to stop looking at the back wall, to no avail.

More surprisingly for a compact with a width not a great deal broader than your credit card, both Raw and JPEG capture are also offered. Full AF shutter lag is an area where the Canon S90 has an advantage over the Panasonic LX3, coming in at 0.

With this relatively low subject detail, I think the printed results at 4x6 inches are good from ISO 3,200 to 8,000.