Comments on: s90 control dial: what other reviewers say

By: Gail Bjork

Gail Bjork — Mon, 03 May 2010 03:10:51 +0000

Qmungous, glad the wheel is working out for you. I doubt the reviewers are clumsy. They are professionals and no doubt handle more cameras in a year than most of us hold in a lifetime.

By: Gail

Gail — Mon, 03 May 2010 03:06:29 +0000

Bolo. I’m sorry to hear they didn’t fix it! If you can adapt, or add some of the fixes, you’ll be very happy with the image quality and low light capabilities. The size is great. But if you’re not happy with the handling, send it back after trying it. I’m not sure how many days Amazon gives you to return an item. If you tell them it’s faulty (which it is), they will pay the return shipping.

By: Bolo

Bolo — Mon, 03 May 2010 02:41:24 +0000

Hey Gail, I just received my new S90 camera from Amazon last week, and as expected, my control dial is loose as well but not as loose as that display model at Best Buy I tried out a few months back. So it looks like Canon has apparently done nothing about this situation. I am a bit disappointed to say the least.

By: Qmungous

Qmungous — Sun, 02 May 2010 19:25:46 +0000

Just got this camera, and the wheel is a bit loose. But I don’t hold the camera with my thumb on that wheel so it’s never an issue. Those reviewers must all be clumsy!

By: Bolo

Bolo — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:56:48 +0000

Hey Gail, thanks for the reply. I recently went to Best Buy to check out the S90 in person since reading so much about the dial all over the internet really piqued my interest. The display model that I checked out at BB was extremely loose as well. I’ll be ordering an S90 on Amazon next month, and hopefully mine won’t be as loose as the one that I tried out. In the meantime, I just ordered the RF grip so that’ll help out a bit when I get my new camera.

By: Gail Bjork

Gail Bjork — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:01:49 +0000

It’s difficult to say, Bolo. It seems obvious now from all I’ve followed and read that some of the rear control dials are more free-wheeling than others. I bought the s90 from Best Buy before the general salespeople even knew it had arrived. I made them go look for it. I went back the BB about three months later, and the control dial on a display model was slightly tighter (every bit counts!), so some are better than others. I suspect Canon may have done a little tweaking since the first release of the camera. There have been so many complaints about the dial that I think Canon has no choice but to improve it in future models. In the mean time, if you want an s90 now, check the control dial before anything else.

By: Bolo

Bolo — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 15:24:43 +0000

Is there any chance of Canon making changes to the rear wheel during mid-production of the S90?