The high speed and the good working anti-shake allow often indoors or at dusk to take pictures without flash.
+ For a compact camera excellent image quality
+ Very bright
+ Excellent display
+ Metal case, good workmanship
+ Stable tripod thread and stable Akkufachdeckel
+ 3: 2 aspect ratio (compromise for unused pixels and a 16: 9 TV)
+ Lots of manual controls
+ Good color mixing mode P, even when shooting indoors
+/- Tripping speed / focusing Midfield
- The extension end flash is used to (have the flash in default off)
Promote snapshots in "P" mode!
Wide 28mm I feel more comfortable than 24mm, because at power lies with 28mm front of a not so large field of view. 24mm focal length also makes happy for stronger distortions.
The Canon S95 has absolutely convinced me and gets my full recommendation.