Ok, finally got around to taking the promised pics. Apologies in advance for the iPhone quality.
Links to the accessories shown are at the bottom of the post.
Front view of the S95 with the Richard Franiec grip, Lensmate filter attachement, and Olympus adjustable wrist strap. With my small hands, I didn't really have a problem holding the S95 without the grip, but it's certainly more comfortable with one. The wrist strap is just a piece of soft nylon cord, but I really like that it's adjustable after a scary moment holding my S95 over the edge of a bridge with a non-adjustable (and therefore very loose) wrist strap.
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S95 with Accessories
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Meghan A
, on Flickr
Side view of the S95 with the grip and a polarizing filter attached. The filter pulls the balance forward a bit, and certainly looks a little funny

but works very well and doesn't interfere with the zoom functionality
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S95 with CPL filter and grip
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Meghan A
, on Flickr
Side view of the S95 with filter attached, lens cap on, and the camera off. No interference with the functionality of the lens, and while the cap and filter certainly make the front a little bulky, leaving them on isn't a problem if the camera is placed in a larger case or pocket. I usually take them off and put them in the filter packet, since I use a slim case.
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S95 with filter and lens cap
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Meghan A
, on Flickr (not sure what's up with the white balance on this one!)
Side view of the S95 with grip and filter attachement, to show that it's still nice and slim. With the grip and attachment, it still fits in the (fairly) slim case that I chose, although apparently it doesn't fit in the official Canon S95 case. (I don't actually have the Canon case to confirm.)
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S95 from the side
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Meghan A
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Here is the S95 in the Case Logic case that I chose. The case fits the S95 with grip, a spare battery, and a spare SD card. It looks a little funky when open, but zips up to be about 2" thick at the widest point. I put the camera in the case with the bottom towards the zipper, so that the wrist strap sticks out and can be used to carry the camera, as I hate having to attach a 2nd wrist strap separately to the case - it always just ends up in my way.
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S95 in case
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Meghan A
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S95 kit, all packed up: I generally leave the rocket blower at home, and the S95 in its case along with the filter kit fit nicely in a small bag for a good, lightweight city kit. I can just barely stuff this along with a small wallet into a Crumpler "The Bundle" large, and it would probably fit perfectly into a Crumpler 2 or 3 Million Dollar Home.
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S95 Kit
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Meghan A
, on Flickr
Lensmate store for the grip, filter adapter kit, and lens caps:
Link
Olympus adjustable wrist strap:
Link
Polaroid 37mm filter kit:
Link
Case Logic Case:
Link
S95 non-OEM battery:
Link
(Amazon sells this at 50% off if you buy it with the S95, so I figured it was worth a try for about $9 at the time. It doesn't last quite as long as the already short life of the OEM battery, but still more than acceptable.)
Next in the search for more toys: a tiny compact tripod to go with the tiny compact camera.