Canon Powershot S2 IS: photography, help and advice

[Kirsten]

@Toby's my baby: Wow!! Your photos are awesome, you have learnt quickly to use that cam!

I especially love this one, it's great:



Well, the manual recommends "Fine" for photos, and "Superfine" for videos. I've tried both, and I don't think it does any harm if you take photos with the "superfine setting".

I'm using rechargeble Ni-MH batteries, the brand is called Bilora.

Another thing: as the camera came only with a 16 MB memory card, I had to buy another one. Got a 1 GByte card from amazon for only 20 Euro, that should be enough. But don't use those by Hama, they're not good.


@Kim: I'm sorry that you have to look for a new camera under these circumstances. Heard that the S2 and the S3 are very similar. Of course the S3 should have some more features, but it's 150 - 200 € more!

I posted a link for finn's mom that should also be interesting for you. You'll find a list of all digicams, and when you click them, you'll see photos made with them. The page is in German, but that should be no problem:

Canon cameras

All Digicams

Hope this helps!


@Sonia: Of course you can join! It will be interesting to see your pictures!

Kirsten

[Toby's my baby]

Thanks Kristen! I'll have to find some new batteries, as I always need more than one set of batteries. I bought a new mem. card yesterday, 1G, for $50, and a new camera case.

Kari, both links that Kristen provided are great, you can also check out: www.dpreview.com

I read somewhere, that the S2 and S3 were so similar, that your best bet was to get the S2 because of its price, unless money isn't an issue

[Kirsten]

I have also ordered a camera case, it should arrive the next days.

As Kim has asked to post more photos, I'll post two more:

A formation of clouds today:




And another one of the moon, this time without the digizoom (only 12x optical zoom), and in the landscape mode. Seems to be a little more clearer in landscape mode:



And here's one I took last weekend in the dawn, without using flash.



Kirsten

[Anita Cholaine]

Amazing pics everybody! I think it's awesome what you can all do with the S2... I'm getting more and more convinced that I won't consider any other brand when I get a new camera (hopefully it's gonna be this year)

[Roxyluvsme13]

Ah, you guys take such beautiful photos. I want either the S2 or S3, but since I've seen all these photos, I think the S2 looks pretty good.

[Kirsten]

I see Canon is getting more and more fans here!

I just took a picture that was really difficult to make. It's far from being perfect, I know, and unfortunately, the lightning isn't more centered. I used ISO400, that's why it's sort of "dirty", and I have no tripod. I tried to vary the aperture and the exposure time, but it wasn't working, so I used the P-mode, which worked much better (looks I really have to learn a lot about photography):



Kirsten

[Roxyluvsme13]

Ah, I love the picture, except for the bottom part. Would have been much better if the lights hadn't showed up in that one section, but I still love the pic

[Kirsten]

You mean, like this?




I think you're right, the lights were disturbing...

Kirsten