Canon Powershot S2 IS: photography, help and advice

[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

[Roxyluvsme13]

You mean, like this?




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

Kirsten

Yup! I like it much better without the lights. I love the color of the sky.