"Frequent Traveller"
Power Member
|
quote: I assume there are times when you would take pics from the bus window whilst the bus is moving, & I assume IS would help in this situation. Am I right there folks, or have I got it wrong?
No; IS won't be of any assistance in that situation. Where it helps is in situations involving long exposure times, such as inside buildings where you can't use flash, night shots, that sort of thing. Under normal situations, the longest exposure you can "hand hold" a camera for is about 1/60th second. IS lets you do hand-held exposures of around 1/10th sec.
Chris
|
| |
| Posts: 12127 | Location: Warrington, UK | Registered: 16 July 2001 |  |
|
Member
|
Novice, I've had a chance to mess with the S2IS and I can tell you, it is FANTASTIC. I haven't had a camera with this much zoom and the IS. I took a picture of a bird at the top of our tree - must have been 25 feet up and not only was the bird in focus, he was had a leaf in his beak (perhaps for building a nest?). I also used the super macro mode - you can hold the camera 0 mm away from the subject. Can't wait to take vacation pictures this fall! P.S. Haven't had a chance to print anything yet, but the colors look great on my moniter Jill
"You but arrive at the city to which you were destin'd, you hardly settle yourself to satisfaction before you are call'd by an irresistible call to depart." Walt Whitman
|
| |
| Posts: 120 | Location: Iowa, USA | Registered: 06 August 2005 | |
|
"Frequent Traveller"
Power Member
|
quote: now realise perhaps I should have purchased a high speed SD card.
No, you almost certainly don't need one. The only situation in which high-speed cards matter is in "burst mode" shooting - ie the situation in which you hold down the shutter and the camera takes pictures as rapidly as it can. I would imagine your camera will do that, but you're probably rarely, if ever, going to use it.
Chris
|
| |
| Posts: 12127 | Location: Warrington, UK | Registered: 16 July 2001 | |
|
New Member
|
No doubt that the Canon S2 IS(& the newer S3 IS) are excellent cameras, but to save a few bucks I'd like to call your attention to the one that I will be receiving shortly, the Panasonic Lumix DMC FZ7. From my research, it has an oustanding Leica lens, a larger LCD, and superior IS. Check out the photos submitted to another forum on dpreview.com. Canon's movie setting is I understand more versatile, but that is of no interest to me, and it also has that swivel LCD. The Lumix doesn't swivel but is larger, and has a setting making the LCD quite veiwable if the camera is held overhead. The only negative I've heard about is a noise issue above ISO 200. Not important I think for the average person.
|
| |
|
New Member
|
quote: Originally posted by Efcee:
No doubt that the Canon S2 IS(& the newer S3 IS) are excellent cameras, but to save a few bucks I'd like to call your attention to the one that I will be receiving shortly, the Panasonic Lumix DMC FZ7. From my research, it has an oustanding Leica lens, a larger LCD, and superior IS. Check out the photos submitted to another forum on dpreview.com. Canon's movie setting is I understand more versatile, but that is of no interest to me, and it also has that swivel LCD. The Lumix doesn't swivel but is larger, and has a setting making the LCD quite viewable if the camera is held overhead. The only negative I've heard about is a noise issue above ISO 200. Not important I think for the average person.
|
| |
|
Member
|
Novice, Glad you like your camera. I bought a high-speed SD card for if and when I take movies, but I have been trying out the regular card too. I don't notice any lag or stutter in the movie(with the regular card), but I haven't taken any long ones (about 2 min. is the longest). I also set the resolution and compression to the highest. I am very pleased with the results. The movies take up a lot of room on the computer! One more thing. I was reading in the manual that you can format the SD with LOW LEVEL formatting. It takes several minutes, but it's supposed to make it faster, I think? Chris, is that true? I guess I have an additional one more thing. Look out for specials on SD cards - I got a 1 gig SD card for 26 dollars. JIll
"You but arrive at the city to which you were destin'd, you hardly settle yourself to satisfaction before you are call'd by an irresistible call to depart." Walt Whitman
|
| |
| Posts: 120 | Location: Iowa, USA | Registered: 06 August 2005 | |
|
