Futzing with the new toy

wyeast · 06-21-2008, 07:51 AM

and the toy (Canon S5is) -

(crummy cellphone shot of it, what can you do?)

Definite improvement over my old A80, but it's no dSLR, so the image sensor is still pretty small and a little underpowered for 8mp. Anything shot at 400iso or above is pretty shite (lots of noise), so it's a little limited on action photography.

I haven't experimented yet to see if turning the resolution down helps any - I doubt it's much better than just shrinking the image in post-production.

*G_Man* · 06-21-2008, 11:10 AM

I have an S3 and love it, but agree with the shortcomings. Nice shot of the river, btw.

**Sp00k** · 06-21-2008, 12:06 PM

Well you know what they say, We're not kids anymore..... its just our toys get more expensive.

That first shot is great and I'm sure you'll have lots of fun experimenting with your new gadget.

wyeast · 06-25-2008, 08:07 AM

Quoting: G_Man

I have an S3 and love it, but agree with the shortcomings. Nice shot of the river, btw.

I'd actually consider your S3 to be a better camera overall, I think not running the sensor so hard eases up on the noise level a little. The only thing the S5 really has over it is the hotshoe, but who has $300 for an external flash!

Gonna take it out the desert this weekend, hopefully I'll be back with more shots.

Thanks!