[filmscanners] Re: Good deal on nice digicam

["Arthur Entlich" <artistik@shaw.ca>]

Well, to each their own, I suppose.  I would love the larger screen if
it wouldn't have cost me $200 to get it, and as to the hot shoe... well
I haven't even tested the flash on the S3 yet (I guess I should do that
soon).  I don't like flash photography for the shooting I do, so it's
only their for emergencies.  I'd sooner go with a slave, if need-be, but
usually I just use ambient lighting or, since it is so easy to balance
with digital, I use other light sources.

Art

wbgilloolyjr@charter.net wrote:

>My Mom has the S3IS and my best-friend just bought the S5IS.  Believe
>me, it's worth every penny to have that 2.5" LCD.  Plus, having a
>hot-shoe gets you in to the world of the Canon flash system.
>
>Mr. Bill
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>Arthur Entlich wrote:
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>>We recently purchased a Canon S3IS. It was just replaced by the new
>>S5IS.  I tend to usually wait for the new model to come out before
>>buying the one being replaced, to see if there is any glaring design
>>error, and also to save some $.  The new S5IS is about $200 US more than
>>I paid, for what I consider little benefit (8MP versus 6MP, a hot shoe,
>>a larger LCD screen (2.5" versus 2") and one higher and even more
>>useless ISO step at 1600).  The new one has the next generation
>>processing chip, which seems to deal with the noise issue by smearing
>>things more to get an extra stop, but from what I've seen of sample
>>pics, I am not convinced the 8MP sensor and the new  processor improves
>>anything.  Besides which, for any serious photographer, this is a camera
>>you want to use at 200 ISO and under.
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