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09/30/2005 10:22:22 PM · #1 |
Ok...so I have really been jonesing for a new camera. Right now I have a Dimage Z1 and am looking at a Canon PowerShot S2 IS. Would love some opinions....
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09/30/2005 11:10:07 PM · #2 |
I'm beginning to think no one likes me on this site.
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09/30/2005 11:17:06 PM · #3 |
You'll love it! :-) Be sure to check //www.techbargains.com for the lowest price if you plan on buying it online. Is there a reason you don't want to go with an SLR?
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09/30/2005 11:17:29 PM · #4 |
| I had a Minolta film camera and went to the Canon digital I have now. I am glad with my dicision. I don't know much about the Canon Powershot you are looking at so I can't be of much help there. |
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09/30/2005 11:20:03 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by PhilipDyer:
You'll love it! :-) Be sure to check //www.techbargains.com for the lowest price if you plan on buying it online. Is there a reason you don't want to go with an SLR? |
moneywise right now...would love to go with a dslr but can't invest that much right now. I'm giving my other camera to my sister to use and send us photos from florida.
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09/30/2005 11:28:02 PM · #6 |
Hey Gayle, we love everyone here at DPC.
My experience is:
Minolta is better quality at the cheaper end of the market IE pont and shoot, whereas cannon have had the big bucks to invest at the top end of the techy dslr so are miles ahead there.
All I can say is try it first.
My first slr film was a minolta 7000, it was silky smooth and took the most fantastic images, inside and out with a standard zoom of great quality. That got nicked from my car, so stupid me went for a canon eos 650, it was crap by comparison creaky plastic grumbling a.f. lense missed focus more oft than not, not a patch.
For general work I would say a 6 meg pix dslr would b better with a zoom 28 - 200, I know its a pain dragging it about but the shots are a thousand times better.
Tasha4paws shot on a minolta 7i, it was light and smooth.
Good luck. |
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09/30/2005 11:37:15 PM · #7 |
More control for shots like this. |
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10/01/2005 12:05:06 AM · #8 |
I have the S2. I am currently recommending people who are looking at this camera to seriously spend about a month checking into DSLR options. A second hand 300D (don't forget to upgrade with the Russian Hack for free) with an 18-55 kit lens and a 70-300 Sigma APO (and a 50mm 1.8) should be doable for 650-700 dollars. The S2 can be picked up for around 400-450. In six months, the 300D will still have resale value very near what you paid for it. In six months, the S2 will have lost probably a third of it's value on the resale market.
The picture quality of the 300D as listed above DESTROYS that on the S2 in many circumstances. The S2 experiences significant diffraction issues above F5.6 (as do ALL big zoom point and shoot cams) and loses a LOT of fine detail. The S2 experiences noise in shadows even at ISO 50 and 100 (even though it does better than most other cameras in its class), although images are generally pretty good if you can keep them bright right up to ISO 200. The 300D starts to experience a very little noise at ISO 200, and can be pushed to make decent pictures at ISO 400.
I could keep going about the advantages of the 300D, but I won't. The bottom line is that you can make good pictures from either camera - ESPECIALLY if you were able to make good pictures from a little P&S, but for the price of a few little extras for the S2, you could probably swing the 300D.
The only thing you would be missing would be movie mode. This should only be considered in your choice of camera if you have enough money that you can afford to have a P&S as a spare camera. If you are looking to take pictures and want to take good ones, skip the P&S and find a way to make the 300D happen.
Possible options for money might be:
See if your sister is willing to throw 50-100$ in the pot for your old digicam. Even if you want to be nice, remember that you are only looking at finding around an extra 200 dollars to make this a reasonable proposition.
Put 20 dollars a week in a piggy bank jar. Be strict with yourself and find a way to save 20 dollars a week.
After looking for a month, you will probably have found yourself a 300D for 400-450 dollars with a kit lens available in your local area (I recommend a second hand brick and mortar store over the internet, but both are good options). I have seen two go through the store in my area in about a month and a half. The last one sold for around 380 US.
This will give you a really great camera for around the same price, but then in the next month or two you can save up a little more money to buy lenses. There is a lot that can be done with the 18-55.
The next lenses you would buy would be:
50mm 1.8 ($70) (buy this first if you feel tight macro shots is important to you... there is a reverse mount thread adaptor for this for a few bucks)
Sigma 70-300mm APO ($200-220) Buy this first if your zoom lens and distant macro (but not very tight macros) is more important to you.
If you can afford 400 dollars for the S2, you can probably find a way to go 300D and you WON'T regret it. I am happy with my S2, but I understand it's limitations and expect to be moving to DSLR around February/march 2006. If you understand the limitations, you will likely be happy with one too. If you actually want a serious upgrade, go with my suggestion. |
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