Canon PowerShot S1 IS

"David Todd" wrote in message . 97.136...
"Rick" wrote in :

I know of a few other P&S cameras with IS, but they all
either use lithium batteries, and/or lack an AF assist lamp
and are poor low-light performers.

Rick




What about the Minolta Dimage Z3? Looks good on paper.

The Z3 doesn't have an AF assist lamp:

"...full focus lag depends a lot on lighting condition. The AF can
be extremely fast in good condition and struggle quite a lot in low
light condition. There is a bit improvement of low light AF from
Z2 though but I would be glad to see KM include AF assist to
this camera as well."
http://photohobby.net/webboard/show....lldata&No=1171

Rick

"David Todd" wrote in message . 97.136...
"Rick" wrote in :

I know of a few other P&S cameras with IS, but they all
either use lithium batteries, and/or lack an AF assist lamp
and are poor low-light performers.

Rick




What about the Minolta Dimage Z3? Looks good on paper.

The Z3 doesn't have an AF assist lamp:

"...full focus lag depends a lot on lighting condition. The AF can
be extremely fast in good condition and struggle quite a lot in low
light condition. There is a bit improvement of low light AF from
Z2 though but I would be glad to see KM include AF assist to
this camera as well."
http://photohobby.net/webboard/show....lldata&No=1171

Rick

In article , "Rick"
wrote:

What about the Minolta Dimage Z3? Looks good on paper.

The Z3 doesn't have an AF assist lamp:

"...full focus lag depends a lot on lighting condition. The AF can
be extremely fast in good condition and struggle quite a lot in low
light condition. There is a bit improvement of low light AF from
Z2 though but I would be glad to see KM include AF assist to
this camera as well."
http://photohobby.net/webboard/show....lldata&No=1171


Seems to me there's a buck to be made by a bright lad who can offer a
small light to stick onto the front of non-AFA cameras to provide enough
illumination for the autofocus to get a grip.

What is annoying about the S1 is that the anti-redeye light that is a
bright orange light rather than a low-level pre-flash is more than
capable of being an AF assist. In fact I thought the camera had one
until I started getting out-of-focus flash photos.

Maybe the S2 will have it......

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~IRO
My ambition in Life is to build something that will
REALLY last....at least until I've finished building it.

On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 21:08:44 +1200, IRO
wrote:

Seems to me there's a buck to be made by a bright lad who can offer a
small light to stick onto the front of non-AFA cameras to provide enough
illumination for the autofocus to get a grip.

What is annoying about the S1 is that the anti-redeye light that is a
bright orange light rather than a low-level pre-flash is more than
capable of being an AF assist. In fact I thought the camera had one
until I started getting out-of-focus flash photos.

Maybe the S2 will have it......

I guess the camera manufacturers are all afraid of getting
lawsuits from people who say the've been blinded.

A small, but bright flashlight with a well focussed beam should
do the trick. Haven't really tried it though.

Hans-Georg

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"Kimberlee" wrote in message
...
The issue with low light isn't such a biggie to me.
Learning how to use the camera in low light situations has been a big plus
:-)
There is a firmware update which definitely improves any snags.
All in all, this is a great camera!
~Kimberlee

This is where manual focus comes into play. At least, for those who can turn
away from the automatic settings.

dwight

On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 17:21:06 -0400, "dwight" wrote:

"Kimberlee" wrote in message
...
The issue with low light isn't such a biggie to me.
Learning how to use the camera in low light situations has been a big plus
:-)
There is a firmware update which definitely improves any snags.
All in all, this is a great camera!
~Kimberlee

This is where manual focus comes into play. At least, for those who can turn
away from the automatic settings.

dwight

I agree there and especially the manual focus trick where you get close to
correct focus and the hit the Set button which takes you spot on, however
despite the IS you sometimes need to get the exposure up to 1/100-200 for
getting the edges of the eyes on small birds.

Where close up is concerned I dispair. I did some spring flowers yesterday and
was not impressed.
For the upcoming desert trip (flowers) I shall take the OLY 2100UZ as well as it
has focus assist and Macro facility. Yesterday I brought out the Optio S which
has the superMacro. Not a lot of trouble as that is always sitting in my short
pocket when I am not asleep :-)

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