Ahh.. synergy - still, all I need is___Macro!
Nice review/compare site.
Alas, sampling the comments re Canon S1 IS - macro seems to be its weak link (possibly alleviated via an overpriced? accessory kit.) Otherwise, at $216 I might have sprung, too. Most described the jitter control as bitchin, and the X10 and mondo other features. Seems a steal for everything except! what I want :(
(And according to one poster, one can.. tweak it a bit with some 'internal focus adjustments', supposedly described in the Hints & Tips forum -- but I can't envision screwdriver-adjust pots inside a consumer camera? so I kinda Doubt This.) Someone else tauted the S410 4MP ELPH for macro goodness ~ $239, but $70 for a mere AC adaptor (most of my shots will be on-site.) Will look closer at that. Canon did me a Good Turn once - so I'm biased to look there; Corp decency is so rare: even one example becomes memorable.
My now hoary hP C-20 wasn't 'good' even at car-sized objects; was merely cheap as a refurb.. at the time. A friend's early Sony Mavica - with its rilly Clever use (then) of a 3.5" floppy - was perfect for close-ups of instrument panels, scope traces etc. (even of coins: the real test.) But, wasn't mine - and too few MPs (1.2? 1.5?) for satisfactory resolution pics of anything larger.
Hmm, maybe with all you folks upgrading:
Your trade-in gots decent macro capabilities? I could be a customer.
If a coin can be shot full-size and sharp, that'd likely do for my limited aims - most pics would end up compressed to a 80-150K jpeg, anyway. USB quite preferable to {ugh} serial - though with a CF card I could just pop the sucker into an adaptor. I wouldn't need more than 32-64 MB: Gak! a GB to make that Canon into an 8-min camcorder?! Digital stuff evokes weirdness, no?
If I want panoramic or mountain pix, my trusty Canon L1A can do quite well - via real film with gamma, \ufffd-stops, and Moi setting the depth of field. I tend to prefer analog chemistry of dyes over digits, for reasons tangible and in-. Also B&W occasionally; good enough for A. Adams.
Just a thought re recycling,
moi
Did I mention?
I Hate Shopping!
There's too damn Many of these things out there professing to do All-Things 'well'. It's like ordering up a 747, built-to-specs / and with lousy after-sale service - many buyers report.
Ed tpoy
Edited by
Ashton
Dec. 7, 2005, 03:56:13 AM EST
Ahh.. synergy - still, all I need is___Macro!
Nice review/compare site.
Alas, sampling the comments re Canon S1 IS - macro seems to be its weak link (possibly alleviated via an overpriced? accessory kit.) Otherwise, at $216 I might have sprung, too. Most described the jitter control as bitchin, and the X10 and mondo other features. Seems a steal for everything except! what I want :(
(And according to one poster, one can.. tweak it a bit with some 'internal focus adjustments', supposedly described in the Hints & Tips forum -- but I can't envision screwdriver-adjust pots inside a consumer camera? so I kinda Doubt This.) Someone else tauted the S410 4MP ELPH for macro goodness ~ $239, but $70 for a mere AC adaptor (most of my shots will be on-site.) Will look closer at that. Canon did me a Good Turn once - so I'm biased to look there; Corp decency is so rare: even one example becomes memorable.
My now hoary hP C-20 wasn't 'good' even at car-sized objects; was merely cheap as a refurb.. at the time. A friend's early Sony Mavica - with it's rilly Clever use (then) of a 3.5" floppy - was perfect for close-ups of instrument panels, scope traces etc. (even of coins: the real test.) But, wasn't mine - and too few MPs (1.2? 1.5?) for satisfactory resolution pics of anything larger.
Hmm, maybe with all you folks upgrading:
Your trade-in gots decent macro capabilities? I could be a customer.
If a coin can be shot full-size and sharp, that'd likely do for my limited aims - most pics would end up compressed to a 80-150K jpeg, anyway. USB quite preferable to {ugh} serial - though with a CF card I could just pop the sucker into an adaptor. I wouldn't need more than 32-64 MB: Gak! a GB to make that Canon into an 8-min camcorder?! Digital stuff evokes weirdness, no?
If I want panoramic or mountain pix, my trusty Canon L1A can do quite well - via real film with gamma, -stops, and Moi setting the depth of field. I tend to prefer analog chemistry of dyes over digits, for reasons tangible and in-. Also B&W occasionally; good enough for A. Adams.
Just a thought re recycling,
moi
Did I mention?
I Hate Shopping!
There's too damn Many of these things out there professing to do All-Things 'well'. It's like ordering up a 747, built-to-specs / and with lousy after-sale service - many buyers report.
