New camera (not a fish photo)

[Rodney Long]

Well I broke down and did it, I've been putting it of for a year, I
finally convinced my wife "I NEEDED" this camera, although I have three
other digital cameras.

I got me a Cannon S2 IS . I've been playing with it since Friday, taken
a little over 1,000 photos (just to get the feel of what it can do), and
have done about 20 videos . It shoots through the water with the
polarized filter I got with it, so I could get some decent lure action
shots, I tried posting a short clip here, but I guess they don't allow
video clips, here is a link just to the small video of a worm, it won't
open my site, just download and play the video (1.7 meg)

http://ezknot.com/worm1.wmv

I really put too much action on that worm, I will shoot another with
the proper wiggle to catch fish, not show just how much I can put on one

The photo of the blue bird was taken at 50 feet. It has an Image
stabilizer that really helps with the telephoto shots,(12X optical + 4
Digital, 48X total) doing away with your hand wiggle, fuzzing up your
pictures.

Guys this camera is really something, and they have dropped the price
from around $500.00 to about half that now if you shop around. It's
worth every dime of it. There are better cameras out there I am sure,
but not for this price. Right now I can't see where I will ever need a
better one (well, until next year anyway :-)

The only real thing I don't like is the movie format which is AVI, that
takes 10 times more memory than WMV. It's easy to convert it over on the
computer to save space, but it uses all you SD card space up in the
camera in a hurry
--
Rodney Long,
Inventor of the Mojo SpecTastic "WIGGLE" rig, SpecTastic Thread,
Nutri Shield insect repellent. ,Stand Out Hooks ,Stand Out Lures,
Mojo's Rock Hopper & Rig Saver weights, and the EZKnot
http://www.ezknot.com

[Bob La Londe]

"Rodney Long" > wrote in message
...
> Well I broke down and did it, I've been putting it of for a year, I
> finally convinced my wife "I NEEDED" this camera, although I have three
> other digital cameras.


Sounds great. Just one question.

Does it use conventional batteries or a proprietary rechargeable?




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[Bob La Londe]

"Rodney Long" > wrote in message
...
> Well I broke down and did it, I've been putting it of for a year, I
> finally convinced my wife "I NEEDED" this camera, although I have three
> other digital cameras.


Sounds great. Just one question.

Does it use conventional batteries or a proprietary rechargeable?




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[Rodney Long]

Bob La Londe wrote:
> "Rodney Long" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Well I broke down and did it, I've been putting it of for a year, I
>> finally convinced my wife "I NEEDED" this camera, although I have three
>> other digital cameras.
>
>
> Sounds great. Just one question.
>
> Does it use conventional batteries or a proprietary rechargeable?
>
>
>
>

AA's :-)
Of course the rechargeable NIMH are the best, but any will work if your
batteries die while away from a charger, You get around 500 photos on a
charge of NIMH

I have a 1 Gig SD card in it now, from one of my other cameras, but I
will be receiving a 4 Gig 150X card today

Here is a "review" page on the camera

http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/canon/powershot_s2-review/

It's not perfect , but it is great




--
Rodney Long,
Inventor of the Mojo SpecTastic "WIGGLE" rig, SpecTastic Thread,
Nutri Shield insect repellent. ,Stand Out Hooks ,Stand Out Lures,
Mojo's Rock Hopper & Rig Saver weights, and the EZKnot
http://www.ezknot.com

[Rodney Long]

Bob La Londe wrote:
> "Rodney Long" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Well I broke down and did it, I've been putting it of for a year, I
>> finally convinced my wife "I NEEDED" this camera, although I have three
>> other digital cameras.
>
>
> Sounds great. Just one question.
>
> Does it use conventional batteries or a proprietary rechargeable?
>
>
>
>

AA's :-)
Of course the rechargeable NIMH are the best, but any will work if your
batteries die while away from a charger, You get around 500 photos on a
charge of NIMH

I have a 1 Gig SD card in it now, from one of my other cameras, but I
will be receiving a 4 Gig 150X card today

Here is a "review" page on the camera

http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/canon/powershot_s2-review/

It's not perfect , but it is great




--
Rodney Long,
Inventor of the Mojo SpecTastic "WIGGLE" rig, SpecTastic Thread,
Nutri Shield insect repellent. ,Stand Out Hooks ,Stand Out Lures,
Mojo's Rock Hopper & Rig Saver weights, and the EZKnot
http://www.ezknot.com

[Bob La Londe]

"Rodney Long" > wrote in message
...
> Bob La Londe wrote:
>> "Rodney Long" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Well I broke down and did it, I've been putting it of for a year, I
>>> finally convinced my wife "I NEEDED" this camera, although I have three
>>> other digital cameras.
>>
>>
>> Sounds great. Just one question.
>>
>> Does it use conventional batteries or a proprietary rechargeable?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> AA's :-)
> Of course the rechargeable NIMH are the best, but any will work if your
> batteries die while away from a charger, You get around 500 photos on a
> charge of NIMH
>
> I have a 1 Gig SD card in it now, from one of my other cameras, but I will
> be receiving a 4 Gig 150X card today
>
> Here is a "review" page on the camera
>
> http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/canon/powershot_s2-review/
>
> It's not perfect , but it is great
>
>

The reason I asked.

I have run across a lot of great deals on cameras with some pretty
impressive specs in the last couple years. Unfortunately a lot of them use
a proprietary rechargeable battery pack. Basically guaranteeing that it has
a short use to paper weight cycle.


--
Bob La Londe
Fishing Arizona & The Colorado River
Fishing Forums & Contests
http://www.YumaBassMan.com



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[Bob La Londe]

"Rodney Long" > wrote in message
...
> Bob La Londe wrote:
>> "Rodney Long" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Well I broke down and did it, I've been putting it of for a year, I
>>> finally convinced my wife "I NEEDED" this camera, although I have three
>>> other digital cameras.
>>
>>
>> Sounds great. Just one question.
>>
>> Does it use conventional batteries or a proprietary rechargeable?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> AA's :-)
> Of course the rechargeable NIMH are the best, but any will work if your
> batteries die while away from a charger, You get around 500 photos on a
> charge of NIMH
>
> I have a 1 Gig SD card in it now, from one of my other cameras, but I will
> be receiving a 4 Gig 150X card today
>
> Here is a "review" page on the camera
>
> http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/canon/powershot_s2-review/
>
> It's not perfect , but it is great
>
>

The reason I asked.

I have run across a lot of great deals on cameras with some pretty
impressive specs in the last couple years. Unfortunately a lot of them use
a proprietary rechargeable battery pack. Basically guaranteeing that it has
a short use to paper weight cycle.


--
Bob La Londe
Fishing Arizona & The Colorado River
Fishing Forums & Contests
http://www.YumaBassMan.com



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[Rodney Long]

Bob La Londe wrote:

>
> The reason I asked.
>
> I have run across a lot of great deals on cameras with some pretty
> impressive specs in the last couple years. Unfortunately a lot of them use
> a proprietary rechargeable battery pack. Basically guaranteeing that it has
> a short use to paper weight cycle.

I could not agree more, some of those batteries cost more than the cameras



--
Rodney Long,
Inventor of the Mojo SpecTastic "WIGGLE" rig, SpecTastic Thread,
Nutri Shield insect repellent. ,Stand Out Hooks ,Stand Out Lures,
Mojo's Rock Hopper & Rig Saver weights, and the EZKnot
http://www.ezknot.com

[Rodney Long]

Bob La Londe wrote:

>
> The reason I asked.
>
> I have run across a lot of great deals on cameras with some pretty
> impressive specs in the last couple years. Unfortunately a lot of them use
> a proprietary rechargeable battery pack. Basically guaranteeing that it has
> a short use to paper weight cycle.

I could not agree more, some of those batteries cost more than the cameras



--
Rodney Long,
Inventor of the Mojo SpecTastic "WIGGLE" rig, SpecTastic Thread,
Nutri Shield insect repellent. ,Stand Out Hooks ,Stand Out Lures,
Mojo's Rock Hopper & Rig Saver weights, and the EZKnot
http://www.ezknot.com