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I found a tip list and have adjusted the S2 to the suggested settings. I was just disappointed that it didn't perform well in AUTO. It was a dim day, so it is to be expected. I will take more photo's with the new settings and see how it looks. thanx :) P.S. EDIT - I checked the settings...

Anybody else out there using the S2? I used the camera in auto mode and it wasn't an overly sunny day, but the pictures I took were horribly noisey compared to what I remember the S1 doing. Also they didn't look as sharp as I figured they should look. If they are this bad without heavy user...

Thanx, I will. I didn't think of it as a Home Theatre related peice of equipment, but I guess being a digital camera with a full digital movie mode, maybe it is ;)

Well, I upgraded to the S2 IS. I came close to going for a digital SLR, but I cannot justify the cost, the larger size, and the need for additional lens' etc. For now at least, I like the Canon S1/S2 camera's for the long IS zoom from wide to zoom and the video mode. I would not have that on a...

I am very disappointed with the wide angle distortion of this camera. Are all cameras like this? How can I reduce it? Zoom in a bit?

Still using the S1 IS in AUTO mode....(cups ears to avoid hearing the cussing)...and its working fairly well. Main concerns are still focus, low light focus and noise. Sometimes there is a bit of noise in shots that aren't even very dim. Still a great camera working well overall. Video's are a...

No doubt, the Fuji 1400 zoom is no slouch. I really shouldn't say anything bad about it, its an awesome little camera. Perfect for taking pics to send on the web. Thanx for the feedback. I'll give your suggestions a try :)

No fixes?

Right. Ok. Well I took some more pictures in low light and it wasn't too bad. Just aggrevating when a 1.3 MP cheapo camera takes sharper pictures in any situation. I'll figure out the manual focus a little more and just be patient, and bracket my shots to learn how to take better pics.

Huh?

I'm finding the autofocus on "AUTO" setting kinda lame indoors compared to my fathers Fuji Finepix 1400 zoom. Is it possible I'm doing something wrong?

Ok. I'll look into that stuff over there ;)

I'm sure its the PC and/or codecs. Oddly, it looks a little better on quicktime, but still has missing frames. In bright light, the resolution and colour are incredible. This is the one reason I bought this digital camera. Smoooooth video. It looks good on the camera and on a TV, so I'm sure its...

The video mode is more than adequate. Its my fathers PC thats not working well. My dads PC has no problems with MPEG's, but AVI's aren't playing back so well. I played it back on the camera and on a couple of TV's. The resolution and frame rate are fine on interlaced TV's. There is a bit of...

I didn't load the canon software. I just bought a handy little all-in-1 flash card reader and installed the driver for that. I use Windows Media player 9 and it works ok. All the AVI video's that are examples from the Canon S1 from the internet seem to play back with some missing frames or...

Are there firmware upgrades for this camera? I just tried the video function and with 640 standard (not fine) and at 30 fps, the video appears very jumpy and there is a delay between the sound and the video. (ie The dog barks and then you see him bark). I'm using a Sandisc Ultra II CF card. The...

Yeah, the S1 may go on sale and I can price match it. Thanx for the reminder. I do wish the S1 had an auto focus assist light because the auto focus isn't so good in low light and I can't see the flippin LCD view finder or lcd screen. Oh well, I'm sure I'll figure it out. Its funny because...

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I picked up the Canon S1 IS. I picked up a 512 MB Compact Flash card by Lexar. Its a 12x card which is 1.8 MB/second. The guy at Best Buy said it was good enough, but of course, he was wrong. In the manual you need 1980 KB/second and so 1800 KB/second isn't fast enough. I'll be returning the...

Ok. I received a Fuji S3100 for xmas. Nice camera. I haven't even opened the box. I am still thinking seriously of going for the Canon S1 IS except I have a few simple questions. My father bought me the Fuji S3100 from Best Buy in Canada and he'd by totally fine if I traded up and I paid the...

Fringing is one of the biggest complaints with that camera. I heard that one of the reviewers simply stopped down the aperture alittle more and reduced the fringing. Of course, thats not ideal as it limits your photographic range, but I was wondering if it is a solution to the problem. The S1...

I have been deciding between the Canon S1 IS and the Panasonic DMC FZ10 because they both have Image Stabilization. I'd love to see some pics that you post for the camera. Love the movie mode but purple fringing and 3.2 MP do kinda make me sway away from the Canon. I bet its a good unit though...