Red eye with PowerShot S2 IS

[sbebenelli]

I have a A95 that I'm happy with. The only thing I have a problem with is red eye. I was wondering how the S2 with the flash up higher is with red eye. Would I see a big enough improvement in the reduction of red eye to justify upgrading.

[davidfig]

Popup flashes do not get rid of red eye. Because they do no go high enough. Next time you go to a wedding. Look at the photographer his/her flash is about a foot about the camera.

Some cameras have removal, but that's probably not so great. Most cameras have red eye reduction, which causes a pre-flash (slowing you picture taking down) and this closes the pupils a little. You can check the canon web site, but I think all cameras have this feature now.

[handyhaver]

The S2 has the reduction, but I still get red eye pretty bad on mine. Seems like there's just no way around it. Just have to remove it later in an editing program

Mark

[RossW]

Agreed that the S2 flash isn't really high enough/diffuse enough to not cause red-eye, but I have been pretty pleased at how minimal it is overall (with reduction turned on) for people... but cats are another matter entirely! The red-eye reduction doesn't seem to have much effect on green-eye or gold-eye syndrome in kitty pix.