The New Canon S5 IS

Well, I bought me the NEW Canon S5 IS and I absolutely love this thing. I am really impressed with the zoom capabilities and the Super Macro on this thing. It's a little small in the hands compared to the SLR's but, I think it's a much better camera than my 300D I had. This is a nice camera and I got a really sweet deal on it also. It was just $336 NIB with shipping.

They're pretty decent for what they are. Shoot at low ISO at all times Here's some motivation, from my S3, everybody loves hummers. Full telephoto, pretty substantial crop. Not so bad?

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Wow! Great pic!

I've had my S5 about 2 weeks now, and loving it. Still learning, and shooting as much as possible, and I'm loving every minute of it. I purchased the S5 as a stepping stone up to a DSLR, so I could learn a little more before I jump into a 40D.

If you do a lot of flash photography, get the 430EX.

I sold my S3 on ebay just to get the S5 & 430EX. It's a great combination!

Nice photo! I am truly impressed. Thanks for the skinny on the 430EX flash.

That thing is cute - great shot!

Here is another motivational shot. It was taken this summer with my S3.

Ron

Great shot, I can't believe the flash froze the wing! Maybe a little overexposed, highlights on the bellly there. I'll need to try it whenever they come back. My question is how in the world did you get the focus, you didn't use the green light in the dark did you? Manual focus? You were close too! Barely any zoom.

I was very close to the hummers. Probably no more that two feet. They get used to you very fast and will fly very close to you. Most of my pictures were taken not long before dusk. I think they were getting their fill for the night. I have had them land on my finger before. I used the flash and a shutter speed of around 1/500 sec. I used manual focus also. I had A LOT of bad pictures, but a few keepers also.

Ron

Here are a couple more.

ront wrote in post #4136767
I had A LOT of bad pictures, but a few keepers also.

That's everyone's secret, most just don't say it Great shots, some could use a little post processing. I can't believe the flash freezes the wings, I guess it's because it's such a short burst of light? In daylight I shoot them at 1/1600s and the wings are still blurry.

Right - a flash exposure is typically 1/2500 sec. or less. And the closer you are to the subject, the shorter the flash is.

Cool, thanks. Do you know how the flash exposure compensation works? Does it fire for longer, or brighter? And this is the same thing as adjusting the flash in Manual?

paul79uf wrote in post #4123700
I sold my S3 on ebay just to get the S5 & 430EX. It's a great combination!

I did the very same, never looked back!

It fires longer or shorter. Same basic idea as changing the power level in flash manual. Basically, your flash has a capacitor that builds up a charge and then sends a spark through the flash tube. The more current in the capacitor, the longer the spark will last, so the more light you'll get. Of course inside it's more complicated than that, but that will help you understand the principle.

Thanks. So, in Manual, I get only three steps of adjustment for the flash. In the exposure comp, it gives me adjustments from -2 to +2 in 1/3s, is it actually making more subtle adjustments than in Manual or no?