nregmie said:
thank u all for suggestions, specially cpyder thanks for ur advices.
When i was trying to buy A570 IS for my sister the shopkeeper told me he has one used S3IS, which was used for only 1 month.After bargaining he gave it just for 7000 IC with another 2 GB card. He gave me only 2 months replacement warranty(he will refund all the money if there is any problem within 2 months) with it. I think its a good deal, isnt it?
Now the shopkeeper also has used S3IS WIDE ANGLE LENS WITH MACRO and 0.45x or something like that was written in it. It contained few like 5-6 lenses in the bag.They are also used for 1 month and looked very new. He is asking 3000 for it. What is it and r they useful? Should i buy it?
@ cpyder, there r lots of functions in the cam, please tell me how to take nightshots. i tried to take few using nightshot mode but i am not fully satisfied with the result. is there some setting so i can take better nightshots? Other photos r very good.
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Congratulations, nregmie. you are now part of the Canon family. And thank you for your appreciation.
Coming to your deal - frankly and honestly, I am jealous!! (i purchased S2IS, 18 months ago for a whooping 30k
You got steal of a deal.
About the bag ful of lenses - wide angle lenses are usualy costly, costlier than telephoto lenses of same quality. They are definitly a good buy. Just check which brand are they. And which are these '5-6 lenses'? You got to make sure that these work with S3IS. Usually a tele/wide angle converter/adapter is required in order to fit these lenses. Make sure of that before you buy them. In any case, 3k seems a good deal for lenses if they are of any known brand like tamron, sigma, canon etc.
Coming to your query on night shots. One way is to use the built in setting. rotate the revolving switch next to the shutter release button to the night mode icon and just shoot. Since the low light photography requires longer exposure, make sure you use the tripod or place your camera on some solid surface to avoid the blur. Another handy trick is to use the timer of 2 sec. This eliminates chances of camera shake when you press the shutter release button.
Other option is to use manual setting. Rotate the switch to 'M' and use the 4 way rocker switch to adjust aperture and shutter speed. Try this - put off the digital zoom. set aperture to 3.5, shutter speed to 1/125. shoot the moon with full optical zoom. you will be amazed. experiment a little with aperture and shutter speed to get the hang of it.
This pic was shot with the same setting:-
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And dont forget to shoot videos with it. You may shoot a maximum of 28 mins in one GB, but the quality is amazing. recompress the video on the computer. If yous shoot at best setting (640x480 @ 30 fps) the result is like watching a DVD. and you have just about 8min video fitting in a one GB card. S2IS is one of perhaps a couple of digital cameras that allows optical zoom while shooting video. Usualy the digital cameras only have digital zoom during video shoot which degrades the quality, not with canon S2IS.
Hope that helps. Happy shooting.
