Canon S2 IS or wait for the 3??

[Daisy57b]

I keep changing my mind!! I know the 3 is 6 megapixels...so will it be worth the wait for one more mega pixel? I think I've realized that one of these cameras is the one I want!!! Now to wait or get the S2....

Thoughts???
Thanks!!

[Anewman]

Yes, 1 extra megapixel. But you will also be paying about $150 for that extra megapixel.

The S2 is available for about $350, when the S3 comes out it will be $499.

[Greg K.]

The S3 will be able to shoot iso 800.

I'd wait and see what sort of reviews the S3 gets -- and wait for the price to drop. $499 is the basic street price (and the price listed on the Canon website). I'll wager it will be considerably cheaper -- closer to $400 -- online at places like buydig.

Of course, the price of the S2 will also take a plunge once the S3 is released...and you may be able to get a deal for closer to $300 (or less?) by early June.

I'd wait and see, myself. :confused3

Unless you're in a hurry and can't wait another eight weeks or so... :hyper:

[Anewman]

I'll wager it will be considerably cheaper -- closer to $400 -- online at places like buydig.


I will take that wager.

The MSRP of the S2 was/is $420 and it now sells for about $350(clearance priced at the end of its life cycle), It Sold for closer to $390 through the holidays, it did take a price drop recently when word of the S3 started to surface.
The S3 MSRP is announced @$499, I doubt it will take as big a price cut as the S2 clearance prices.


Also I would not count on ISO 800 being very usable on the S3, but tests shots should be coming soon.

[Daisy57b]

Well, I definitely couldn't wait 8 weeks!!! So I went to Best Buy and bought the S2 this afternoon!! I've been researching cameras for about two months now. I hope I can get some good pictures like you guys have! Here's a test picture...let me know what you think! I need all the help I can get learning how to take awesome pics!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v622/daisy57b/Daisyeatinggrass.jpg

[Anewman]

Well, I definitely couldn't wait 8 weeks!!! So I went to Best Buy and bought the S2 this afternoon!! I've been researching cameras for about two months now. I hope I can get some good pictures like you guys have! Here's a test picture...let me know what you think! I need all the help I can get learning how to take awesome pics!



Nice Cat.

[LMarge]

Daisy - great shot - that camera does great outdoors - look how crisp and green your grass is - what's that like --- green grass that is!!! :goodvibes - here in Ohio it's still brown and wet! For me the real test is when I put the shot on the computer and start zooming in - how good is the resolution and how clear does it stay - I love a shot where the eyelash detail is awesome! A profession photographer I worked with once showed me how to loop negatives and the thing he used as his judge was always the eyes - he said if your eyes are in focus everything else will fall into place!! It's been good advice so far! Enjoy playing with your new toy!! I'm a tad jealous - as I picked mine up in November and paid $450 for it!! (not that it hasn't been worth it!!!) ;)

[Daisy57b]

Lmarge - our grass isn't that great looking yet...she just found a good area to start eating. Next weekend I think I'll go to Uptown New Orleans and take some pictures. Hopefully the weather will cooperate. I always love St Charles Ave in the Spring...hopefully it looks nice this year despite everything.

[Kelly Grannell]

Wait for the S3. It has ISO800 as clean as S2 ISO400. That means at the same shutter speed you'll get more background picture (during nightime/lowlight situation)