Canon S3

[AndrewWG]

Wow! Quick learner!

Nice pic. Gotta say, I've never seen a blue pomegranite before. I used to love those things. Haven't had one in years though.

 

[actionvaughn]

I asked Santa for a S5 IS, and I'm happily on my third day of playing with it! I've lurked at this thread for a while and just got to say that you guys need to get a commision...

So I had heard about the lens cap being a pain before I bought it, but I never imagine that it would fall off when I LOOK at it wrong...

 

[Dakota_Lynn]

I asked Santa for a S5 IS, and I'm happily on my third day of playing with it! I've lurked at this thread for a while and just got to say that you guys need to get a commision...

So I had heard about the lens cap being a pain before I bought it, but I never imagine that it would fall off when I LOOK at it wrong...

I've noticed that too! What on earth is up with that! Is there a solution to the lens cap problem? I would like to know that my poor lens is protected somehow. Yikes!

I'm also struggling with getting the SD card properly formatted. Windows can't format it and when I put it in the camera, it says there is a memory card error. Anybody else have this problem with Sandisk SD Cards?

 

[hddanis]

Add me to the family. I just got an S5 for Christmas. I have 27 days to learn as much as I can. I've been lurking on this thread for about a month now and have taken lots of notes.

 

[LMarge]

to help with the lens cap issue, I put a small/tiny sliver of stick on velcro (the soft side) inside the edge of the cap - it makes it fit over the barrel very snuggly! However - don't forget to take it off before turning on the camera - otherwise you get this "bad" sound and the lens jerks in/out/in/out several times before is shuts off! NOT A GOOD FEELING!!!

 

[phisigprincess]

Hi everyone! DH bought me an S3 IS for Christmas (more like a gift to both of us!). I'm trying to learn about it since I haven't done much photography. I'm excited to see what I can learn from all of you!

 

[schaery]

Just got back from a trip to The World. Here are a few of the 400 pics I took with my S3.

The Haunted Mansion ride stalled on us for 25 minutes right in front of Mdm Leota

Spaceship Earth night shot

This is a waterfall seen from Tom Sawyers Island

Wishes Fireworks during MVMCP

The Castle has MM ears

The Castle in black and white

 

[hddanis]

Just got back from a trip to The World. Here are a few of the 400 pics I took with my S3.

This is a waterfall seen from Tom Sawyers Island

Wishes Fireworks during MVMCP

These two are my favorite. I love the castle like that! And that waterfall is just perfect..

 

[grover]

These two are my favorite. I love the castle like that! And that waterfall is just perfect..

These are my favs as well!!!

 

[Luv2Camp]

Hey, I FINALLY figured something out.....How to post my pictures on the board! I had to move over to Photobucket, and it works great. Thanks for the tip! Now if I can figure out my S5, I'll be all set! Below is the picture of the Christmas lights, blur and all. Andy - I'll definitely get a tripod and try that. Any other suggestions? I really, really, really want to figure this out before we go to Disney!

 

[suwoogie]

After lots of trials and errors and wanting to throw the camera out the window I'm finally getting some fairly good shots. But it's not easy, I tell ya! I have to give you all credit for taking some of the most beautiful photos I've seen.

Anyway, here's my next attempt. The tree is still up and it's the only thing worth photographing right now.

 

[wdwmom2]

After lots of trials and errors and wanting to throw the camera out the window I'm finally getting some fairly good shots. But it's not easy, I tell ya! I have to give you all credit for taking some of the most beautiful photos I've seen.

Anyway, here's my next attempt. The tree is still up and it's the only thing worth photographing right now.

Great DOF!!!! You did a great job! Don't throw your camera out the window, practice makes perfect!

 

[suwoogie]

Really? Oh thank you thank you thank you!!! I took 44 photos to get this one good one.

 

[actionvaughn]

I posted a bit about the lens cap falling off all the time and I ended up sending an email to their customer service. They were super nice and offered to send me a brand new lens cap, free of charge! Hopefully it fixes the problem because as I use it more, it's becoming a pain in the butt. If any other Dis'ers are still suffering, it's worth a sending an email.

Haven't been to DLR in about a month and a half. I did end up taking a trip to Hollywood though.

Most well-deserved star on the Walk of Fame in my opinion!

The Soda Fountain, all pink and still Christmas-y.

I love that even though I'm taking a picture of a movie, the quality makes it look like a standing poster.. Can you tell I'm still in awe over the difference between this and my old point-and-shoot? I love you S5!

 

[schaery]

Thanks for the compliments on the waterfall and castle. The castle was just so beautiful that it was hard to stop shooting pics. I have about 56 pics of the castle during Wishes. Everyone was bored looking at all of them but I guess they just didn't "get it".

Question: When I upload my pics for developing, no matter what photo developer I use, they crop my pictures too close. I guess that digital pics are square, and they get cropped into a rectangular shape. Is there a way to resolve this? (Sorry to seem dumb if everyone knows that but me).

 

[gabbyrosebud]

Just got back from a trip to The World. Here are a few of the 400 pics I took with my S3.

The Haunted Mansion ride stalled on us for 25 minutes right in front of Mdm Leota

Spaceship Earth night shot

This is a waterfall seen from Tom Sawyers Island

Wishes Fireworks during MVMCP

The Castle has MM ears

The Castle in black and white

Great job! You took such beautiful pictures. I know this has probably been asked but how did you take your firework shots? I used night snapshot with continuous shooting and they came out pretty good. I like to see how other people take theirs. Thanks so much!

 

[ghost1000]

Ghost1000 - Those are great pics!!!! Did you customize your settings or use auto? Flash or no flash? (Talking about the night show at the castle)

Sorry about the delayed response - the holidays, PDD (post Disney depression) and my gmail account getting hacked all got in the way.

No flash, I believe those were using the sports mode but I was switching between that and some custom settings back and forth the whole trip and don't remember. They are run through noiseware also.

and since I'm posting why not a few more pics

And finally since he has left the parks as of a day or two ago here is one of Bear - one of our sons favorites and we were glad we caught him before it was over.

 

[bumbershoot]

Question: When I upload my pics for developing, no matter what photo developer I use, they crop my pictures too close. I guess that digital pics are square, and they get cropped into a rectangular shape. Is there a way to resolve this? (Sorry to seem dumb if everyone knows that but me).

You need to use a place that understands digital photos. Dotphoto, for example, has a special print size they use, and there are small white bars on the side, but your whole picture is on the print. It's not quite a 4x6.

 

[AndrewWG]

You need to use a place that understands digital photos. Dotphoto, for example, has a special print size they use, and there are small white bars on the side, but your whole picture is on the print. It's not quite a 4x6.

If I can add to this as well, what I do is crop my photo to the size that I want printed. You can set the size of crop that you want in most photo editing programs. If I want a 4x6, I crop it so that the picture is 4x6 or 8x12. If I want 5x7 I crop it as 5x7 or 10x14. 8x10 is 8x10 or 16x20. As long as the ratio is the same, it will fit on the print that you want. I don't leave the cropping to the photo lab. They will do their best to fit it all on the photo, but it usually cuts off grandmas ear or something!

 

[LMarge]

smugmug offers a print size that is more square and fits what you "shoot" onto your "print" -- it's the 4x5.3 size. Haven't tried it myself, but I plan to with the holiday pictures from this year. Unfortunately Costco doesn't offer this option, they tell you to just crop "wider" to allow for the "crop factor" of thier equipment. Good luck!