Canon S5

[hollieplus2]

Would you go with the Canon S5 or the Canon G9 if you had a choice. I'm looking at both.

 

[Frantasmic]

http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ProductCatIndexAct&fcategoryid=113

Go here and compare the two. If you want zoom, go with the S5. If you want a little better picture, go with the G9.

 

[bob100]

I just bought a Canon S5 and love it, great pics on auto with the ability to change many controls/functions like an SLR (but not at SLR prices!, I got mine for less than $300).

 

[carolrie]

Hi all!

I am thinking of starting a small part time photography business down the road with just family portraits of friends etc. I am mainly interested in shooting on locations with natural light (we live near the beach). I know I have TONS to learn! I have been on the DISboards for some time for vacation planning, but not this board and was so excited to find it!!! Here is my question.... I have a friend who has a photography business and is wanting to sell her Fuji S5 for $1000. Would that be a good camera for me to start out with? What about lenses? Which ones would be best for my purposes? I don't have anything right now and am starting from scratch. What else would I need?

Are there any good websites you would recommend for tutorials or articles on taking good portraits. I read the sticky on terms here and also Mark Barbieri's site and they were awesome, soooo helpful. I have Photoshop Elements 6. Would this be adequate to work with my pictures? Thanks so much from a newbie!

 

[Pea-n-Me]

There are some articles about Portraiture on page 5 here. HTH

 

[DisneyHolidayFan]

Would you go with the Canon S5 or the Canon G9 if you had a choice. I'm looking at both.

I have the S3 but was also looking at the G9. The S3 is so bulky!! I ended up buying the Canon 790IS and absolutely love it. We will use it for vacations and keep the S3 at home. Good luck!!!

 

[lillygator]

I am plugging it in to the pc, turning it to view mode and then selecting the print button, the download to Canon comes on the pc, I choose that and then it just blinks a few times and nothing. My first card did fine.

 

[wheelerkidz3]

i saw the other post about memory cards, and it got me wondering about the s5 and memory cards. we will be going on the panama canal cruise soon, and i need to get a bit organized! we bought the s5 last year hoping that i'd learn to use it before our cruise. so far, i haven't really had the time i wanted to play yet...so it is still pretty much being used as a point and shoot and also for short video clips. i love the fact that it does videos and that was the main draw for buying it. so, i wondered about the memory cards though...they seem to have some pretty big ones now, but what should i be buying? we will be using it to video clips while on our trip...but also be taking lots of pics! can anyone tell me what kind/size i should get? thanks!

 

[figment52]

I am plugging it in to the pc, turning it to view mode and then selecting the print button, the download to Canon comes on the pc, I choose that and then it just blinks a few times and nothing. My first card did fine.

have you changed the batteries lately? They may not have enough juice in them for the download if you have lots of pictures.

 

[DizneyNutz]

i saw the other post about memory cards, and it got me wondering about the s5 and memory cards. we will be going on the panama canal cruise soon, and i need to get a bit organized! we bought the s5 last year hoping that i'd learn to use it before our cruise. so far, i haven't really had the time i wanted to play yet...so it is still pretty much being used as a point and shoot and also for short video clips. i love the fact that it does videos and that was the main draw for buying it. so, i wondered about the memory cards though...they seem to have some pretty big ones now, but what should i be buying? we will be using it to video clips while on our trip...but also be taking lots of pics! can anyone tell me what kind/size i should get? thanks!

Your camera will use Multimedia memory cards as well as SD also. Here is a link where they are offering 2 gig multimedia cards for 11.00 and a 2 gig high speed cards for 15.00. A few of those and you should be able to take quite a bit of video as well as photos. I don't know anything about the brand, but saw the offer and just wanted to let you know.

http://www.amazon.com/Transcend-2-0...56-0891630?ie=UTF8&s=pc&qid=1212871848&sr=1-1

 

[dr_zero]

If you have a wal mart or officemax around check them for some clouse out deals but as far as mailorder I allways use newegg.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...E&N=2000070068+1053107930+1053307940&name=2GB

They have been around and are good if you ever have a issue so that is why I recommend them. (I dont get a cut of you buy from them wish I did LOL)

 

[JR6ooo4]

I think the rule is "how many pics or video cips do you want to lose if you mispace a card?" or if the card fails, of course after shooting all the pics.

So, that said. If you have a 4 gig card you may nerver need to change it and therefore would only loose it if you lost the whole camera.

You are left with the failure issue. I have never had a card fail. But they do.

I have a 4 gig in my phone for music. but use two gig cards for my camera.

Mikeeee

 

[polkadotladybug]

I am having problems with taking video on my S5, and I had problems with my S3. I think it's probably because of my memory card? I have a PNY Industries SD card - 2g. It takes photos fine, but when I film video, it skips and stops and just plain stinks.

What do you recommend? We are headed to WDW next week and I want to be able to get good video as well! I don't mind going up in size, especially since the S5 can record for longer (is that true?). I think I just got the cheapest memory card when I bought the whole shebang - I didn't realize there was a difference in performance, but I should have applied the well-known principle of "you get what you pay for!".

What memory card should I get? Or does the problem lie in my (week-old) S5 (and was the same in the S3)?

 

[dr_zero]

I bought the RiDATA Lightning 2GB at 60x $7.48

and have been happy with it but just ordered a OCZ Speed 150X 2GBSpeed: 150X (22.5MB/sec) $9.49

to have an extra for vacation time.

Alot of people recommend the SanDisk Extreme III 2GBSpeed: 133X $26.49.

All of these can be had online like Amazon, Buy.com etc I like http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2000070068%201053307940%201053107930&page=1&bop=And&Order=PRICE

 

[LPZ_Stitch!]

For the S3/S5, you shouldn't need anything faster than a SanDisk UltraII.

You don't need to waste money on the ExtremeIII or other superfast SDHC cards.

 

[polkadotladybug]

So do you think the problem is in my memory card?? Here's what I have. I don't really understand the "specs" if I could even find the comparisons online. I know this wasn't expensive though.

What is the SDHC? How does that differ from SD?

 

[dr_zero]

So do you think the problem is in my memory card?? Here's what I have. I don't really understand the "specs" if I could even find the comparisons online. I know this wasn't expensive though.

What is the SDHC? How does that differ from SD?

Good question I knew it was high capacity but that was about it so I went and looked it up, I had just took it for granted. They changed the way the memory stores the info so they could make cards that could hold more than 2gb.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Digital_card

 

[thomas998]

its possible its the memory card... I have personally used some PNYs in a camera before an had no problem... but that doesn't mean they don't have some stinkers out there.

Before you decide its the card... I would suggest you format the card in your camera... then try shooting some more video around the house... its possible that it is the camera... if you are using a SD chip that is too slow I'm surprised you get anything recorded in video...

Also... You wont need anything faster than a ultra II for video in a camera... but of course faster chips will allow faster download from your card reader after the pictures are taken.

 

[polkadotladybug]

it's pretty bad when my daughter's pink Samsung >$100 camera records smooth video - LOL - and my S5 doesn't!

How do you format the memory card? I admit that I probably never did that! I think I popped it in when I got the S3 last year and just started taking pictures and didn't have any problem.

Maybe I'll delete everything from the card and try to format the card. I'm going to be embarassed if that's the problem. Actually I'll be glad b/c I won't have to get a new one - LOL

 

[thomas998]

it's pretty bad when my daughter's pink Samsung >$100 camera records smooth video - LOL - and my S5 doesn't!

How do you format the memory card? I admit that I probably never did that! I think I popped it in when I got the S3 last year and just started taking pictures and didn't have any problem.

Maybe I'll delete everything from the card and try to format the card. I'm going to be embarassed if that's the problem. Actually I'll be glad b/c I won't have to get a new one - LOL

After you have copied everything you want off the memory card...

put it back into your camera

on the system menu (the wrench picture)

scroll down to format and select

Now on the format memu use the arrow keys to put a check beside the low level format option

now select OK

The format could take a while maybe 3 to 5 minutes... but if I'm not mistaken that is one of the things Canon recommends to do if you think your card isn't reading/writing as quick as it should.

If you've never formated this card and you have used the card in a different camera than the S5... then its completely feasible that their are simply lots fo space left on it but none of the space is in nice camera friendly little plots.