Canon S5 IS

Posted by Pixelhead

Prior to going on our trip to New Orleans, Lizzie got me a Canon S5 IS Digital camera, which is the camera that I had been checking out at the local stores. The Canon S5 IS is a medium sized camera, at just below a pound and maybe an inch shorter in length than Canon’s Rebel. The S5 has lots of great features that make it a solid camera that does not require the purchase of extra lenses. Throw in the 4 AA batteries and you are ready to take pictures. The camera also comes with a 32megabyte SD memory card, but I swapped out the 2gig memory card in my other camera. Note:Must remember to reformat the card.

Features I have used thus far include:

Add sound bytes to a picture. This is great for adding reminders about pictures such as where the picture was taken, notes for future blog posts, names of people in pictures, pronunciations of words that may relate to the pictures, etc…
Movie mode with zoom during movie. I used to hate not being able to zoom in and out while making a video.
Various settings for night photography. I really need to sit down and work on this, because frequently Lizzie and I are out at restaurants that have “mood” lighting, and I want to take pictures of our meals.
The color filter allows you to take black and white pictures while filtering out or in certain colors. So if I want to take a picture that highlights a red rose, I can make everything else b&W and leave the red rose red.

Well at any rate, there are lots of cool features on the S5 that should keep me busy for quite a while.

Check out the New Orleans Picture set to see the photos I took with the Canon S5 IS.

If you have an S5 or another camera that you love, let me know. What features of your camera do you love or hate?

Buy a Canon S5 IS

Written by Pixelhead on November 8th, 2007 with 8 comments.
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freewaredownloads
#1. November 8th, 2007, at 4:57 PM.

I was looking for reviews on the camera and found your blog I’m currently thinking of buying…. Would you be able to post some pictures taken with it?

Pixelhead
#2. November 8th, 2007, at 5:49 PM.

F Lake Pontchartrain Sun Set reewaresdownloads, I have a set of pics on Flickr from my current trip to New Orleans that were taken using the Canon S5 the picture from Lake Pontchartrain is one of the pictures in the set.
By the way, I had to edit your link because I only link to blogs in the comments title, in order to ensure quality comments are being made. If you have a blog you would like me to link to, please let me know.

Freeware
#3. November 8th, 2007, at 6:42 PM.

Thats ok, thanks for picture link…. Really enjoyed looking at them… thinking more towards buying the camera now also….

Pixelhead
#4. November 8th, 2007, at 7:06 PM.

Great, well if you are buying, the Canon S5 IS gets great marks from me. At present I don’t have a link up to any Camera stores so you are on your own.

Alberghi
#5. November 13th, 2007, at 2:52 PM.

Really good!! it’s fantastic. I’m thinking of buying it.

Pixelhead
#6. November 13th, 2007, at 3:16 PM.

If you are looking for a camera that has a bunch of advanced features, but does not require additional lenses, it is a great camera.

drunk driving
#7. November 17th, 2007, at 4:25 PM.

Great find! I have to say I am tempted to buy this camera. Holds a lot of memory and would perfect for my picture taking. Not only that, it is quite small, weighing less than 1lb.

Pixelhead
#8. November 19th, 2007, at 2:24 AM.

DD, It does come with a rather small memory card, so I would suggest buying at least a 1 gig memory card as well.

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