Canon S2 IS Posted June 21, 2005 at 12:00 am

I’ve been interested in exploring the link between blogging and photography for a little while now. I’ve been borrowing cameras from others up until now on an as-needed basis to shoot any of the few older photos you’ll find on this site. Getting a digital camera of my own was the logical first step toward getting more serious about photography.

I picked out the Canon S2 IS ultra-zoom camera after several weeks of research at various community and manufacturer websites. The S2 strikes me as pretty well rounded, but the image stabilization or “IS” that gives the S2 its name intrigued me the most.

I’ve had the camera for about two days now, and I’ve taken almost 100 pictures and I’ve also shot a few short videos. It’s too early to make any broad conclusions about the capability of the image stabilization system on the camera. I got some blurry photos out of the first batch of pictures, but the pictures I took this afternoon came out much better on the whole that those I took yesterday. On the other hand, some of the short videos I’ve shot with the camera look exceptionally good. Unfortunately, they’re a tad too large for me to archive on my blog, but you can head over to Jeff Keller’s review at the DCRP for a nice sample. Digital cameras really have come a long way in terms of their video capabilities.