S410 vs S500 -- real world experience?

Han Wang said:

i chose the S500 over the S410 because of its superior
continuous/burst mode and better flash performance.

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Han Wang said:

i just ordered the S500, after doing a lot of comparison research
(i read the reviews, stared at the sample pics on
imaging-resource.com for far too long) between it and the S410. i
know the general consensus around here seems to be that the S410
gets the slight nod, but i'm wondering if there's anyone out there
who's had real world experience with both and could chime in about
them?

i chose the S500 over the S410 because of its superior
continuous/burst mode and better flash performance. it seems that
there is a slight noise difference between the two models but not a
whole lot. any thoughts?

i guess i've got slightly cold feet about my choice is all...

thanks in advance (i know the topic is slightly dead-horsey)!
han

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Arska said:

Han Wang said:

i chose the S500 over the S410 because of its superior
continuous/burst mode and better flash performance.

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What is your basis for saying S500 has better flash performance? If
it's just imaging-resource's review, I have checked the flash
shots, and Dave used ISO 50 for S410 and ISO auto for S500.
Naturally S500 boosted ISO for more distant flash shots to get good
exposures, while S410 stuck at ISO 50 (as chosen by user) and got
underexposed shots.

I'm willing to bet money that ISO auto was used for both cameras,
flash results would be exactly the same.

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Han Wang said:

camera to do my own tests). i wonder why dave would use ISO auto
for one and fix the other at ISO 50? that doesn't seem like an
apples-to-apples comparison...

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Glenn Haley said:

Han, I ordered one for exactly the same reasons. It will be for my
wife who complains about the weight of her G1. As far as the noise
goes, if there is any difference it will easily be corrected with
Noise Ninja. I perfer to do as much processing as possible outside
the camera.

I use a 10D and always process it's RAW images, and the RAW images
of the G1, in Photoshop so noise S500 reduction will be no problem.
I do wish the S500 could shoot in RAW but I guess that will be in a
future upgrade (hopefully using DNG format).

At almost half the price of the SD500, plus being able to use
existing CF cards, it was an easy decision for me. My old G1 gives
me wonderful images and with the S500 using the same size sensor I
don't think I'll be disappointed.

Glenn

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Mitch Evans said:

I don't know how important it is to you, but one of the main
reasons I went with the S500 was the VGA movie mode. I love it!

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