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LSHorwitz1 said:
The key discovery for me is that the lens ring can be removed along
with the lens cap, thereby allowing a much better alignment and
fit. I had not seen any references or suggestions whatsoever as to
how to accomplish this, and I wound up putting a small scratch into
my S10 despite being super cautious and using jewelers tools.
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This is great info, Larry. By the "lens ring", do u mean the lens-cap attachment? I would love more info on how to remove this easily and
without damage...perhaps u could email me (btw, I've replied ur email,
and it looks like we're about 8 hours apart in our replies) :-)
 
I unfortunately have not found a way to easily remove the lens ring which holds the swiveling lens cap tightly around the lens of the S10. The ring sits in a groove which allows it to swivel, but the only way I have found to remove it is by using a small, approx 1mm, jeweler's flat-blade screwdrive to pry the ring up a little bit and get it to clear the surrounding grove. Maybe there is a better way??? I have yet to find it.

Unless the ring and cap are entirely removed, the adapter to use external wide angle lenses, filters, etc. will not allow these attachments to sit properly.

Worse yet, when the attachment (wide angle lens, filter, whatever) is no longer needed, then you have a choice:

Either put the ring and lens cap back on the S10, which requires a lot of force / risk of damage......(thus requiring you to start this whole process over again the next time you want to use the adapter) ....or.....

Find a suitable protective lens cap for the S10 which will stay attached without needing the supporting ring. Perhaps a smapp rubber cap could be found....but I haven't succeeded yet.

Larry
 
Carlosr,

As anyone who has looked at my posts, I am not hesitant to be blunt in giving critical remarks of photos. But I wanted to tell you that the photo of the blue bug on the red leaf is one of the finest photos I've ever seen posted on Dpreview. Great job,
carlosr said:
jezlyn said:
Thanks for looking, David! :)

I really hope more S10 users will post to this thread, or others,
so that people researching the S10 can balance out the reviews with
actual user experiences. I would also love to see other S10 users'
pictures... I keep searching the Nikon Talk Forum for new S10 user
pics, but there aren't that many who post. IIRC, Jocaleb is a
vocal proponent for the S10, and LSHorowitz was pretty vocal in the
thread about Simon's S10 review, but I want to see pictures! :D
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I've had an S10 for a few months and I'm very happy with it. I'm
especially impressed by the VR system which seems to work
incredibly well. Before the S10 I was using a Coolpix 2500 so my
expectations are not as high as some reviewers who seem to expect
the camera to perform as well as much bigger/different cameras.
Anyway, if anyone wants to see more pix taken with an S10 I have
two folders here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/15434282@N00/sets/72157594497723976/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/15434282@N00/sets/72157594411356414/

The concert pix are ISO400 with full zoom or close to it.

carlos
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LSHorwitz1 said:
I unfortunately have not found a way to easily remove the lens ring
which holds the swiveling lens cap tightly around the lens of the
S10. The ring sits in a groove which allows it to swivel, but the
only way I have found to remove it is by using a small, approx 1mm,
jeweler's flat-blade screwdrive to pry the ring up a little bit and
get it to clear the surrounding grove. Maybe there is a better
way??? I have yet to find it.
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Hi Guys,

Actually, in the S10 manual (forgot which page), there is a small mention of flipping the lens cap open and then grabbing the hinge and twisting back and forth while pulling up. It makes you feel like you're going to break the ring that secures the lens cap to the S10, but I can verify that it worked. That's how I got the lens cap off before putting the filter adapter on. Then you can just close the lens cap and then pop it back on to the S10 when you're done with the filter attachment. You just push it straight onto the S10 and then rotate it so that it snaps into those tiny grooves when the lenscap is on straight.
LSHorwitz1 said:
Unless the ring and cap are entirely removed, the adapter to use
external wide angle lenses, filters, etc. will not allow these
attachments to sit properly.
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This is a key point. There's no way to fit that filter attachment over the lens cap. I believe the instructions for the attachment mentions this, but I can't remember exactly.
LSHorwitz1 said:
Worse yet, when the attachment (wide angle lens, filter, whatever)
is no longer needed, then you have a choice:

Either put the ring and lens cap back on the S10, which requires a
lot of force / risk of damage......(thus requiring you to start
this whole process over again the next time you want to use the
adapter) ....or.....
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No, if you just place the lens cap on the S10 in the orientation that it is meant to be (so that when you open the lens cap it folds back flat against the side of the camera and locks into place), and the push straight down so that it clicks into place, you won't damage the S10 (unless you're too forceful!). It just feels like you're going to damage something, but once you get used to it, it's no big deal. The lens cap assembly seems a lot stronger than it looks. Of course, I take no responsibility for any damage that you might inflict on your S10... :)

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Photo-Wiz said:
Carlosr,

As anyone who has looked at my posts, I am not hesitant to be blunt
in giving critical remarks of photos. But I wanted to tell you
that the photo of the blue bug on the red leaf is one of the finest
photos I've ever seen posted on Dpreview. Great job,
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Thanks for the encouraging comment Photo-Wiz.
 
Hi,

Thanks for the answer and sorry for the delayed reply. Emergency travel and a busted computer have me thinking about other things.

Your observations on BSS are interesting. For static subjects, I found that it was simple tool with powerful results. I used it a lot for architectural photography when traveling, and even then if the "people" in the shots were blurred, that wasn't my emphasis. I can see here that a difference in subject could make a big difference.

Motion blur makes sense at those shutter speeds. Looking carefully at the photos you posted, I think the "noise" is perfectly acceptable and certainly in those conditions. I'm a Tri-X film fan so a little capture noise isn't the worst thing and I'd rather see crisp "noise" than muddied detail from NR.

Thanks again for the response, youv'e jogged me down another path in thinking about BSS.

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Regards,
Roger
 
Carried the S 10 all around Disney World and couldn't have been happier with it! Even in the very low light Lion King show. Here's one taken in the "It's a Small World" ride (nothing has been done to this photo)



I love the S 10 for what its made for....and it only took a day or two to figure out the situations its not made for.....

But I love those concert shots! Will need to take it along to the next shoot and see how it performs at a concert.

Keep shooting & enjoying this great camera!
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scott b.
http://www.countryshots.com

Sometimes I do get to places just when God's ready to have somebody click the shutter. Ansel Adams
 
Scotty B said:
I love the S 10 for what its made for....and it only took a day or
two to figure out the situations its not made for.....
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Exactly. You have to learn what the camera is capable of and use it where appropriate. That said, even in low light situations, I think it does admirably. It's not an SLR, for crying out loud! :)

Please post more of your S10 shots to the forum!
Scotty B said:
But I love those concert shots! Will need to take it along to the
next shoot and see how it performs at a concert.
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Thanks a lot for looking. I haven't had a chance to do much shooting lately, and the last time I did, I actually used my other recent purchase, a Coolpix 8400. But that day I sure missed the 10x zoom of the S10! Now that the weather is finally getting a little better, I hope to be out shooting with all of my different cameras, including the S10.
Scotty B said:
Keep shooting & enjoying this great camera!
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Thanks. You, too. :)
Scotty B said:
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scott b.
http://www.countryshots.com
Sometimes I do get to places just when God's ready to have somebody
click the shutter. Ansel Adams
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jezlyn said:
Carried the S 10 all around Disney World and
couldn't have been happier with it!
Even in the very low light Lion King show.
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Scott,

Your Disney World experience is much like my S10 experience.......outstanding shots in all sorts of lighting including very low light. I am very glad to see others with the same experience and reaaction to the S10 as I have personally also had.

I enjoyed seeing your latest results, and especially the fact that they confirm how well the S10 does work for some users, ourselves included. I still believe that some of the S10s out there must have either defects, confused users, or both, since there are still some folks who complain bitterly about low light focusing whereas I have not really seen any significant problems of this type. Nor do your photos reveal it either.

Larry
 
I like the camera a lot, but The falsh is totally draining color from the photos of my kids. Has anyone else had this problem and figured out exposure settings?
 
Nice pics. Does anyone have regular indoor photos of people or musuem type pics?
 
Thanks to this forum I now have a renewed interest in the S10.

For those of you that wish to help I'm still in the process of deciding which camera to purchase.
see: http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1002&message=22713989

I thought I'd given up on the S10 because of some of the reviews out there, so would like to thank everyone who posted there experiences and examples of what can be achieved with the S10. It's now back near the top of my list, although I still have a lot of research to do before I make my final decision.

Cheers,

Kim
jezlyn said:
I really hope more S10 users will post to this thread, or others,
so that people researching the S10 can balance out the reviews with
actual user experiences.
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I agree with all the thoughts above......I love shooting my 8400, and there are situations where I wouldn't be without the wide angle of the 8400.

But the S 10 sure answered a lot of the problems the S4 had. And I find I'm carrying it everywhere I go.

--as to the flash question, I have two solutions that have worked well for me (though the first isn't the prettiest looking thing)

.....take a piece of thin white paper (not heavy copier paper), trim it to fit and tape it over the flash -- be sure the paper is bowed out, so there is about 1/2 inch between the flash and the paper....that will diffuse the flash and should eliminate the washout problem.

.....and try using the Vivid Color mode.

I found at Disney that it helped compensate for lousy lighting conditions (it was overcast and drizzling much of our first day -- but Vivid Color brought out the true colors...may be a bit much saturation for some, but you should at least try it for your flash photos to get the color back in the kids faces.

Good luck, and hope that helps a little.
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scott b.
http://www.countryshots.com

Sometimes I do get to places just when God's ready to have somebody click the shutter. Ansel Adams
 
Scotty B said:
--as to the flash question, I have two solutions that have worked
well for me (though the first isn't the prettiest looking thing)

.....take a piece of thin white paper (not heavy copier paper),
trim it to fit and tape it over the flash -- be sure the paper is
bowed out, so there is about 1/2 inch between the flash and the
paper....that will diffuse the flash and should eliminate the
washout problem.
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Can you post a picture of this attached to your S10?

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