New Canon S50

JeffAK · Mar 6, 2003

Hi

I am considering buying the new Canon S50 (5 Megapixel) for doing serious stock photography work, any feedback from anyone?, I have heard of the Canon EOS D-60, but it is a bit beyond my budget. I am just concerned about the size of the lens of the S50 as small compared to Digital SLRs, although I know the picture quality is excellent.

Thank you.

nick127418 · Mar 6, 2003

i use a d 100 ...i have used the canon s 40 a lot. i swear by it. what an amazing camera. i am very very excited about the s 50. i dont care if that lens is small, its sharp as blahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!! and this camera is black
awesome!!!!!!!

JeffAK said:
Hi

I am considering buying the new Canon S50 (5 Megapixel) for doing
serious stock photography work, any feedback from anyone?, I have
heard of the Canon EOS D-60, but it is a bit beyond my budget. I am
just concerned about the size of the lens of the S50 as small
compared to Digital SLRs, although I know the picture quality is
excellent.

Thank you.

--
nikon d-100
nikon 24-85 G swm
SB-50DX
work in camera store...borrow lots of other stuff..

Tore Lund · Mar 7, 2003

Nick kessler said:
i use a d 100 ...i have used the canon s 40 a lot. i swear by it.
what an amazing camera. i am very very excited about the s 50. i
dont care if that lens is small, its sharp as
blahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!! and this camera is black
awesome!!!!!!!

Have a look at this page, and study the flower pictures from S45 and S50:

http://myalbum.ne.jp/cgi-bin/a_menu?id=fd991545

The S45 image is blurred on the left side, the S50 on the right. Whatever the deeper reason for this, one may indeed say that they are as sharp as blahhhh, to use your expression. I am looking elsewhere for my next camera.

Tore

harry · Mar 7, 2003

Canon G3 just dropped to $699. Even it has 4 mp, but got a hot-shoe, brigher lens, and flip/switch LCD screen. S50 will be $599, tough call, but it's your call.

Tore Lund said:
Nick kessler said:

i use a d 100 ...i have used the canon s 40 a lot. i swear by it.
what an amazing camera. i am very very excited about the s 50. i
dont care if that lens is small, its sharp as
blahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!! and this camera is black
awesome!!!!!!!

Click to expand...

Have a look at this page, and study the flower pictures from S45
and S50:

http://myalbum.ne.jp/cgi-bin/a_menu?id=fd991545

The S45 image is blurred on the left side, the S50 on the right.
Whatever the deeper reason for this, one may indeed say that they
are as sharp as blahhhh, to use your expression. I am looking
elsewhere for my next camera.

Tore

--
Harry

Todd L · Mar 7, 2003

serious stock photography, with a sub-compact? I own the S45 and my vote is for the G3 also, more flexibility, period.

harry said:
Canon G3 just dropped to $699. Even it has 4 mp, but got a
hot-shoe, brigher lens, and flip/switch LCD screen. S50 will be
$599, tough call, but it's your call.

nick127418 · Mar 8, 2003

yes, but if you want something that you will more likely carry around with you. i dont know. i love the g 3 too...i just have a d 100 for my serious, serious camera, and would like to have something more eaily ready to carry around and play with.

Todd L said:
harry said:

Canon G3 just dropped to $699. Even it has 4 mp, but got a
hot-shoe, brigher lens, and flip/switch LCD screen. S50 will be
$599, tough call, but it's your call.

Click to expand...

--
nikon d-100
nikon 24-85 G swm
SB-50DX
work in camera store...borrow lots of other stuff..

DanyaL · Mar 8, 2003

I am also looking very forward to two or three from now, so that I can get my hands on an S50. I also am planing on buying this camera for stock photography among other things. It looks great! The only thing is that I heard it won't be black outside of American or something. I want a black one!!
Dan

JeffAK said:
Hi

I am considering buying the new Canon S50 (5 Megapixel) for doing
serious stock photography work, any feedback from anyone?, I have
heard of the Canon EOS D-60, but it is a bit beyond my budget. I am
just concerned about the size of the lens of the S50 as small
compared to Digital SLRs, although I know the picture quality is
excellent.

Thank you.

AdamW · Mar 8, 2003

Nick kessler said:
Todd L said:

harry said:

Canon G3 just dropped to $699. Even it has 4 mp, but got a
hot-shoe, brigher lens, and flip/switch LCD screen. S50 will be
$599, tough call, but it's your call.

Click to expand...

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Much as I wanted to praise the S50, Todd L has a point. The S50 is just the wrong camera for stock photography; the G3 is better suited to the job.

nick127418 · Mar 9, 2003

yes

JeffAK said:
Hi

I am considering buying the new Canon S50 (5 Megapixel) for doing
serious stock photography work, any feedback from anyone?, I have
heard of the Canon EOS D-60, but it is a bit beyond my budget. I am
just concerned about the size of the lens of the S50 as small
compared to Digital SLRs, although I know the picture quality is
excellent.

Thank you.

--
nikon d-100
nikon 24-85 G swm
SB-50DX
work in camera store...borrow lots of other stuff..

BlackJack · Mar 9, 2003

then you better stay away from the D60 as well... awfully blurry on the right side!

Tore Lund said:
Nick kessler said:

i use a d 100 ...i have used the canon s 40 a lot. i swear by it.
what an amazing camera. i am very very excited about the s 50. i
dont care if that lens is small, its sharp as
blahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!! and this camera is black
awesome!!!!!!!

Click to expand...

Have a look at this page, and study the flower pictures from S45
and S50:

http://myalbum.ne.jp/cgi-bin/a_menu?id=fd991545

The S45 image is blurred on the left side, the S50 on the right.
Whatever the deeper reason for this, one may indeed say that they
are as sharp as blahhhh, to use your expression. I am looking
elsewhere for my next camera.

Tore

nick127418 · Mar 9, 2003

abd

JeffAK said:
Hi

I am considering buying the new Canon S50 (5 Megapixel) for doing
serious stock photography work, any feedback from anyone?, I have
heard of the Canon EOS D-60, but it is a bit beyond my budget. I am
just concerned about the size of the lens of the S50 as small
compared to Digital SLRs, although I know the picture quality is
excellent.

Thank you.

--
nikon d-100
nikon 24-85 G swm
SB-50DX
work in camera store...borrow lots of other stuff..

Brian G. · Mar 9, 2003

Although I'd probably lean toward the G3 here also, don't be so quick to dismiss the sub-compacts. I actually know people selling stock with reputable houses taken with S30s and S40s. If your interests are in stills, particularly, where you've got the time and environmental control, the differences between S & G series become less important.

~~Brian~~

Todd L said:
serious stock photography, with a sub-compact? I own the S45 and my
vote is for the G3 also, more flexibility, period.

--
Brian
Gallery: http://mywebpages.comcast.net/spiritmist/My%20Web%20Gallery/index.htm

peter frederiksen · Mar 9, 2003

my suggestion.Buy the s45 or s50!
all this talk of g3 beeing more flexible is just nonsence
as phil askey writes in his review:"s45 has the same manual controls as the g3"!
picture quality is as good on s45 as on g3!
but s45 and s50 is a portable digicam

JeffAK said:
Hi

I am considering buying the new Canon S50 (5 Megapixel) for doing
serious stock photography work, any feedback from anyone?, I have
heard of the Canon EOS D-60, but it is a bit beyond my budget. I am
just concerned about the size of the lens of the S50 as small
compared to Digital SLRs, although I know the picture quality is
excellent.

Thank you.

JeffAK · Mar 9, 2003

Hey all

Thanks for all the feedback, its just the D60 is a bit pricey. I know the G3 is excellent, read so many reviews on it, but im just leaning towards more pixels (5MP+), just in case for enlargements and bigger TIFF files. I've heard so many good things about the D60 also. The smaller lens should'nt make a difference (I hope not...lol).

peter frederiksen said:
JeffAK said:

Hi

I am considering buying the new Canon S50 (5 Megapixel) for doing
serious stock photography work, any feedback from anyone?, I have
heard of the Canon EOS D-60, but it is a bit beyond my budget. I am
just concerned about the size of the lens of the S50 as small
compared to Digital SLRs, although I know the picture quality is
excellent.

Thank you.

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Graeme Cogger · Mar 9, 2003

JeffAK said:
Hey all

Thanks for all the feedback, its just the D60 is a bit pricey. I
know the G3 is excellent, read so many reviews on it, but im just
leaning towards more pixels (5MP+), just in case for enlargements
and bigger TIFF files. I've heard so many good things about the D60
also. The smaller lens should'nt make a difference (I hope
not...lol).

I wouldn't worry too much about 5MP vs 4MP. The 5MP camera would let you print images just 12% wider/taller at the same resolution.

Peter Spiro · Mar 9, 2003

From what I have been able to father, the G2/G3 only has an advantage over the S40/S45 if you have to use it in dim light or with a flash. Using aperture priority and stopping the lens down to f/4, the S30/40/45/50 lens is perfectly sharp. So I think its a good idea to get it for is pocketable size. It is a very serious camera, with just about all the options available on the G3 except the lens and flash shoe.
The S50 will give you greater sharpness than the G3 due to the higher res CCD.

For some corner sharpness examples:
http://ca.geocities.com/spirope/CanonS40.htm

AdamW said:
Nick kessler said:

Todd L said:

harry said:

Canon G3 just dropped to $699. Even it has 4 mp, but got a
hot-shoe, brigher lens, and flip/switch LCD screen. S50 will be
$599, tough call, but it's your call.

Click to expand...

Click to expand...

Click to expand...

Much as I wanted to praise the S50, Todd L has a point. The S50 is
just the wrong camera for stock photography; the G3 is better
suited to the job.

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