They always have to make a face!

**White95Max** · 03-25-2006, 01:45 PM

I felt like I was trying to photograph an obnoxious little kid or something today when I was testing out my new camera and tripod. My dog wasn`t being very cooperative. It took me about a dozen shots to get a decent one. Here`s the first one:

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:lol

But the main thing I wanted to try out on my camera was the zoom. It`s a Canon Powershot S2 IS, with 12X optical zoom and 4X digital. Since the dog walked away during the photoshoot, I figured it was a good time to try out the zoom.

No zoom applied:

12X optical:

Full 48X:

The zoom on this camera is pretty impressive. I was touching the camera when taking the full zoom shot, which may explain the bit of blur in the shot, but I can`t imagine what it would look like without a tripod. It probably wouldn`t even be discernable.

I finally got a shot with the dog looking at (or close to) the camera.

**General Lee** · 03-25-2006, 02:02 PM

That first pic is halarious!

**imported_truzoom** · 03-25-2006, 03:25 PM

Wait.. isn`t the IS supposed to mean Image-Stabilization?

**JaCkaL829** · 03-25-2006, 03:34 PM

Originally Posted by truzoom

Wait.. isn`t the IS supposed to mean Image-Stabilization?

Yes, I think the reason the closeup of the dog isn`t as clear is because he was using the digital zoom. I`m not sure about Canon cameras, but on my FinePix S5100 when on the highest JPEG setting you couldn`t use digital zoom, only on the lower settings. All digital zoom is cropping, and from what I`ve read about it, it should usually be left off. It greatly compromises the picture, as you see above.

*edit* Heres a good article on optical zoom vs. digital zoom...

http://www.photoxels.com/article-opt...ital-zoom.html

**Super** · 03-25-2006, 04:04 PM

I like it ------------------------------ cool dog

**Quickstrike** · 03-25-2006, 04:09 PM

That dog is looking old.

Nice pics.

**BigAl3** · 03-25-2006, 04:22 PM

cool pics!

**Accumulator** · 03-25-2006, 06:40 PM

Heh heh, yeah, good pics! Glad you`re enjoying the camera (don`t you dare tease me about still not having a digital

).

Yeah, getting dogs to cooperate sure isn`t easy!

**White95Max** · 03-25-2006, 06:56 PM

Originally Posted by Quickstrike

That dog is looking old.

Nice pics.

Haha, he`s showing some gray isn`t he?

He`ll be 14 this summer.

**White95Max** · 03-25-2006, 06:58 PM

Originally Posted by truzoom

Wait.. isn`t the IS supposed to mean Image-Stabilization?

Yes, it stands for Image Stabilization, but I agree with Johnny, I think the digital zoom is really the reason for the blur. Any movement of the camera at 48X zoom is going to be exaggerated a ton, so even with the IS, I don`t expect crystal clarity. I`ll rarely use the full digital zoom though...this was just a test to see what the capability of the camera is.

**imported_flatstick** · 03-25-2006, 07:08 PM

Have to say that the pics lood good with the camera. could not help but think that the dog was distracted but by what ? hmmmm must be those shiny wheels lol ! thanks for the pics :xyxthumbs

**Ben Kenobi** · 03-26-2006, 11:14 AM

Very nice photos Maxy, what camera did you get? Mmm what is with the mark on the right front wheel well in photo #5? Is that why your doggie looks sad?