Very first Picture with my Canon Powershot S5 IS digital Camera

We love our Canon, but opted for the SLR body 12megapixl. And WE just got a new lens the other day .. the Sigma 18-200mm with optical stabalization. Here's the first picks I took with it (I've got a long way to go):



One's zoomed out at 18mm f/5.6 1/100 sec using a flash, and the other is at 200mm f/6.3 1/250 sec no flash. The pics were taken about 10 minutes apart.

Believe it or not, laser printers CAN actually do excelent photos, but most folks won't blow the $2,000 and up for a photo quality laser printer, unless you're doing a lot of publishing (they CAN cost over $8,000 ). The higher end'ers will do gloss, and do it at 2,400 dpi. At that density, you can't tell the difference between a film print. Laser paper DOES come in glossy (they have to withstand something like 400 degrees for a second) too. You won't ever find it at kinkos or staples. We have the HP 5500. It'll print a 8meg photo file onto 11-1/2 X 17" for less than 35 cents (not counting the paper which runs nearly a buck a sheet), besides doing the smaller prints. Try and match THAT price at the 24hr Costco . I know most can't afford that kind of capitol outlay, or have need of a monster printer ... but if you're in the market, it's something to keep in mind.

 

Well, I don't need anything professional or fancy. Mostly I'm printing to give some photos of field trips to teachers to give to students, or to put pictures in christmas ornaments for my tree, or something. I have them stored electronically. And if for any reason I need something really nice, I can always burn them on a CD and take them somewhere to be professionally done. Which I haven't done yet.

The majority of my pictures end up on webpages.

 

I'm just wondering.. why the flash ?

Also a 2000$ laser printer will get quality equal to a 150$ inkjet printer, so why spend so much, for 2000$ you can have a quality inkjet printer which will make far better quality prints than a laser printer and poster sizes....

 

The flash was because we were sitting in our boat & wanted to bring up the light in it. I trimmed the pic down so the boat wouldn't take away from the focal point.

Yes the inkjet will do nice prints, but the cost per print is about 1/10 as much on a laserjet.

 

I'm not so sure about the cost per print on the laser printer. While it's very true for black & white text, ie general printing, the laser prints are a tiny fraction per page as anything else. But with color photos, you'll be using a tremendous amount of toner which will dramatically cut down on your yield from a set of toner cartridges. The set of four toners for a color laser will run you $300 to $400. I will admit though that I haven't seen any yield figures on photos from any of the color laser printers, so I may be all wet on this...