Very first Picture with my Canon Powershot S5 IS digital Camera

Aw, what a pretty boy!

I see you got your camera problems resolved. How do you like the Canon? I have canon printers and DVmini video and really like them. I'll be replacing my cheap Fuji and Nikon digital cameras with a Canon when I can afford it.

 

Are you considering a printer?

I have a Canon printer. I love it because the color tanks are individual. So if I only run out of yellow, I only replace the yellow, not the entire color tank. If I use magenta or blue more often, only that tank is replaced. The black tank is also separate, but I think a lot of printers have that now. The tanks are also clear so I can see how much ink is left in each tank.

When you get your doggy pics loaded, join doggyspace.com and you can become friends with Ramses, Dingo and Digby, the Priuschat dogs.

 

My experience with home photo printers has been disappointing, to say the least. In my experience, it's better to just take your memory card to one of those print-it-yourself photo machines that seem to be all over the place these days (i.e. in photo processing places, but also in drug stores and other places that develop film). Perhaps I just haven't kept up to date with technology, but last time I looked, home-developed pictures never looked as good as those from the machine, the tended to fade relatively quickly, and the economics of the whole thing never seemed like it was such a great deal. For $0.19 (or less) per print, I'd rather go to the machines. If you don't mind the wait, you can also get excellent photo processing from many of the online companies for even less (e.g. Snapfish, Shutterfly, etc.)

 

I concur with not doing your own printing, there are lots of options out there. I go with Snapfish, upload my images and tell them to print them at a local chain pharmacy. I usually get an email within 3 hours telling me they are ready for pickup.

That looks like a great little camera! I love Canons, just replaced my (film) AE1 circa 1985 with a Digital Rebel Xsi. I've got a bit of a learning curve there, too!

Have fun with it!

Jim

 

which canon printer do you have godiva? i have the i860 and its great. its 4 years old now and still cranking along. if you put my pictures next to the originals, you cant tell the difference. (when i scan pictures to make copies). i had to replace the photo tray because i wore it out from overuse!! i too love the individual tanks and the ability to see when they are getting low. i dont know how much longer she will work well, but i wouldnt even know what to replace it with when it finally gives up.

 

I think mine is older than that.

I have an S600 and an i850. Both use the same size individual cartridges. (Not all canon printers do)

The i850 does borderless prints. I use both for mostly text. But I will print out pictures occasionally. Since my pictures are digital, I mostly store them and use them digitally, like on web pages. I don't need anything professional grade for printing pictures. If a picture fades (hasn't happened yet) or gets damaged or lost, I can just print another.

I did have to replace the print heads on both because they got gummed up using generic cheap ink.

Whatever printer you get, use the ink the manufacturer recommends. It may be more expensive, but it's cheaper than a new print head.

 

I don't think that's me, although I have hung around many of those forums a lot over the last 7 months when I was researching camera models. Lots of good information available.

I think I only use Jack as an avatar here, but being a Beagle he is prone to wander!

Jim

 

freshmtt, he is beautiful. What a great shot.

Evan, great link. Will have to check it out at length later. Thanks for posting it.

 

Since this thread is about the S5 IS, I have to relay my story about Canon Customer Service which I originally posted here: Canon Customer Service - Ford Explorer Ranger Enthusiasts Serious Explorations

Now we have a S5 IS and a Canon XTi. Both are very nice cameras.

 

Congrats on the new camera Michelle! On the subject of printers, I've gone through a few, I had been a fan of HP, but about a year ago, my trusty old HP printer decided to call it quits. So I did a quite a bit of investigating before buying a replacement, the big 3, HP, Canon, and Epson all do decient jobs of printing, some use individual ink tanks, others combined, with HP the print head is part of the ink tanks, but they all have one thing in common, ink is EXPENSIVE! I ended up going with the new Kodak all in one printer, it uses two ink cartridges, a black and a six color, cost to replace is $25 for both (MSRP) vs $60 to $80 for any of the others. I've had the printer for about a year now and am quite impressed with it all in all.
On the subject of forums to go to I'd like to recommend Steve's Digicams - Main Menu I think you will be able to pick up lots of pointers there... Good luck and happy shooting!

 

A question to those of you that like home photo printers:

Is there any advantage to them other than the convenience? From the (few) examples I've seen, they can not compare to the professional machines in either quality or cost.