New gadget

I just got a new digital Camera, a Canon PowerShot A570IS. I've been reading the documentation and playing/experimenting with the different features. So far I love it. I put in the 16MB SD card to start with, and realized how very glad I am I got the 2GB card when I bought the camera. 8 pictures was all I could store.

I have so far experimented with creating videos, closeup shots, different settings for indoor, zooming, deleting and now downloading the pictures to the computer. The face recognition technology is cool - it even recognizes them on the television.

Here's a view using the macro setting
(first attempt)

I tried using the macro setting for a close up, but did not get in real close yet. There are so many things to set for every option, that I haven't done more than the basic shots you can take by quickly flipping a dial or a button.

I'm anxious to try more close up shots and I'm especially interested to see how I can manipulate things with the manual setting. I have a film SLR which was my traditional choice for shots. I liked controlling aperture settings and exposures.


I'll post more after more experimentation.