Canon S3

I picked up a Canon S3 IS to replace an old Canon A80. I was happy enough with the A80, but dropped it one too many times for it to be reliable. The shots here are just tests, just getting to know the camera and what it can do. For the sake of completeness: I keep a lensmate 52mm adapter with a B+W skylight filter on the camera at all times. It made me nervous, having that big lovely lens unprotected.

I cover the waterfront.
This is not the greatest shot around, and it's very noisy, but what impresses me is that I could take this at all. The gull is sitting on top of the Cloud Gate (AKA The Bean) in Chicago's Millenium Park, and this is a handheld shot. It's cropped a bit and I Photoshopped it, but still...
The Cloud Gate (AKA The Bean) in Millenium Park, Chicago.
Samson and The Lion, the Art Institue of Chicago.
The Art Institute of Chicago. I have no idea who the main people are, but I do know those shadowy characters...
The Art Institute of Chicago
More fringing!! Handheld.
Leaves on the welcome mat. Handheld.
Garden ornament. Handheld.
Short end of the zoom (wide angle). Handheld.
Long end of the zoom (telephoto). Handheld.
Really handheld! A flash storm hit our area during a Friday night rush hour, and this is a shot I took from the car while passing through one of the "ponds" that formed on Green Bay Road.
So purple! Such fringe!
Purple fringe!
Some blown-out highlights. Is this just me?

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Canon S3