two (count 'em) Canon Power Shot S2IS questions

[Rocket_Scientist]

To answer #1, I have the S3 IS, and my wife has the S2 IS. We generally shoot using the "M2" setting, which is 1200x1600, and those photos are usually around 300-500 KB. At 500 KB, you could get close to 2000 pictures on a 1 GB card. If by "small format" you mean the 640x480, you could get much more. But the manual does have a chart showing better estimates.

[Photo-John]

I have the S3 IS, and my wife has the S2 IS. We generally shoot using the "M2" setting, which is 1200x1600, and those photos are usually around 300-500 KB.

Say it ain't so, Rocket Scientist! Always shoot at the highest quality and maximum resolution! My friend just sent me a whole bunch of very nice vacation photos that he wanted printed. They were all shot at 1200x1600 and most of them aren't printable any larger than 8x10 - and that's pushing it. More memory is cheaper than a lost opportunity. Buy a couple more memory cards and make sure you always get the most from your equipment. Pleeeeaaaasssse! It hurts me to think of the compromised image quality! :cryin:

[Rocket_Scientist]

Printing at 8x10 is "pushing the envelope" for me. If I were going to do so, I would increase the resolution, but most of the time I only print 4x6 or 5x7. In a couple of weeks, we are going to go do some "serious" portaits of my son, his wife, and our new grandson, and I'm sure I'll be using very high quality for that. But the rest of the time, I am a "casual" photographer. I'm more in to the computer aspect of this stuff... Anyway, I was just trying to give wordwench a feel for how much 1 GB can hold...