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| grumpy@mailinator.com wrote: > Near enough to a full moon, so I decided to test my new Canon S2 IS. > The camera was hand held, auto settings. Maximum zoom plus maximum > digital (puke!) zoom to see how it would go. I am very impressed by > the results. > > http://tinypic.com/aoqc8j.jpg Without the "benefit" of digital zoom, this is what I got from some Panasonic cameras: FZ20: http://www.david-taylor.myby.co.uk/FZ20-moon-2004-10-23-2335-01-crop.jpg FZ5: http://www.david-taylor.myby.co.uk/FZ5-moon-2005-04-23-2223-53-crop.jpg Hand-held, but I used spot metering and some exposure compensation to avoid over exposure. The results are not dissimilar. I remain surprised by the results which cameras of this class can produce, whatever the brand. Cheers, David |