Underground Photographer

Despite being a small and light and pocketable camera, the S1 takes surprisingly good pictures. Of course, it’s unreasonable to expect the kind of quality you can get on a Nikon D70 SLR or Coolpix 8800 “bridge” camera, because these latter models are bigger and therefore have a larger lens (very important for great optical quality) and a larger sensor (important for better color accuracy and lower noise), but I can say that the S1 has the best picture quality in its class, even bettering the great models from Canon (SD400, SD500, etc.) In normal lighting, S1’s pictures are sharp and very accurate in color.

This latter is very important for getting eye-pleasing photos. Even indoors, the S1 does a decent job; since the lack of light always makes photography difficult, the S1 is better than most. BTW, when indoors, using a camera’s built-in flash always results in harsh-looking pictures where the background is dark and ugly. Instead, try mounting the camera on a tripod — the S1 has a tripod mount — and taking a picture without the flash. The picture you get will be much more pleasing to the eye……….Read more