Congrats on your camera! I wanted to bump this thread to let everyone know my experience with the s2000hd.
I used it as a bridge between your traditional point and shoot and a full on DSLR. I needed to know if I had the skills and the need for a DSLR. I used the s2000hd for about a year and a half and enjoyed the experience. I took some great shots. I learned a lot about exposure. I was able to get creative with my shots in a way that I hadn't been able to do with my old P&S.
Now I did find the camera's limitations and after getting a handle on exposure and composition I missed some shots because, well the camera just couldn't do it.
1. I played around a lot with the shutter speed, and got some good shots using 1-4second exposures, but I wanted more.
2. I played around with DOF (depth of field) and got some nice shots, but again the camera's limitations held me back. Having just 2 apeture settings for any given focal length kinda sucks and I knew that I wanted more.
3. Battery life sucks. I was constantly charging AA's and I found myself carrying around spare batteries and stopping at 7-11 to buy more batteries, and charging batteries and, well you get the picture.
Other than those things I am very pleased with the camera, give it time and light and it can truly take some nice shots. I've moved on now though and gotten myself a Canon XS, a 50mm 1.8 and a real tripod. But to compare the 2 cameras is not a fair fight and I'm not here to put down the s2000hd or put up the XS. I used the s2000hd to see if I wanted to get into DSLR photography and the s2000hd taught me that I did.
For less than $200 I think it's a great cam. It will always have a place in my heart and I'm keeping it for when I need to shoot 720p video.
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