Digital cameras 101

[Tammy Sprague]

I really hate to ask such a dumb question but......
I just bought the Canon S2 IS and was wondering if that camera has the rule of thirds grid that you talk about in one of your articles?

Thanks

Tammy

[ShutterbugGail]

Hi Tammy,

Welcome to Digicamhelp!

Unfortunately, the S2 doesn't have a built in Rule of Thirds grid. But with a little practice, you can mentally visualize the grid when taking framing photos.

You can also crop your images according to the rule of thirds. One program that I know of, Microsoft's Digital Image Pro has a Rule of Thirds grid built into the crop tool. My Canon printer has a Rule of Thirds crop tool that I can use before printing.

Related information:

Rule of Thirds
http://www.digicamhelp.com/what-is-the-rule-of-thirds/rule-of-thirds.htm

[ShutterbugGail]

Here are some other basic rules of composition useful to photographers:

http://www.digicamhelp.com/taking-pictures/composition.htm