Hello Francis, The other change about the S4 that I have heard of is the little 5 way rocker switch is larger (this is a good thing - the original one is marginal in size). Keep in mind that with the larger image you will have fewer frames to shoot and longer processing and storage times.
As to battery life, because of how fast the camera boots up (< 2 sec), we tend to use it for one shot, turn off, turn on, one shot, turn off type of cycle. With that type of usage, we were able to get about 90-100 shots along with some review at Disneyland recently. I do recommend a second battery. I can say that the Optio S is exactly what a Point & Shoot should be. Works like a charm and produces very usable images. If mine were lost or stolen, I would get another. I don't think I would go for the S4 over the original S though. --- Bruce Tuesday, October 21, 2003, 6:30:53 AM, you wrote: FA> Interested in purchasing an Optio S also. I've heard FA> that there is an Optio S4 out. What, besides the FA> higher MP count are the main differences between the FA> two and which one would you recommend? For existing FA> Optio S owners, how long is the battery life? Can you FA> shoot a long time between charges? Thanks. FA> Francis FA> __________________________________ FA> Do you Yahoo!? FA> The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search FA> http://shopping.yahoo.com
