I'm running out of time to return the Canon s70, and I'm not sure if it does what I expected it to do. One thing that bugs me (or I can't figure it out) is how
to use the metering system so that you can see what aperture and speed
it wants to shoot at before you shoot. It seems that no matter where I
point the camera (only in Manual shows the f-stop and
speed before shooting and I'm not sure if that is the suggested settings, or settings that I have put in) the same numberts show wether I point at shadows or
hightligts, no matter wether I choose spot, evaluative, or center
weigthed (even in manual)
There are some other related items that I'm confused about.
I'd like to know how I can use the inbuilt light metering system to give me readings of highlights and shadows so that I know ahead of time what the difference in light
readings are within my picture and what settings will be used.
For instance in RAW or JPEG, outside, it kept using 1/1000 of a
second and just changed the aperture, consequently blurry images (lack of depth of field) when aperture was at 2.8 for a landscape shot with foreground and
background. And I don't know this information before I take the
picture. In the above scenario, I was in Program mode on the dial. The shooting
information in the software says Program AE
Was the camera designed that way?, What am I not understanding? Or is
something set somewheres that I don't know about? Or do I have a
camera that needs to be returned because it is not working properly.
I'd appreciate if someone can get back to me asap.
If I set it to aperture priority mode, then how would I know
what speed I'm about to use before I press the button?

Goldilocks (Linda)

I'm sure I've seen this question somewhere else
... answer is on other post.

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canons70/

Most everything you want to know

Bob