Thanks All, Yea, I think its a crap-shoot in regards to the problems you will experience. I did have the camera set to "24". Maybe I should try "Night" (though, really not sure what this parmeter is for..Flash 24 hours/day or flash only during "night" time ??????)
As far as the batteries.. I did note that the battery level was at three quarters...yea, the're really sensitive to battery level..which really stinks. Who wants to be changing batteries every few days.
With that said..you would think the company would offer a firmware upgrade/update to fix there known issues..go figure.
PS..I think the S2 model is going back to the store this week....
Thanks again and be safe out there..
Eddie