Canon Powershot S3 IS
The Canon Powershot S3 IS is an update to the very popular PowerShot S2 ultra zoom, Image stabilized camera. In the S3, the upgrades are fairly minor for most of the parts. The basic specifications apart from the sensor are pretty the same as the S2. Just like the S2, the S3 has a 12x optical zoom with image stabilization, flip and twist LCD viewfinder, tons of photographic control modes and advanced movie mode with stereo sound. There are also some new scene modes in the S3 which are, color accent and color swap.
The good points about this camera are:
• Comfortable design
• Response to action is quite fast
• Good color accuracy
• Very good battery life
• Auto Hi and ISO 800 settings
• Stills can be captured while recording movies
• Powerful built-in flash
• Fast file downloads via high speed USB 2.0 port
The drawbacks for the Canon S3 Powershot S3 IS are:
• Fast shutter speeds not available at all lens apertures
• No support for Raw file
• Movie files are restricted to 1 GB in size
• The AVI movie format is not as compact as MPEG-4
• Small LCD
• Fake wide screen
Specifications:
Megapixels - 6.0
Weight (oz.) - 14.5
Optical Zoom - 12x
LCD Size - 2 inch
Flash Range (ft) - 1.6 to 17ft
Image stabilizer - Optical
Battery type - 2 x AA
Special features – 10 custom photo effects, USB cable to connect to PC, DPOF
and PictBridge compatibility, NTSC and PAL compatible, sound caption recording, USB 2.0 High Speed Port.
Summary:
The long-zoom digital camera market is pretty crowded these days and competition is growing day by day, so it takes a lot for a product to really stand out. Despite the stiff competition from others, the Canon PowerShot S3 is indeed a standout and highly recommended product to buy.