Canon PowerShot Pro Series S3 IS 6MP with 12x Image Stabilized Zoom
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Features
• 6.0-megapixel CCD captures enough detail for photo-quality 14 x 19-inch prints
• 12x optical zoom lens with USM and UD lens element; 2.0-inch vari-angle LCD display
• 20 shooting modes and My Colors photo effects
• DIGIC II, iSAPS, and Flexizone AF/AE for fast, precise results; 2.3-frame-per-second continuous shooting performance
• Powered by 4 AA-size batteries (alkaline batteries supplied); stores images on SD memory cards (16 MB card included) |
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Canon PowerShot Pro Series S3 IS 6MP with 12x Image Stabilized Zoom Customer Reviews
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Great camera, amazing portability for the features
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I've had this camera for about four months now, and as someone making the transition from point-and-shoots to serious cameras, I love it. The technical reviews on the main page tell you everything you need to know about the camera's features, but I'd just like to add a couple of points relevant to new photographers. This is a great camera full stop, but particularly useful if you are:
a) thinking of moving up to a DSLR but not quite sure you're ready to justify the expense of multiple lenses;
b) looking for a serious, flexible camera that's also light enough to carry around for hours in a backpack or large purse. This is NOT a tiny portable, but neither is it the sort of camera you can use for light weight training. If you like to carry a serious camera when you're hiking, and you do not have a bodybuilder's upper body strength, this camera will work for you.
Other good stuff: the zoom is awesome and will give you a sense of real creative control; you frame shots based not on the camera's limitations but on what part of your visual field you find interesting. The controls are easy to learn and use -- more buttons make a camera *easier*, not harder! Beginners can start by letting the camera control almost everything and graduate rapidly and relatively painlessly to great pictures with customized settings.
Biggest peeve: the lens cap, as many other people have said. Watch that thing like a hawk, particularly when you're putting the camera back in a case. The lens cap flies off at the least provocation and without any telltale noises to let you know your lens is facing the world unprotected.
Apart from that, a great camera well worth the price (erm, particularly now that the price has dropped since I bought it). |
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