Canon S3

[Dan Murphy]

Here is a good online price for the S3, no tax also....


http://www.buydig.com/shop/product....utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=CNPSS3&sku=CNPSS3

 

[LPZ_Stitch!]

$395 for an S5 is a pretty good deal ... the S5 is a great camera. It's slightly noisier than the S3, but still at the "top of the heap" as far as superzoom cameras go (based on various camera site reviews).

If you feel that the bigger LCD, flash hotshoe, and 4G video limit are worth about $100 ... I'd suggest you get the S5.

If these extra features mean nothing to you; get an S3 and spend the extra $100 on SD cards or a lens adapter and a Teleconverter or Macro lens.

 

[Minnie824]

Thanks for the input and the link! Now I just need to decide which to get, but it sounds like they're both pretty good. Thanks again.

 

[korzmom]

this may be a stupid question but is there a S4?? other than the bigger screeen is there really that much difference between all the different number S's...

we need a smilie photographer.

 

[Taqwus]

this may be a stupid question but is there a S4?? other than the bigger screeen is there really that much difference between all the different number S's...

we need a smilie photographer.

There is a S45, but that is on a different model line

I think the S2 to S3 had the bigger jump
the S5 has bigger LCD, more megepixels with a bigger chip, but lesser image quality and can shoot up to 8gb movies

 

[LPZ_Stitch!]

this may be a stupid question but is there a S4?? other than the bigger screeen is there really that much difference between all the different number S's...

From what I've heard on other forums, the Japanese word for four (shi) is the same word as "death" and it's considered unlucky the same way a lot of Westerners think 13 is unlucky. There is no Canon Powershot S4 IS.

The changes were incremental throughout the S-line, with each camera offering a little "more" than the previous. The difference between the S1 and S2 was a little greater than the S2 to the S3, which seems a little more than the S3 to the S5. So, it seems to me, that the changes are growing smaller as the line has matured.

 

[Groucho]

The S5 will have a little more noise at high ISOs than the S3 due to the higher megapixel count... in other words, don't let the higher mp sway you towards the S5, it's really a point in the S3's favor. You also obviously pay a premium for the S5 as it's so new. $400 is a lot of money for a point-n-shoot, you can get a DSLR for that kind of money.

 

[S. C.]

I have been looking at these boards for awhile now and have never felt the need to join until i found this thread. I just got the S3 based on the pictures i have seen here. I look forward to sharing some of my pictures in the near future.

 

[meliahz]

I took this picture on Tuesday night and I thought it came out pretty good considering it was handheld in the wind with a cat rubbing up on my leg!!! lol I know I'm supposed to use a tripod for moon pics, but I was too lazy to get it out. Anyway, just wanted to share

 

[TinkInPink]

i really really want this camera!!! ours is dying and i tried this at the store.(we have a canon powershot a520)
im going to italy with school next summer and i need this camera, my dad just bought the power shot A570 (i think) but we were thinking about getting the S3IS. grrrrr.

 

[daisy2]

Well I have to say that all your posts have pretty much convinced me to get the S3. I just had a birthday so I am going to take all my birthday money and go buy me a new camera. I can't wait to use it. Thanks again for all the good pictures. They are awesome.

 

[LMarge]

Well I have to say that all your posts have pretty much convinced me to get the S3. I just had a birthday so I am going to take all my birthday money and go buy me a new camera. I can't wait to use it. Thanks again for all the good pictures. They are awesome.

Happy B'day to you Daisy! Congrats on your gift to self! You're gonna love this camera!
Blessings,

 

[S. C.]

Well I have to say that all your posts have pretty much convinced me to get the S3. I just had a birthday so I am going to take all my birthday money and go buy me a new camera. I can't wait to use it. Thanks again for all the good pictures. They are awesome.

 

[daisy2]

Thank you L Marge and S.C. for the birthday wishes. I actually went down and looked at the camera today. My husband wanted me to hold and everything kind of get a feel for it. I like it a lot. I CAN'T WAIT TO GET IT!!!!!

 

[jpeka65844]

I don't have an S3 but I did recently buy an S5. Here's two that I've taken. Hope they're not too big and hope it works! I've never posted a picture before. And don't ask me what settings my camera was on. It literally had come RIGHT out of the box!!

 

[jpeka65844]

Here's another one I just took of the sunset. It actually photographed MUCH prettier than it was in person!

Denice T.
Olathe, KS

 

[polkadotladybug]

I am LOVING my S3 - got it in April and I've gotten some pretty good shots - the waterlily one was right after I got it - and the bee and pink flower ones were from a few weeks ago.

 

[Precious1971]

Here are some more shoots. As you can see my main subject are the girls . Still practicing for WDW. Getting better I think

I was trying to get a nice pic of them together. These is what I got.

Natalie stood still long enough for me to take this one of her.

Silly Christina, these were taking one after the other. She was having a great time.

This one is red color accent. It pick orange and a tint on their sink

 

[gokenin]

I took this picture on Tuesday night and I thought it came out pretty good considering it was handheld in the wind with a cat rubbing up on my leg!!! lol I know I'm supposed to use a tripod for moon pics, but I was too lazy to get it out. Anyway, just wanted to share

no I have been trying ever since i got the camera almost 2 months ago to get a really good picture of that thing have taken well over a hundred pics and a few are ok but i still have yet to get that perfect wow pic may have to wait till winter or fall to get rid of the humidity in the air to see if that improves the pictures well will keep trying

 

[meliahz]

gokenin ~ Good luck on getting you moon pic!

Wanted to post some pics I took of my DD Felt like we were doing a Photo Shoot. My baby was just kinda playing around and I was SNAPPING away!!!:

Playing in a plumeria tree:

By the ocean (bay):

. . . and finally . . . a collage I put together after! (My DD's name is Meliah):