Canon S3

[LPZ_Stitch!]

Just thought I'd share this site with my fellow S3 DISers: Canon S3IS Users Group.

A whole forum for Canon S3 (and S1 and S3, too) users! Apparently, it's replacing one that used to exist, but disappeared....

BTW, I'm DirePenguin over there, as well as on the Digital Camera Resource Page forums.

 

[jenr812]

My S3 is on the truck and on the way here!!!! The wait is killing me!!!

 

[S. C.]

for the new link. I wondered what happen to the other site.

 

[S. C.]

Okay I just went to Office Depot and I am now the proud owner of the S3!!!! Be prepared for lots of questions!!

CONGRATS!!!!


I ordered mine from amazon last week. It says it has been shipped & should be here in a couple of days.


Make that 2 disers that will be asking LOTS of ????

 

[virginiamama]

Make that 3 dissers with lots of ???s My Office Depot has one on hold for me and verified the price of $279.99. The cheapest I could find it online was $303. I've been researching dSLRs for a couple of months now and had finally narrowed it down to which one I wanted and just needed to figure out from where to order. In the mean time, my P&S that I LOVE (Nikon 5900) died. That was to be my backup camera to the new dSLR since I'm sure I wouldn't let DS7 use the "big" camera. Well, I did some MORE thinking... and decided that for the money, I should go ahead and just upgrade my P&S for now. I figure that I will get much more use out of the S3 since it will be much more portable than the dSLR, and I won't have to worry about changing lenses, the amount of $ invested, and wouldn't be as broken hearted if it got swiped. No offense to dSLR owners. I think I might pick up a film SLR to play with at some point. Woo hoo! I'm picking it up tonight!

 

[HLAuburn]

I happened to be at Walmart today, and they price-matched Office Depot's $279 sale price, so I got one, too!

Anyone willing to give me a quick Canon S3 101 Class? I don't like reading the manual!

 

[Pea-n-Me]

Anyone willing to give me a quick Canon S3 101 Class? I don't like reading the manual!

Sorry this made me

 

[SplshMtn99]

I got mine in Sept & still haven't read the manual. JUST START USING IT!!!! You can read up on something after if you need to. Have fun!!!!

 

[SplshMtn99]

Well jenr812, where are your first shots? I would have chased that truck down hours ago.

BTW, DH came home from work....as I was taking pics of the kitchen faucet this time. Good thing our neighbor made pasta & sauce for us for dinner. I'll post pics after we eat & I decide how they came out.

 

[jenr812]

Well jenr812, where are your first shots? I would have chased that truck down hours ago.

BTW, DH came home from work....as I was taking pics of the kitchen faucet this time. Good thing our neighbor made pasta & sauce for us for dinner. I'll post pics after we eat & I decide how they came out.

Well, the UPS guy came at 3:30 and I heard him coming down the street and met him in the driveway. He just delivered the printer yesterday and he already thinks I am a bit "off"

As far as my first pics, I have been reading the manual for a while now like this: Not to mention that DS8 is home sick with another migraine and DS4 is totally stir crazy today I have taken a few pics but I've got to do the dishes from lunch before I can try any cool droplet tricks

 

[SplshMtn99]

That's ok. We'll take pics of sick kids, dirty dishes, pets.....whatever you have around. Now stop reading that manual & shoot something. lol

 

[TamieH]

I am also considering an S3 based on these boards, but am wondering about the video clip feature. Does anyone use it? How good is it for catching quick moments (<5-10 minutes). I have a Sony DVD Handycam, but on our October Disney Cruise, I doubt that I will carry both around on the islands. Thanks in advance for your help!

 

[sjams]

Is this price a regional one? I looked at my past Sunday's Office Depot add and they don't have any Canon's on sale this week? I reread it a few times in case I missed it! I am soo sad! I will have to run by tomorrow! Wish me luck.

 

[TamieH]

I called our local Office Depot in Topeka, KS and they said it was on sale (including the $70 instant rebate) for the $279. I'm going to look at it over lunch tomorrow and hope they are still available.

 

[SplshMtn99]

Drumroll please.........
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My drippy faucet shots. Kitchen sink with placemat behind with overhead flourcent lighting & flash. Manual focus. Last nights were not.

This one was the best overall. I did crop it in PSE5. Its also possible to make the drip motion a little less blurry & lighten that bad shadow in PSE5, but I didn't mess with it.

(Does this happen to others? Whenever I edit a thread, the first set IMG tags refuse to work correctly & just show up as a link. ???? UGH)

This one was the LEAST blurry drip straight from camera, but unfortunately, the bottom drop was cut off. This was cropped in PSE5.

I've very happy with myself. I never venture out of AUTO or SCENE MODES....and don't know anything about all these fancy terms. But this thread has made it possible for me to COPY others settings. Its ONE way to learn. First time using manual focus too. Woohoo!!!

 

[Amy]

WAY TO GO SPLASH!! Good job! But you didn't say how many pics you took before you got this one......took me about 80 before I got a good one.

 

[AndrewWG]

Tammie,

I sent you a PM. The video will take awhile to load. Maybe 5 minutes or so on cable or DSL internet.

Andy

 

[SplshMtn99]

WAY TO GO SPLASH!! Good job! But you didn't say how many pics you took before you got this one......took me about 80 before I got a good one.

Only 50 today. Again, alot of shots of non-drops.

 

[Pea-n-Me]

Drumroll please.........
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My drippy faucet shots.

Nice job!!

 

[Pea-n-Me]

Tamie, I use the video feature a lot. I'd say it's very good.