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Having looked over the 300 shots worth keeping from the 900 I took, I have to say that the compromise in quality was very small indeed. I took a large number of low light shots on manual setting in the glorious Saint-Chapelle. Virtually every one came out a winner. I got the best shot I have ever taken of the circular stained glass on the west side of Notre-Dame. I got great causal shots of families relaxing in the Place de Vosges. And the IS on full telephoto shots in Puligny-Montrachet showed no shake at all.
I do wish that the camera supported RAW. And manual seems to take the resolution down by one notch, although I am still researching the user guide.
That said, for $500 you get almost DSLR camera quality which is easy to carry, easy to hold, and a joy to take shots with. This is a perfect starter camera for any one, and a great backup for DSLR users who can't carry a lot of kit.
Bravo, Canon!



Loving it!






A few minor drawbacks - I bought the Canon case for it (and sent it back). Unless you will be carrying the camera as is, without the lens shade/lens adapter, the case is useless, too little extra space for any extras. I bought the lens shade/lens adapter as it is the only way to be able to put a protective filter on and I read some reviews that advised it because it protects the lens barrel. I returned those as well. I found lensmateonline.com that makes 2 size lens adapters (52MM and 58MM) in metal (as opposed to Canon's plastic) both in black for the S3 and silver for the S2. They also have a retractable rubber lens hood available. I found that if you leave the Canon lens hood on inside while using the flash, you get a dark shadow in the picture, the retractable lens hood saves you the hassle of unscrewing your lens hood - which can be dangerous especially with the plastic lens adapter as it can get cross threaded.
The camera itself is phenomenal...

Purple Fringing is horrible, and image quality is way worse than its main competitor: The Panasonic family of megazooms. Purple fringing happens easily for megazoom cameras if the lens is not top-notch. S3 IS got poor glass.
Canon S3 IS only has one advantage over the Panny: excellent video functions. You can actually zoom when taking a video, which the Panny cannot.
Future buyers, please go to your local store and try this one out with the Panny side by side, copy the photos to your laptop, and zoom in to see the purple fringing difference. [...]






Cons: Flash does not pop up automatically; just 16mb SD card in the box.
PD: this camera size is not a pocket one but the size is good enough to shoot with one hand.
Advice: use rechargeable batteries and a large SD card (2 or 4 Gb) cause the video is so good that you will love shooting. Also, must of the times you will need the flash indoor other way you will have bad pics; with flash results will amazed you.

My only complaint is not even really a complaint. There are so many features packed into the camera that it takes a significant amount of time to traverse the menus. I am sure that when I become more familair with it, it will not be a problem.

It's a bit heavy but it's a nice camera overall. Nice IS too.

- Especially poor things: Struggles to focus on maximum zoom in low light conditions
+ Especially good things: Easy to use from the box in auto mode. Offers great flexibility for the advanced user with many modes. Especially like the sports mode for rapid fire shooting.


A lot of custom commands and very good presets, the sports settings is excellent to take fast photos.
You will not be disappointed with this product. 100% guaranteed.

All in all the camera has exceeded my expectations.
