An amazing camera that is well worth the money (Canon Powershot S3 IS)

Member Name: Gooblender

Product:	Canon Powershot S3 IS
Date:	25/06/08 (34 review reads)
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Advantages: Great pictures every time with little or no skill, but with a good manual mode too.

Disadvantages: Using four AA batteries makes it less portable than some digital cameras.

The Canon S3IS is a great all round camera that is a good half way between a portable camera and an SLR. It takes great pictures and is easy to use thanks to the internal stabilisation. For those who want them there are also a number of accesories to enhance the capabilities of the camera (although i do not have these so cannot comment on how they perform).

The automatic settings on the camera make it very easy to use straight out of the box and on top of this it has many other modes that make it easy to take good pictures under a large number of difficult conditions. It even does well in low light conditions.

For digital camera the video mode isnt too bad either as it records at 640x480 allowing you to take video of a sufficient quality when necessary (including sound), I took the camera to my sister in laws wedding and managed to record the entire civil ceremony on a two gig card as well as take a large number of pictures.

The only drawback i can find with this product is that it is much bigger than many of its competitors due to the four AA batteries used to power it, but on the positive side, this means that you have a power source that will last some time and can be replaced with replacements purchased from anywhere should you run out of power when out.

Summary: A great cameral overall with no major problems

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