Powershot S3 IS

[felixcat8888]

It shows how long I have not visited the site and this thread is now 40++ pages on. Hope you guys are enjoying the cams.

Mine collecting dust liao.

 

[lastboltnut]

HI bro, really very long time never see you. Starting to shoot again liao?

It shows how long I have not visited the site and this thread is now 40++ pages on. Hope you guys are enjoying the cams.

Mine collecting dust liao.

 

[ozawa]

hi, just want to ask what is the price of S3 now, thanks

 

[lastboltnut]

I think its about $700

hi, just want to ask what is the price of S3 now, thanks

 

[lastboltnut]

Hey guys, do you all ever encounter and error message asking you to restart the S3?

Especially after you zoom in/out fully and quickly reverse the direction?

Thanks.

 

[ryuggen]

Not for mine~:dunno:

 

[scramblur11]

Hey guys, do you all ever encounter and error message asking you to restart the S3?

Especially after you zoom in/out fully and quickly reverse the direction?

Thanks.

no leh...never got this prob yet....does it happen frequently?

 

[lastboltnut]

I have a friend who told me he had been encountering this prob, so I ask see if it is common....I din get it when I was using S3 too...

 

[leeweelee80]

Hi all i bought the S3 2 wks ago and come back with some night shots...

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How? these picts can make it?

 

[sabian]

i think u might want to get a F11 instead with ur current S3... at least it dun burn a pocket... i guess F11 is already have quite good nite shot in the earlier days....

Hi khee

thanks for the suggestion...kept me thinking. After seeing tomcat's F30 and S6500fd shots, I sold my 4 mth old IS3.

http://forums.clubsnap.org/showthread.php?t=213841&page=4

I bought my wife the F30 and kept comparing shots at high ISOs, the S6500fd shd have similar traits with ultrazoom to boot.

Guess I got tired of having to pop the flash for low light or even indoor shots, I up the ISO and the noise gets to me (after comparing with the F30). I tot online reviews of the F30 were exaggerated until I saw pics in the forum and tried one personally.

But save for the low light, the IS3 has what I'd want in a non DSLR. Well, I can't have them all, the IS3 records stereo and zooms silently and its swivel LCD puts 2 up over the S6500fd which does not zoom quietly and no swivel LCD.

 

[lastboltnut]

Hi leeweelee, nice colour.

#1, looks a bit blur/soft....got use tripod?

#3&4 are nice.

#5, slanted and the big lantern seems overexposed....did you try expose less?

BTW, for S3 pics, please post here, as more people will be viewing there to give you comments.

Hi all i bought the S3 2 wks ago and come back with some night shots...

1#

2#

3#

4#

5#

How? these picts can make it?

 

[leeweelee80]

Hi leeweelee, nice colour.

#1, looks a bit blur/soft....got use tripod?

#3&4 are nice.

#5, slanted and the big lantern seems overexposed....did you try expose less?

BTW, for S3 pics, please post here, as more people will be viewing there to give you comments.

Thanks, i do not know why its a bit blur. a tripod is used, but at time the auto focus do not want to do its job.about the overexposed lantern its my fault as i wanted to get the starry light out of the pics so overexposed. will try to improve. any problem with the auto focus and anyway to make it less blur/soft?

 

[lastboltnut]

Its is brightly lit obj, the AF should be doing it's work....but dun try to focus at the bright or shinny part. To ensure focus obj for scenaries like this you can always use MF set to "infinity". Or best is to focus at the hyperfocal distant, read this thread.

Btw, f4 is the sharpest aperture for S3....but if you 1 starburst on the light, no choice, use f8. PS after that loh.

Thanks, i do not know why its a bit blur. a tripod is used, but at time the auto focus do not want to do its job.about the overexposed lantern its my fault as i wanted to get the starry light out of the pics so overexposed. will try to improve. any problem with the auto focus and anyway to make it less blur/soft?

 

[leeweelee80]

Its is brightly lit obj, the AF should be doing it's work....but dun try to focus at the bright or shinny part. To ensure focus obj for scenaries like this you can always use MF set to "infinity". Or best is to focus at the hyperfocal distant, read this thread.

Btw, f4 is the sharpest aperture for S3....but if you 1 starburst on the light, no choice, use f8. PS after that loh.

haha tats y, so i use f8... nevermind i spent another 600 on gears already, hope to get others punchy picts like scenaries and marco shots.

 

[torts]

how do you guys attach and post your photos??? Thanks

 

[lastboltnut]

Here you are.

how do you guys attach and post your photos??? Thanks

 

[leeweelee80]

Guess wat? i went china town today and ask for the price of the Canon S3... 2 wk ago it cost me 700 with gst today the man in china town qoute it onli 650 w/o gst and panasonic FZ50 699 w/o gst. Darn! tell me if i made a correct choice buying the Canon S3 rather than the Panasonic FZ50? Wat u guys think?

 

[limz_777]

Guess wat? i went china town today and ask for the price of the Canon S3... 2 wk ago it cost me 700 with gst today the man in china town qoute it onli 650 w/o gst and panasonic FZ50 699 w/o gst. Darn! tell me if i made a correct choice buying the Canon S3 rather than the Panasonic FZ50? Wat u guys think?

current price for S3 is 650? hows the video function? is it clear?

 

[scramblur11]

as long as u think the cam is good enough for ur needs enough liao lor....buy liao den worry also bo pian.....

the video function nt bad....using optical zoom actually...quite clear in my opinion....

 

[leeweelee80]

current price for S3 is 650? hows the video function? is it clear?

it is clear and video is the best in it class.