Compare Prices : Canon PowerShot S3 IS - Expert Reviews

Review summary: It's more expensive than the S2-IS but not superior. For this reason, we can find better with the competition (for example, the Panasonic FZ7).

Review summary: A shutterbug's delight, Canon S3 is compact and has loads of presets to experiment with. It's been around for a while, maybe some of you will vouch for it?

Pros: Good Build,12x Optical zoom and OIS, Great image quality,Full manual controls, Excellent movie mode, Live histogram in record mode, Super macro mode, Optional conversion lenses and external slave flash, Battery life

Cons: Redeye reduction systems mostly fail, 1 GB Movie record limit, No RAW format support, Noise levels at ISO 400 and 800

Verdict: The S3IS has a 2-inch 115000 pixel resolution variangle LCD, 4x Digital Zoom, an ISO range of 80-800, live histogram in record mode and the usual PASM modes

Review summary: Canon PowerShot S3 IS was introduced at the Photo Marketing Association Trade Show in February 2006. The Canon S3 has some great features that make it the camera of the year: a 12x optical zoom lens to go with its 6.1-megapixel, 1/2.5-inch CCD and ...

Review summary: Canon loves nothing more than a mini SLR with big zoom. Does its latest snapper with 12x magnification live up to the Powershot name?

Pros: Excellent image quality. Big 12x zoom. Great low light performance. Not much bigger than standard compact

Cons: Only comes with 16MB SD card. Small electronic viewfinder

Award: Editor's Choice!

Review summary: Superb image quality, tonnes of features and a top notch lens - what more could you ask for?

Verdict: The Canon PowerShot S3 IS is arguably the best value super-zoom camera currently available. It combines great handling, ultra-fast performance and real photographic versatility with superior image quality and one of the best zoom lenses I've seen on a ...