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Review summary: This advanced camera offers a 12X zoom, plenty of control buttons and a swiveling LCD.

Verdict: The S3 IS fit well in my hand and felt sturdy, though it's light and fairly compact. The plentiful buttons offer quick access to manual settings such as ISO, macro mode and manual focus. Jumping into the menus, you can access a number of other ...

Review summary: Like its predecessor, the Canon PowerShot S3 IS is a formidable prosumer with a 12x optical zoom lens and impressive performance.

Pros: Comfortable design ; 12x optically stabilized zoom ; reasonably fast camera ; unlimited continuous shooting mode at 1.5fps ; 0cm Super Macro mode ; uses AA-sized batteries

Cons: Lens cap a hassle to deal with ; small 2-inch LCD monitor ; doesn't support RAW formas ; ISO 800 pictures unusable

Pros: Excellent image quality.Stabilized 12X zoom lens.Sharp images at all focal lengths.Good sensitivity range.Very little noise up to 200 ISO.Swivel LCD Screen.

Cons: Too few changes over the S2 IS.Still no RAW image format.EVF/monitor still average..

Review summary: The 6-megapixel Canon PowerShot S3 IS ($500 as of August 25, 2006) offers a lot of features for the price. Among the most attractive of these are its optical image stabilization, 12X optical zoom, fast maximum shutter speed, and swiveling 2-inch LCD ...

Pros: Swiveling LCD, many control buttons 12X optical zoom, image stabilization

Cons: Low battery life

Verdict: In our lab tests, the S3 IS delivered impressive overall image quality, its best attributes being color and exposure accuracy. The camera's scores for distortion and sharpness, however, were below average. In my informal shots, the S3 IS generally ...

Review summary: This advanced camera offers a 12X zoom, plenty of control buttons, and a swiveling LCD.

Pros: Swiveling LCD, many control buttons, 12X optical zoom, image stabilization

Cons: Low battery life