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KillEmAll
Joined: 10 Dec 2004
Posts: 475
Location: Layton, UT
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| Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 12:30 pm Post subject: |
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| Richard, too funny! :roflol: |
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Richard Barron
Joined: 09 Jul 2005
Posts: 1120
Location: Byng, OK, USA
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| Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 2:00 pm Post subject: |
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KillEmAll wrote: Richard, too funny! :roflol:
I'd love to take credit for it, but I got it here...
http://luminous-landscape.com/forum/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=3046 |
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Summit42
Joined: 03 Aug 2006
Posts: 1937
Location: 127.0.0.1
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| Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 9:54 am Post subject: |
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| hey.. I was just offered to buy a used Canon PowerShot S3 IS 6.0mp camera for $150 should I sang it? What do you gurus think? |
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Alex
Joined: 27 Sep 2005
Posts: 2511
Location: SLC, UT
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| Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 9:59 am Post subject: |
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I used to have S2 IS and I loved that little camera. I bought it new for about $260, so $150 for the S3 is a great price. I'd recommend it.
It is no comparison to the SLR line of cameras, but it's definitely better than a P&S ones. Plus you have a huge zoom on it, great video clips and manual controls! |
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CarpeyBiggs
Joined: 18 Mar 2007
Posts: 1746
Location: Fairbanks, AK
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| Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 10:17 am Post subject: |
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Summit42 wrote: hey.. I was just offered to buy a used Canon PowerShot S3 IS 6.0mp camera for $150 should I sang it? What do you gurus think?
Yeah, that ain't a bad price. It is bigger than typical point and shoots, but it has a massive zoom on it. |
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gonzo
Joined: 07 Feb 2007
Posts: 788
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| Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 10:30 am Post subject: |
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| I have the S3 IS, the zoom is awesome. But, it's a really noisy little bugger when using the auto ISO settings. Anything over 200 is almost unusable. |
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JP
Joined: 04 Jan 2007
Posts: 5110
Location: Not Sure
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| Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 3:30 pm Post subject: |
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| How about that G9 that will be released soon? $500 for a point and shoot maybe steep for some, but maybe what someone is looking for if they want something that can give them more without stepping into a DSLR. :ne_nau: |
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Alex
Joined: 27 Sep 2005
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Location: SLC, UT
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| Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 8:15 pm Post subject: |
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G series were always a little higher step than the S series of cameras. The big difference for the G series is the flash shoe and I think bigger sensor, if I am not mistaken.
S series has a much bigger zoom, rotating LCD and better movie quality. |
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JP
Joined: 04 Jan 2007
Posts: 5110
Location: Not Sure
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| Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 9:40 pm Post subject: |
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Here's the specs of the G9
Sensor
• 1/1.7" Type CCD
• 12.1 million effective pixels
Image sizes
• 4000 x 3000
• 3264 x 2448
• 2592 x 1944
• 1600 x 1200
• 640 x 480
• 4000 x 2248
Movie clips
• 1024 x 768 @ 15fps
• 640 x 480 @ 30fps
• 320 x 240 @ 30fps
• 160 x 120 @ 15fps
• Time Lapse (640 x 480 @ 0.5/1fps, playback @15fps)
Maximum clip length
• 1024 x 768, 640 x 480, 320 x 240: 4GB or 1 hour
• 160 x 120: 3 mins
• Time lapse: 120 mins
File formats
• JPEG (Exif v2.2)
• DPOF 1.1
• RAW
• AVI (Motion JPEG + WAVE)
Lens
• 35-210mm (35mm equiv)
• 6x optical zoom
• F2.8-4.8
Image stabilization
Yes (Lens-Shift)
Conversion lenses
Yes
Digital zoom
up to 4x
Focus
TTL
AF area modes
• Face Detection AiAF
• 9-point AiAF
• 1-point AF (center, FlexiZone or Face Select and Track)
• Manual focus
• Focus bracketing
AF lock
Yes (on/off selectable)
AF assist lamp
Yes
Focus distance
Closest focus distance 1cm
Metering
• Evaluative (linked to Face Detection AF frame)
• Center-weighted average
• Spot (center, linked to Flexizone or Face Detection AF points)
ISO sensitivity
• Auto
• High ISO Auto
• ISO 80
• ISO 100
• ISO 200
• ISO 400
• ISO 800
• ISO 1600
AE lock
Yes (on/off selectable)
Exposure compensation
+/- 2EV in 1/3 stop increments
Exposure Bracketing
+/- 1/3 - 2EV in 1/3 stop increments
Shuttter speed
15-1/2500 sec
Modes
• Auto
• Program AE
• Shutter Priority AE
• Aperture Priority AE
• Manual
• Custom (2 modes)
• Stitch Assist
• Movie
• Special Scene
Scene modes
• Portrait
• Landscape
• Night Scene
• Sports
• Night Snapshot
• Kids & Pets
• Indoor
• Foliage
• Snow
• Beach
• Fireworks
• Aquarium
• Underwater
• ISO 3200
• Color Accent
• Color Swap
White balance
• Auto
• Daylight
• Cloudy
• Tungsten
• Fluorescent
• Fluorescent H
• Flash
• Underwater
• Custom 1
• Custom 2
Orientation sensor
Yes
Self timer
2 or 10sec, custom
Continuous shooting
• Approx 0.7fps until card is full (AF)
• Approx 0.8fps until card is full (LiveView)
• Approx 1.5fps until card is full (LCD monitor off)
Image parameters
My Colors (My Colors Off, Vivid, Neutral, Sepia, Black & White, Positive Film, Lighter Skin Tone, Darker Skin Tone, Vivid Blue, Vivid Green, Vivid Red, Custom Color)
Flash
• Auto, Flash On, Flash Off, Slow Sync, Red-eye reduction
• +/- 2EV in 1/3 stop increments
• Face Detection FE compensation
• Safety FE
• Flash exposure lock
• Manual Power Adjustment (3 levels with internal flash, 19 with external EX Speedlite)
• Range (Internal, Auto ISO): 30cm - 4.0m (wide) / 2.5m (tele)
Viewfinder
• Real-image zoom optical viewfinder
• Dioptre Correction
LCD monitor
• 3.0-inch P-Si TFT
• 230,000 pixels
• 100% coverage
• 15 levels of brightness adjustment
Connectivity
• USB 2.0 Hi-Speed
• AV out (PAL / NTSC switchable)
Print compliance
PictBridge
Storage
• SD, SDHC, MMC, MMCplus , HC MMCplus compatible
• 32 MB card supplied
Power
• Li-Ion battery pack NB-2LH / NB-2L
• Optional AC adapter ACK-DC20
Operating Environment
0 – 40 °C, 10 – 90% humidity
Weight (no batt)
320g (9.4 oz)
Dimensions
106.4 x 71.9 x 42.5 mm (4.2 x 2.8 x 1.7 in) |
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JP
Joined: 04 Jan 2007
Posts: 5110
Location: Not Sure
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| Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 9:46 pm Post subject: |
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| Hmmmm, I'm in the market for a new P&S camera :mrgreen: |
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