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...Sony cybershot h5 and the Canon powershot s3 IS. I really liked the look of both of these cameras and both had similar features. I decided on the Canon mainly because it felt good in my hand and it boasts an incredible super macro mode for taking close up shots. The canon has 6.0 mega pixels so was more that adequate for my needs.
Decision made I then hunted around for the best price. Although I would have liked to support Jessops ... ...Canon S3 IS on sale for £246,nearly £100 less than Jessops and they couldn't match this price.
What you get for your money
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The parcel arrived quickly and well packed. Inside the box was my new camera complete with basic instruction guide to get me started.
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Last summer I decided it was time to launch myself into the world of serious digital photography. I knew I wanted a camera that would be easy to use but would give good results. I also wanted a good zoom lens as I wanted to be able to photograph wildlife when the opportunity arose.
I started by visiting my local (very knowledgeable) Jessops.I think it's important to try any camera out before using. It needs to feel good in your hand. I had already looked at various camera reviews online. I had set myself a price limit of £300. Two cameras ticked many of the boxes on my wish list; the Sony cybershot h5 and the Canon powershot s3 IS. I really liked the look of both of these cameras and both had similar features. I decided on the Canon mainly because it felt good in my hand and it boasts an incredible super macro mode for taking close up shots. The canon has 6.0 mega pixels so was more that adequate for my needs.
Decision made I then hunted around for the best price. Although I would have liked to support Jessops for all the help they gave me Amazon had the Canon S3 IS on sale for £246,nearly £100 less than Jessops and they couldn't match this price.
What you get for your money ************************** The parcel arrived quickly and well packed. Inside the box was my new camera complete with basic instruction guide to get me started.
An instruction cd with more advanced instructions-I printed this document to take on holiday to read. There are hundreds of pages to get through!
Lens cover.
Neck strap.
4 x aa alkaline batteries.
16 mb memory card -this will only hold about 4 photos so you will need to buy a bigger one.
Usb lead.
What can this camera do? *********************
I was keen to get started with my new camera and a read through the very clear basic instruction book enabled me to quickly get started. The camera can be used in automatic mode and will take very respectable pictures. However this camera is capable of much more. I don't want to just list all the cameras features as you can look at these my going onto a site such as Amazon,where they are listed and explained. I feel it is more useful to review how I rate this camera.
I purchased a 2gb SD memory card from Jessops for about £30. I also purchased a set of NIMH batteries and a charger.
The camera has 11 different scene modes to allow you take shots in most conditions. I have found the beach mode very useful and effective as it helps to cut out the glare from sea and sand and gives true colour.
There is also a great sports mode which allows you to shot continuous images, great for children's sports days. I have some lovely shots of my son coming down a water slide.
The portrait mode is also one I use a lot as it gives really sharp results.
This camera can also perform various clever tricks! Simply select its creative mode and experiment. I really love the colour swap feature that allows you to change the colour of your picture; portraits in black and white look stunning.
As I mentioned earlier there is an excellent super macro mode. With this switched on it is possible to take clear close up shots with your subject virtually touching the lens. Be careful you don't end up with pollen on the lens as I did!
The camera can also be used in full manual mode.
I love fact the LCD screen had be rotated. When not in use the screen can be folded back against the camera to protect it. It is also possible to turn the screen right round and take a self-portrait if you want to! In a crowd you can hold the camera up and position the screen so you can see above heads.
There is an adequate flash that has to operated manually an icon on the LCD will tell you when the flash is needed and you simply pop it up. The flash strength can also be altered.
There is a movie mode that again gives good results and is easy to use. However my one attempt at taking a moving shots resulted in the whole of my memory card being used up in about 5 minutes! As I have a camcorder I do not find this mode very useful. But it is good to know that if you do use it you can take a quality still picture whilst taking your movie.
The camera has a superb x 12 zoom lens. I have taken some really clear pictures with the zoom although at full zoom the pictures begin to look a bit blurred.
There is a self portrait mode that can be set to give different lengths of time delay.
The Canon has optical image stabilization that helps to compensate for any camera shake and ensures a sharp image.
The camera looks very professional in gun grey metal. It feels well made with easy to reach, well-positioned controls. I find the menu clear too although it took me a while to understand it all!
I always use the LCD when taking a picture but there is also the option of using the digital viewfinder. This can be adjusted to match your eyesight.
The camera comes with its own image software. However I have had numerous problems trying to use the supplied software, as it seems to crash at regular intervals. This may be my lack of technical knowledge, but it is something I am working on!
Downloading pictures is easy however. The camera comes with the necessary USB cable.
When you want to view your pictures you can either look at the by manually clicking through them or the camera can be set to give you an automatic slide show. It can even be programmed to fade each shot in and out!
The camera is not the smallest around and looks more like an SLR camera. It weighs 560 grams. I find it comfortable to wear across my body in its case.
The camera is pictbridge compatible so you don't even need a computer to print your pictures.
The cons. ********* For me there is very little to grumble about with this camera. I have found that the camera sometimes struggles to focus when I'm using the zoom. This can be annoying when I have been using it to film wildlife as by the time the camera locks onto the subject the subject is long gone!
I would have liked to have a camera case included in the price. This is not a cheap camera and the addition of a bag; even a basic one would have been nice.
My verdict.
*********** As I said this is my no means a comprehensive review of all that this camera can do. I have chosen to pick out just some of its features and look at how I think they perform.
I wanted a camera that would grow with me from novice to (hopefully) a more advanced photographer. This camera certainly fits the bill. I have taken some excellent shots as well as some very disappointing ones, but that is more to do with my lack of skill than the camera!
Advantages: Stylish, high zoom, quality images, easy to use, lightweight, etc Disadvantages: Difficult to manually focus on a subject, not sure if it is entirely waterproof
...computerized techniques. The Canon PowerShot S1IS holds a 3.2 mega pixel charged-coupled device (CCD - image sensor) and has a maximum image size of 2048×1536. This is approximately standard of similar cameras. Adding further to its sleek design, are the various functions/modes built into the camera. This includes the manual focus (MF) button, from which you can manually focus on objects from 5 metres, all the way down to just 10 centimetres - extremely ... ...an autofocus facility, which I find works fantasticly, but when you zoom in on an object or a subject quickly, it takes a few seconds to automatically focus.It also includes a landscape mode; portrait mode; night scene mode; movie mode; fast shutter for shooting racing cars etc; slow shutter for producing artistic images such as water falling from a waterfall in a gorge. The movie mode is selected by adjusting the dial to the image of the movie camera; ...
photography1 20.05.2006
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12x optical zoom is excellent, digital zoom is basic.
6.0M pixels print hgih quality pictures.
Great camera for beginners - semi-pro's.
Buttons/ dials all set out ergonomically.
Surprisingly small considering it's capability.
I'd personally recommend it to anyone looking for an all round "day to day" camera.
Very easy to get the hang of - I managed to work it fully within a couple hours of playing with it.
Only down side- images can appear grainy in low light levels on certain settings. ...
gilesgb 10.06.2007
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Advantages: Good optical zoom, high resolution, various modes ,many featurs for users Disadvantages: The size is little bit large
I bought this camera last year. I am sastified with this camera. There are many useful modes to take a good picture:
1) Sport : it's very good to take a photo for moving objects. The quality of picture is very fine.
2) Night : to take picture in the night time
3) Camera : to record a camera
4) TV : to output pictures or camera to Tivi screen through video mode
5) Portrate : to take a portrate picture
it has some other modes but I cannot remember ... ...use them.
The quality of picture is very nice. You can choose many resolution levels up to 6 Mpxl depends on your purpose.
It also has optical zoom. so you can take a good picture from long distance. It supports multiple languages. User interface is friendly and easy to use. It has many functions: create new folder, delete, format, red-eye mode , auto flash... User Manual supports you fully to use all of features at that camera. I have used it ...
ngadtt 19.09.2008
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Advantages: Good results Disadvantages: Difficult manual focus, very rapid battery usage
This is a great camera for beginners. It was the first digital camera I bought, I was still a bit sceptical about digital, thinking I couldn't be quite so creative at the camera as I was with my Nikon F60 (how wrong I was there).
Changing from an SLR to this was a bit of a back step and I wouldn't do that again. However, this camera was a good choice to learn a bit about digital photography. The results are good quality, in the main, it's easy to ... ...sunny days.
I enjoy macro photography and, I have to say, I've had some great reslts with this. There are several programmes to choose from but, having said that, I did find it quite limiting. I like to use manual focus sometimes and found it very difficult with this camera. The lack of aperture choice in comparison with an SLR was also a bit frustrating.
It doesn't quite have the freedom of a DSLR, but then it's a bit too big to be a compact. ...
vwelsby 13.01.2009
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Advantages: many functions, flip LCD, macro focus, 12x optical zoom Disadvantages: noise in low level lght, weight
If you're bored of automatic setting on compact digital cameras, but can't quite afford a consumer SLR, then this is definitely the camera for you. Packed to the brim with so many features, that I'm not sure after owning this camera for a month now I have fully discovered everything this camera can do. From the 0 cm marco mode, which is correct to the 12x optical zoom, the Powershot S3 performs amazingly at both these extremes. The S3 also provides ...
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The photo quality of the CanonPowerShot A300 is better than many of the other 3.0 megapixel cameras I?ve tried. It?s very easy-to-use, inexpensive and is an excellent camera that takes great pictures and offers a very useful (and advanced) features like a focus-assist light, exposure compensation, wide ISO range and two auto focus modes. The 16MB Compact Flash card included with the Canon A300 can only hold 8 images at the camera's highest resolution and so I would recommend purchasing at least a 64MB card to hold all those priceless moments. The only complaints I can think of is the slow-charging flash and lack of any optical zoom (there is digital zoom though) but this is understandable for the great price! a great starter digital camera, it won't disappoint!!! ...
PowerShot S3 IS is equipped with an approximately 6.0 million camera effective pixel 1/2.5-inch Charge Coupled Device (CCD). Also, with DIGIC II, higher resolution and high-speed processing were achieved and the startup time and response time were shortened. This camera is equipped with a 12x optical zoom lens, which covers a 35mm film equivalent focal length ranging from 36 mm (Wide Angle) to 432 mm (Telephoto), and has an f/2.7 (Wide Angle) - f/3.5 (Telephoto) aperture. By incorporating a UD (Ultra Low Dispersion) lens into the lens element, the chromatic aberration has been reduced. This model incorporates an image stabilizer, which reduces the effects of camera shake while shooting. In addition, the zoom lens's super-smooth, super-fast ultra sonic motor (USM) provides all the zooming speed you need. This camera can take VGA (640 x 480 pixels) movies with exceptional image quality at a full 30 frames per second. Furthermore, it can shoot movies even in the still image shooting modes and vice versa. Also, a new mode to take very smooth QVGA (320 x 240 pixels) movies at 60 frames per second has been newly added. Moreover, digital zoom and manual focus are available as well as adjusting the zoom or exposure, or locking the AF or exposure while shooting a movie. Movies can be taken continuously (depending on the storage capacity of the recording media) until the clip size reaches 1GB or the clip length reaches 1 hour. The recording pixels include a "Widescreen" feature that has the same aspect ratio as 16:9 widescreen TVs for shooting wide images. Adding ISO [800] has resulted in a faster shutter speed even when shooting in dark environments. Also, [High ISO Auto] that has a program diagram with a higher ISO speed setting has been added to the ISO speed position. Featuring "Sports" as a shooting mode has resulted in better focusing of moving subjects, which is especially useful when shooting sporting events. A "My Colors" mode that changes image colors when shooting has been added to the FUNC. Menu of the PowerShot S3 IS. Macro mode is used to record subjects at close range, and Super Macro is used when the distance from the front of the lens to the subject is in the range of 0 to 10 cm (0 to 3.9 in.). This camera is equipped with an upgraded 2.0-inch Liquid Crystal Display (LCD). Information display on the LCD monitor and LCD viewfinder when shooting can be customized. The function (shooting mode: P/Tv/Av/M) to display the histogram when shooting was added and Grid lines can be displayed for easier photo composition. Also, this camera shows the possible shooting range within which auto-focusing at the current zoom position. As the recording quality is set up to 16 bit, 44.100 k Hz with the stereo microphone, high quality recording is possible when shooting movies. In addition, "Sound Recorder" can record sound only, without images. Using My Colors, effects can be added to images that have already been shot (still images only). The functions to create a folder to store recorded images by shooting date or shooting month, and to jump to the first image of each shooting date or to a movie and play have been newly added. Transition effects can be applied while transitioning between scenes or on slide shows. A Print/Share button has also been equipped, letting you easily print your images by connecting the camera directly to a direct print compatible printer and then simply pressing this button. When the camera is connected to a computer, pressing the Print/Share button lets you easily download images directly from the camera to the computer.
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