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Canon PowerShot S3 IS Review
| Author | Cliff Smith |
| Published | 26th Jan 2007 |
| Manufacturer | Canon |
| Price | £204.85 (Exc VAT) |
| as reviewed | £240.70 (Inc VAT) |
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This page consists of resized images so that you can evaluate the overall exposure.

The S3’s lens has a wide end equivalent to 36mm, not really wide enough for panoramas, but not too bad.

This is taken from the same spot as the wide-angle shot, and shows the remarkable power of the 12x zoom lens. The telephoto end is equivalent to 432mm. Note also that this was shot hand-held at 1/60th of a second. That IS system really works.

The lens produces very little wide-angle barrel distortion.
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Douglas said on 18th October 2008
HF said on 16th July 2009
All of the reviews that I have read on S3 IS also state that the camera cannot use an SDHC card. When I tested the camera in the store, the card we used was an SDHC card. Everythin... more
groucho said on 20th July 2009
I have the S3IS Canon more two years since and I´m really very happy whith it.Is a jewel for me in spite of y bought another SLR E 510 Olympus camera.Is very easy to take goo... more
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You mentioned in the review that the S3 IS doesn't support SDHC cards, however I own an S3 IS and am using an SDHC card in it with no problems. It says on Canon's website... more