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From: gA on 31 Mar 2010 20:42
My 2-yr old Canon S3IS was stolen and I am devastated. When the S5
came out I went and bought the S3 because I liked it better. Now I
need to replace it and I would appreciate any good advice.

This is what I liked about my S3, among other features:
- point & shoot and compact size/lightweight
- full swivel LCD
- good quality movies
- used normal AA batteries and SD memory cards
- vertical/horizontal panoramic
- quiet on/off and zoom
- image stabilization.
My only disappointment was the quality of low-light photography.

Thanks in advance
- gA
From: ray on 31 Mar 2010 21:09
On Wed, 31 Mar 2010 18:42:37 -0600, gA wrote:

> My 2-yr old Canon S3IS was stolen and I am devastated. When the S5 came
> out I went and bought the S3 because I liked it better. Now I need to
> replace it and I would appreciate any good advice.
>
> This is what I liked about my S3, among other features: - point & shoot
> and compact size/lightweight - full swivel LCD
> - good quality movies
> - used normal AA batteries and SD memory cards - vertical/horizontal
> panoramic
> - quiet on/off and zoom
> - image stabilization.
> My only disappointment was the quality of low-light photography.
>
> Thanks in advance
> - gA

So have you checked the canon online store to see if they still sell
them? Might make you a good deal on a refurb.
From: SMS on 1 Apr 2010 11:47
On 31/03/10 5:42 PM, gA wrote:
> My 2-yr old Canon S3IS was stolen and I am devastated. When the S5 came
> out I went and bought the S3 because I liked it better. Now I need to
> replace it and I would appreciate any good advice.
>
> This is what I liked about my S3, among other features:
> - point & shoot and compact size/lightweight
> - full swivel LCD
> - good quality movies
> - used normal AA batteries and SD memory cards
> - vertical/horizontal panoramic
> - quiet on/off and zoom
> - image stabilization.
> My only disappointment was the quality of low-light photography.
>
> Thanks in advance
> - gA

SX20 IS is probably your best bet. Low light still won't be great, but
that's going to be the case on all P&S cameras with small sensors.

CHDK for the SX20 IS is still in Beta, but at least you know that it's
coming eventually.

From: DanP on 1 Apr 2010 15:25
On 1 Apr, 02:09, ray <r...(a)zianet.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 31 Mar 2010 18:42:37 -0600, gA wrote:
> > My 2-yr old Canon S3IS was stolen and I am devastated. When the S5 came
> > out I went and bought the S3 because I liked it better. Now I need to
> > replace it and I would appreciate any good advice.
>
> > This is what I liked about my S3, among other features: - point & shoot
> > and compact size/lightweight - full swivel LCD
> > - good quality movies
> > - used normal AA batteries and SD memory cards - vertical/horizontal
> > panoramic
> > - quiet on/off and zoom
> > - image stabilization.
> > My only disappointment was the quality of low-light photography.
>
> > Thanks in advance
> > - gA
>
> So have you checked the canon online store to see if they still sell
> them? Might make you a good deal on a refurb.

Good point, if this is your perfect camera stick with it.
Try Amazon for used ones, a lot cheaper than a new one.

DanP
From: gA on 7 Apr 2010 08:52
After much research I chose the Sony DSC HX1 with a CMOS processor.
Thank you all that took the time to help me.
- gA

SMS wrote:
> On 31/03/10 5:42 PM, gA wrote:
>> My 2-yr old Canon S3IS was stolen and I am devastated. When the S5 came
>> out I went and bought the S3 because I liked it better. Now I need to
>> replace it and I would appreciate any good advice.
>>
>> This is what I liked about my S3, among other features:
>> - point & shoot and compact size/lightweight
>> - full swivel LCD
>> - good quality movies
>> - used normal AA batteries and SD memory cards
>> - vertical/horizontal panoramic
>> - quiet on/off and zoom
>> - image stabilization.
>> My only disappointment was the quality of low-light photography.
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>> - gA
>
> SX20 IS is probably your best bet. Low light still won't be great, but
> that's going to be the case on all P&S cameras with small sensors.
>
> CHDK for the SX20 IS is still in Beta, but at least you know that it's
> coming eventually.
>
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