Designed for serious photographers and enthusiasts, the PowerShot S3 IS has extended zooming flexibility and including a fully featured movie recording capability.
Canon PowerShot S3 IS feature set:
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- 12x optical zoom lens with Ultra-Sonic Motor (USM)
(Gives you fast and silent zoom operation) - Ultra-low Dispersion (UD) lens element
(reduces color errors in close-up (zoom) shots) - Optical Image Stabilizer
(eliminates camera shake at higher zoom levels and slow film speeds) - 6.0-megapixel CCD
(2816 x 1584 recording pixels) - Larger size 2.0-inch vari-angle LCD
(see more and in any light conditions, indoor and out!) - 30-frame-per-second (fps) VGA movies with stereo sound and Photo in Movie feature
(perfect for uploading to your favorite video website) - DIGIC II, iSAPS, and Flexizone AF/AE for fast, precise results and 2.3 fps continuous shooting performance
(fast full manual override control in difficult situations) - 20 shooting modes and My Colors photo effects
(hand off to your grandma so you can get shots of you at play!) - High ISO Auto and ISO 800 for low light flexibility
(capture more without having to use flash) - Widescreen (16:9) recording
(for perfect playback on your widescreen tv) - The most powerful zoom in a Canon digital compact camera
(36 to 432mm, f2.7-f.3.5 same technology as professional EF lenses) - Movie functions
(just press the movie button to start recording intsntly) - Shoot still photos while recording video
(best of both worlds, shoot a movie and stills at the same time)
Shooting modes
- Manual mode
- Aperture Priority
- Shutter Speed Priority
- 2.3-frame-per-second continuous shooting
- Sports mode with improved autofocus accuracy
- Special Scene modes
- Night Snapshot & Snow
- Color Accent & Color Swap
(enable dramatic color effects to be applied to both images and movies)
- My Colors photo effects
Printing and other features
- Dedicated Print menu
(simplifies printing of multiple images) - Full PictBridge support
(print directly to any PictBridge compatible printer without the need for a PC)
The camera’s menu system now features support for Arabic, bringing the total number of supported languages to 23.


