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.