I owned and loved my PowerShot S3 IS for several years. The S3 IS was a great camera and I really enjoyed it - that is I *liked* using it. I enjoyed taking pictures with it. It was a great camera.
Then I sold it to a friend and "upgraded" to this SX10 IS. Frankly, I generally regret parting with my venerable S3 IS.
In comparison:
* The S3 IS was smaller. Physically, if you measure, the ruler says that the SX10 is not that much bigger -- but the feel of the SX10 is heavy and clunky.
* The controls of the S3 were much easier to manipulate by touch (i.e. I'm looking thought the eye-piece and changing settings by feel) -- this SX10 seems much more difficult to do the same thing, I and find I have to look at the controls more.
* The lens cap on the S3 IS was tethered - attached - and I could flip it off with the flick of one finger and know I'm not going to lose. Whereas, the lens cap of the SX10 is NOT tethered and attaches differently making it hugely inconvenient for the "quick-shot" you might try to capture. In my experience, more often than not, the lens cap falls off as I'm taking the camera out of my camera bag and is prone to fly off and get lost. VERY annoying. My intension is to attach a thin string somehow.
* Frankly, I see almost NO difference in the Digic III processor in this SX10 than I did in the Digic II processor of the S3 IS. IF the SX10 dropped fewer frames when snapping a pic during movie mode, that would be great - but I see no difference.
There are many other small annoyances between the S3 and the SX10 that I won't belabor here.
On the plus side, I will admit that the 20x Zoom is nice.
Summary:
IF you are contemplating upgrading from an S3 IS or an S5 IS, my advice is to give this one a pass and keep your current camera UNLESS you really want the 20x zoom.Get more detail about Canon Powershot SX10IS 10MP Digital Camera with 20x Wide Angle Optical Image Stabilized Zoom.
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