My poor little Canon S3IS has just about had it's day and is to be demoted to "kids" camera. It was the top advanced compact of it's day, and while it still takes lovely pictures, the actuator is on it's way out.
So......
Yesterday I bought it's replacement. A Canon SX120 IS.
http://www.digitalcamerareview.com/d...owershot+sx120
At half the price of the S3IS, I guess you could class it as mid shelf.
But it still has full manual control and today I had a play with it in Macro mode. I'm suitably impressed.
The extra resolution is obvious. I look forward to chasing down all sorts of bugs this afternoon, this morning the only thing sitting still was the flowers.
It's a sturdy little unit this too, a little weightier than most of the cameras in it's price range. It has a good feel to it.
What i'll miss most about the S3IS is the vari-angled lcd display, it was the best thing since sliced bread in my opinion. (I look forward to getting that feature back when I purchase the 60D later this year.
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