I don't think so.

This makes the S3 IS unique being a super-zoom and able to record in Stereo at 30fps. I dont see much difference when recording at 60fps on the 320x240 resolution. Would be nice if it was like the Pana FZ-50 being able to record in widescreen format. Would look great on my Lappie.....

I have been asked to become the photographer for a wedding engagement. Need tips, I have no idea what kind of shots to take. Should I play safe and go with "potrait" or "P" or auto? Also need help on the posing, I have no idea what kind of posing should I ask them to do....

Need another photographer? Tag me along... Keke... With charge one hor.

If taking group photos, use potrait.

Always be prepared for the worst case scenarios.

Bring extra batteries..... And slave flash if possible....

yaya~ i took for my sis wedding also b4... if possible really must bring flash... and the color set to warm~ bcoz when u use flash the whole picture will..... u know what i mean ?

i wtb slave flash? how much?

slave flash 400+ iinm.

My Ex-GF getting enggaged and the family wants me to become the photographer....for FREE. I will charge for the extra batts.

That I know. Can I just adjust the flash for maximum output instead?

Well, if you're not going to be too far from your Subjects. Sometimes big weddings have to take a huge group of ppl altogether uncles,aunties,grannies and grandpas not forgetting the in-laws. Unless you have wide-angle, you're probably going to back up quite a bit to get them all in frame. If there's enough light to highlight everyone then there shouldn't be a problem. S3IS max-flash level quite strong .

Slave flash can get cheaper than RM400. One of the Forumers here using a 3rd party slave flash which he had mentioned before to us. But really have to dig back 40pages I think to find. I Think its in the Canon Users thread and not this one. IIRC it was around RM200+ and using AA BAtteries unlike Canon's Ori slave for the S3IS which uses those fat lithium batts which needs replacing after a while of usage.

Natural/catch light shots, candid shots, detail shots,showcasing important ppl shots, group shots. list goes on. no hard and fast rules on an event like a wedding.

If you can do all of it in the wedding , you are great.

Cheers good luck

If ya scared that it's too strong, use a small piece of sugar paper to cover the flash...diffused effect somemore

my bad - wrong posting

Cheers

This post has been edited by pawleo: Dec 21 2006, 12:10 PM

I'm not really worried at the flash power, rarely use it, too strong. I think on default settings would be enough.

Rather than sugar paper, find adhesive selotape, works the same way

May I know where u got this price and the camera?

Anybody here wanna sell their S3? Im interested in getting one.

Anyway, i would like to ask whether the S3 is capable of shooting photos, like portrait photo with a low depth of field? Can the aperture be big enough to enable the camera to take these kind of photos?

I also read reviews about the camera producing pictures with lots of noise when used in ISO 800. Can the noise be reduced by reducing the aperture size?

Finally, are all the aperture, shutter and ISO settings available for all level of zoom?

Thanks!

Low depth field, you need a lense for that. The potrait mode has quite high depth of field.
Reduce ISO, thats all. Sure you can reduce aperture size, but I don't think that will work. I use ISO 100/200 most of the time.

Yes, all levels of zoom, not sure about digital though. Go to imaging-review.com and read that review. Its a deep review.

Wedding photographers mostly use program mode only. Cause I think you have to catch the important events and you won't have time to adjust the settings.

Well its a success and I adjust the aperture while retaining the ISO 200 in quite not well lit location.

All the ISO and shutter speed settings are available from wide-angle to telephoto zoom.
As for the aperture, you can use f2.7 when the zoom is at the wide end and can only go as big as f3.2 when it's at full telephoto.

Uh, making the aperture smaller won't help with the noise levels because the noise levels depend on the sensor. The aperture just changes the lens element.

If I'm talking bull please correct me. Thanks

Hey guys, just got the S3 IS today. Finally got it after reading so many forum threads, user reviews, dpreviews.com, and went thru countless comparisons with the Sony H5 and the Panasonic FZ7.

Taken a few shots with it but definitely need time to learn around the workings of the camera. Would have preferred a larger LCD screen though (which is why I considered the Sony H5) but alas, battery life more important

Hope to learn more from you guys.