anyone here has the wide angle lens mounted to their S3?

i recalled someone mentioning it before. i am contemplating to get the wide angle lens + the adaptor.

any comments about it or if it improves your photos alot?

This post has been edited by juan1252: Jan 11 2007, 01:31 PM

Sigh... while my dad was in KL for work I asked him to look for some lenses for me. Lens adapter external flash all that no stock. Oh well.

instead of keeping it in store ~ y not u sell it to me hahah

This post has been edited by kevinyong84: Jan 11 2007, 04:48 PM

Ok. Will consider.....

Try Googling for it. Good Luck and update us if you get a hint of news..

Im using 3rd party Wide-angle lense 0.45X. Much cheaper than the ori Canon for the S3IS but slightly heavy...Brand = Vitacon, made of Titanium....Ori Canon would be some type of Hard shell plastic..... But costs more than RM400. Lense adapter for S3IS from Canon is RM100 - RM150 range....

i've always been thinking the effects of bokeh. can it be done with s2 or s3? blur alot or blur abit only?

i have yet to try to snap potrait pic with bokeh. what is the best setting to have good bokeh? what i know is need to have large aperture/small f-stop. how about the focal length, will zoom in yield better bokeh result?

julchin, how much the vitacon wide angle lense cost? and where u bought it?

cool~ and may i know how much averagely the 3rd party wide angle lens is?

Longer focal length (zoom) = more background blur.

Eg.

f2.8 300mm will result in a more blur background than f2.8 150mm.

I got the wideangle lens for around SGD$60+ from SimLim Square Singapore...

In Malaysia, the Wide lense can cost anything from RM200 - RM600.... But the Ori Canon one had the least distortion....

Anyone here wanna sell his S3IS, please let me know ok.

how do u guys attach the external flash on the s3 IS?

I think it's attached through the tripod mount.

The only external flash you can attach to the Canon S3IS is the slave flash vis the tripod mount like what Darren said. There is no hotshoe unlike the G7 which does :

hmm does it mean that it'll fire both flashes? anybody tried that? seems interesting

Yup it does. Sensor triggers the minute it detects your main camera flashes.

It will look more out of place with the S3 IS cos the camera body is black. Tried it at the shops already... but there are other 3rd party models which are cheaper and run on AA batteries unlike this which runs on lithium which is expensive.....

im looking for one too, lost mine

Didnt know S3IS so laku one

I was wondering if any guru's from this thread can show me some pics of bokeh effects from their s3is.. I am really keen to know how far can the s3is go with bokeh..

here you go


Freezing a drop of water, got spanked after the shot for wasting water


Flower outside my rented house


Spider at my neighbour's garden


Mum's flower pot


Guess what?


Mum's Favourite


Neighbour's house opposite the road


"Oxira", forgot wat's the name of this flower already


Lastly, Starry Night @ Seremban 2 Citypark






P/S : taken with my ex-S3 IS before i donated her to the KL-Seremban bus driver together with a special leather pouch, 2gb MiniSD, 8x Sony + Sanyo high capacity battery on Christmas Eve (maybe i'm the Santa Clause for last year)

This post has been edited by vikingw2k: Jan 24 2007, 02:26 AM

DANG!! Those pictures are really nice... I better go out and snap some nice pics.. Any tips? I'm sure most of your pix uses Aperture F2.7.. I was wondering.. The pic of your mum's flower pot.. How far is the background from t he object? That picture is really cool.. Damn!! I feel really motivated.. Gonna get my cam and start shooting..

Oh i forgot.. Thank you for answering my questions..

This post has been edited by kinz_11: Jan 24 2007, 12:49 PM