Yeah. Not really a deal at all. Unless you're paranoid

Anyway,yours is on the 52mm thread right? Less barrel shadow compared to my 58mm one. If only the flash could pop up a bit higher....

yupe, mine is 52mm. that's the limitation when the object is very near to S3 Btw, my bro will go to Singapore 2moro, will ask him to look for Raynox Wide Angel and Macro lens converter, any shop to recommend?

I went to Sg to look for Raynox as well back in July. In the end I couldn't find it. I contacted Raynox Aussie straight, i ahve the price list somewhere and they aren't cheap.

Macro lens and wide angle just use other brands besides raynox. But if you're looking for them specifically, over at Sim Lim square, they tend to carry MORE DSLR lenses than the add-ons for Prosumers like ours. Ask your bro to look for the bigger shops. There is also a BIG camera shop(Only one cam shop) over at Peninsula plaza Carries LOTS of camera acessories as well as a WHOLE range of Lowerpro products if you're interested..... By the amount of lenses and items they have there, you're bound to find some 3rd party lense for the S3IS.

BUT BEWARE! I brought my camera to SG when I got my lenses. Have to PERSONALLY TEST each lense to make sure it works cos NOT ALL DOES. Even then, I purchased a 2.0X telephoto which the S3 could not focus at Max tele.

This post has been edited by julchin_09: Nov 14 2006, 12:01 AM

Why not we move this thread into the main subforum since most conversation are about it already be it technical, or chatting

i rarely come inside here somemore

thanks for the info, bro Can't find Raynox products in SG? I tot there is a Raynox distributor in SG? Anyway, if the price too costly, I dont think will invest in it, rather consider other brand lense and of coz will thorough test first before buy like what u said

ya, why not im sure there are lot of S3 users here.

Oh, I never knew there was a distributor there. Anyway, I've found the email they replied me. The price list goes like this in case you were looking for the same lenses as I was: All in Aussie $$

DCR2020PRO $387.50 ex GST.
HD7000PRO $31.75 ex GST.
DCR250 $93.75 ex GST.
MSN202 $137.50 ex GST.
RB52S5 $137.50 ex GST.

The Shipping costs depends on what we send to you as it goes off the weight and size of the box.
If you put your order through with payment, it should take 2-4 working days.

Kind Regards,

Toni.
Haldex Pty Ltd.
reception@haldex.com.au
Ph: (02) 9553 8399
Fx: (02) 9553 8488
----- Original Message -----

I hope this give your a rought estimate of the prices. The DCR2020PRO is the 2.2X telephoto. The others are not super-expensive as Canon now to think of it. Canon selling 1.5XTele and 0.7X Wide each for almost RM500 here.....

This post has been edited by julchin_09: Nov 14 2006, 11:59 AM

The price seems like ..... I think my 12x zoom more than enough for me no need so high end one.

Well, im looking for :
DCR-7900ZD High Definition Wideangle Conversion Lens 0.79X


DCR-5320PRO 3-in-1High Definition Triple Macro Conversion Lens


Here is the info that i managed to find about Raynox in SG.

Oh....
Now I remember. Someone told me he got his lense from McGill just like the site you posted. The Raynox page with the eagle is the same one I browsed thru for the lenses. Anyway the telephoto does not work very well with the S3IS so can forget about it.

Anyway you DCR7900ZD ain't cheap as well. Almost RM1K(USD$224.22).

RM1k!!! sigh.... then just forget it.

please help me... thank you in advance.

1) I need to edit the movies taken using that camera in adobe premiere 6.0 for assignment reasons but the programme cannot detect the movies. after using stoik video converter 2, my video while can be imported into the programme, it is a bit blur... how can i edit the movies without having to convert it to another codec?

2) For MMU FCM students/lecturer to answer la. if you guys can answer also can... I seriously didn't know anything about digital cameras and i thought the S3 is a good enough camera to use for a student. So I got my mum to buy it. then today i heard that seniors use dslr cameras... so en mat will get you all to buy dslr cameras or what?????

thanks in advance..

as requested. moved to the main photography forum

This question has popped up before. Try the CANON Powershot S3IS Thread over at trading guides.

I know a forumer over at MMU FCM which also had to get a DSLR for her course. Maybe you know who Heidi is?

i heard of her. i've seen her i think... the tread does not have it.

Oh..... nothing on the Vid editing stuff? Then check the CANON thread. I can't remember where exactly I saw it but it was brought up before...

Good Luck.....

the S3 movie uses the Motion-JPEG codec, popularly known as mjpg as its 4cc code. in order to play it, you need to install window's lastest directx or alternatively, you can go to www.free-codecs.com and use the search function to search of mjpg codecs.

Another alternative is to install FFDshow. these will provide the neccessary codecs for you to play the movie.

you however, do not need any audio codecs as the audio recorded is in PCM mode. It is an uncompressed format, which results in the movie files' gigantic size.

For smooth playing, I would suggest you record the movie in its best option, ie 30fps @ 640x480. shooting at 15 fps will result in a somewhat jerky video, as normal video needs about 25 (pal) to 29.97 (ntsc) fps for smooth motion. For easy storage of the movies, I usually convert them to xvid video and mp3 audio, which greatly reduces the size of the movie and still able to retain good audio video quality. Also, you could choose to just convert the movie to uncompressed formats for both the video and audio. Guranteed Adobe Premiere will be able to detect the movie.

There are free video conversion/editing softwares such as Virtualdub (which supports only .avi files) and VirtualdubMod (supports a wider range of file formats such as mkv and ogg/ogm) They are also freely available from the site mentioned above.

As for dslrs, the S3 has all the functions of a dslr, with only a few exceptions. The S3 has no interchangable lens and the photo quality if compared to dslr, not as good.
For dslr like functions, turn the dail to TV for shutter priority, AV for aperture priority, M for full manual. There's a button beside the lens that says MF. That will switch your camera to manual focus mode, meaning you get to adjust the focusing with the directional pad. Read it up on the manual.
I hope this helps.

This post has been edited by gold3knight: Nov 15 2006, 12:19 AM

Sherry86,

You knight in shinning armour has arrived int he form of gold3knight. I learnt a few things from this as well.

Thanks.....

please don't say like that. I learned everything from uncle google, and uncle videohelp.com. Also I like to watch animes, and the fansubs keeps the fans updated on the codecs and stuff...

MPEG Video Wizard DVD is the most powerful editor that can directly edit most of the format without conversion first, give it a try.

Nice one. From the spec & screen shot it seem straight forward, but at price tag of U$99.00 I'll stick to VirtualDub & flaskmpeg