This was what I did the last time I went on holiday with my pss2is (sorry, I don't have the S3, but it's almost the same, just with less megapixel and smaller LCD), I had, at that time only 2pc 512mb card. I brought along my laptop. Luckily, I was staying at my relative's house, so no fear of losing expensive items there.

maybe the adapter amplified the sound?

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

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...

glad I can help.

where's the photo of the camera?

lowepro nova series AW (All Weather) has a hidden "raincoat" for the bag...
good buy

This post has been edited by gold3knight: Nov 17 2006, 01:13 PM

s3 noneed macro closeup lens. its own lens can do 0 cm macro, ie place your subject directly on the lens, still can focus on it.

well they do come in different sizes and types.