As for pics of the Carrefour bag, I will post it with the cam(s3) in it. Use my ixus to take but battery is charging now.....

Kevinyong, it can't be hung on the waist as it does not have anything for your belt or clip to go thru. Its shoulders all the way.

I got it at the Electronics section of Carrefour Batu Pahat(yeah, not KL ). Try the ones in KL....Subang Etc.... which have bigger electronic sections than the one here.

That's the problem. If i'm gonna invest more, i'd rather get a DSLR. sigh...

Just now went to carrefour to have a look at the bag you had. Rm29

Yes, this is the model Canon LAH-DC20 with 58mm size and it made by plastic.

Errr....isn't that already built into the adapter(LAH-DC20) .... ? Thread size is 58mm and you screw on the lenses....

hmmm it'll be blur also huh i think it's acceptable.... how about the black and white waterfall pic and the sky photo?

i think s3IS will not be able to capture something like the posted photos. like the DOF as in dSLR. (unless u customize ur s3is adapter ring to use bigger lense like alot of photofreaks did)

it's different hardware and technology la. aperture is one thing. the image sensor is the main point about DSLR. bigger sensor produce better quality, lower noise and shallower DOF.. and what's more?  higher ISO with same noise. generally, most of the DSLR's sensors are about 23x16mm in size.. what's the sensor size of S3IS? 1/2.5" = around 5.76mm x 4.29mm.

guys, get real. the hardware speaks itself. u might get something 'look-alike' but do check out the imagine quality produced by dSLR and compare to a pro-sumer, it's precisely as per stated in the hardware specs.

just my 2 cents. sorry man.. not to put ice on ur head.. just to share constructive view for those potential S3IS buyers as well as dSLR buyer. atleast they know what they would be getting before they made up their mind to purchase one.

i love S3IS too! but to compare it with a dSLR... it's different category la. rite?

Here are some shots taken at the super macro setting. Don't flame the pictures or you'll make me cry.

This was the closest I could get to the bugs without touching the leaf. ( I know lah image quality not that good... ISO 400 )


Closest I could get before casting a shadow over the leaf and having the lens touch the nice lil' droplets.


Closest I could get before uh.. touching the orchid. o_O

Oh the limitations of not having a close-up/macro lens. 

i think the picture editing destroyed the quality of the picture. i believe the original file is much sharper than this. but anyway, good try there.

here are more samples. pictures taken in low light (fluoroscent) condition, ISO 100, aperture 2.7, super macro mode

0cm macro only works when the subject is lit from the back. say, like taking a transparent slide/paper from a projector.

if we stick too close to the subject, there will be a nasty shadow like darren said. in fact you can see some slight shadow at the bottom of each picture; posted above.

There's a slave flash which will trigger when there's a flash nearby

The slave flash like the Canon one going for RM300+ has an attachment at the bottom that you screw on underneath the cam. Then you can postiion your slave flash at the side of the cam or slightly in front to help with the barrel shadow.

Hey guys. My sister's going to Singapore on Monday so I'm asking her to help me get the 58mm lens adapter and possibly some filters. Was thinking if I should get a circular polarizer and grey graduated filter? If so, what brand should I get? Thanks.

Uhh cause she's going for work stuff.. and I think it should be cheaper there compared to Miri gua