S3 IS

[Kook]

Is it still available in stores? Web search only turned up S5's in the retail stores. HELP! Need another camera by Friday for vacation:cry:

[Hyun]

I doubt it, considering that the S5 IS came out over a year ago and replaced the S3 IS. You might find one at KEH.com or eBay.

[SimpleGirl2008]

Is it still available in stores? Web search only turned up S5's in the retail stores. HELP! Need another camera by Friday for vacation:cry:


www.amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com) is the only place I see them on still

[Hyun]

Just to clarify, Amazon.com is not the actual seller, it's third-party vendors selling through Amazon.com Marketplace. Depending on the third-party seller's reputation and feedback, this can be a huge difference.

[Kook]

thanks, I bought an S3 at Target in August for my neice. I'll just pick up an S5.

[SimpleGirl2008]

Just to clarify, Amazon.com is not the actual seller, it's third-party vendors selling through Amazon.com Marketplace. Depending on the third-party seller's reputation and feedback, this can be a huge difference.


I realize that. It says that on the site. I didn't think I needed to be specific...because once you see the S3 IS..it's kind of obivious. :rolleyes:

[Changeling]

I realize that. It says that on the site. I didn't think I needed to be specific...because once you see the S3 IS..it's kind of obvious. :rolleyes:

Very true! Just in case you don't believe what she has to say, consider that it has gone "UP" in price in the last year!
I really believe time will end up extolling the "S" series line of cameras as a milestone in "Cameras", not in the sense of being the best there was at the time (not a DSLR/wasn't meant to be) but more like a conglomeration of what everyone wanted in a camera that Canon made by incorporating so many features in a package that reflected what everyone wanted to do with a camera.
So, what SimpleGirl2008 has said is correct, if you have seen it/talked about it/wanted it/ observed it's track record, then you absolutely can identify with it.
Me, I have feelers out all the time for one, however I do draw the line at paying some of the ridiculous prices individuals/companies are asking.

Hope: Canon realizes exactly what it has created and continues it in the area that it was designed for. It has definitely been a "cash cow" for them and I just have a hard time seeing them stopping the S line, it just doesn't seem rational, but hey, it's there company!

[SimpleGirl2008]

Very true! Just in case you don't believe what she has to say, consider that it has gone "UP" in price in the last year!
I really believe time will end up extolling the "S" series line of cameras as a milestone in "Cameras", not in the sense of being the best there was at the time (not a DSLR/wasn't meant to be) but more like a conglomeration of what everyone wanted in a camera that Canon made by incorporating so many features in a package that reflected what everyone wanted to do with a camera.
So, what SimpleGirl2008 has said is correct, if you have seen it/talked about it/wanted it/ observed it's track record, then you absolutely can identify with it.
Me, I have feelers out all the time for one, however I do draw the line at paying some of the ridiculous prices individuals/companies are asking.

Hope: Canon realizes exactly what it has created and continues it in the area that it was designed for. It has definitely been a "cash cow" for them and I just have a hard time seeing them stopping the S line, it just doesn't seem rational, but hey, it's there company!

S3/S5....same thing to me one has a hot shoe the other doesn't one has more bells and whistles, the other doesn't really to me same camera. I just went with the newer model which is the S5.

My fiance is picking up a S3 if he can get his hands on one before they are all gone, if not, he'll get the S5 like I have. Also, he prefers the S3 over the S5, based on the fact that he doesn't need the "extra" bells and whistles, going on that factor along.

[watt100]

It seems you can still buy the S3 but the price is almost the same as the S5, so why buy it? I never looked into it when I bought my S5 but the they seem very similar except for sensor- larger megapixel and flash hot shoe

[SimpleGirl2008]

It seems you can still buy the S3 but the price is almost the same as the S5, so why buy it? I never looked into it when I bought my S5 but the they seem very similar except for sensor- larger megapixel and flash hot shoe


I didn't look into the S3 either when I bought my S5. I figured, go with the newer one, that has a little bit more stuff on it.

[JCScar09]

s5 is is a better camera i upgraded to the s5 reccently coming from the s5 its a step up.