I have bought a brand new Canon S3 IS powershot camera from Ebay. It is yet to reach me and I can’t control my excitement. The seller has provided a tracking URL for the camera and I am refreshing it every minute

S3 IS will be my 4th digital camera. My first one was a Kodak camera bought in 2000. It was a 2MP camera with horrible photo quality, but neverthless was worth over Rs.20,000. Last one was a Canon A80 and it no longer works. I am yet to come across a digital camera which worked for more than 3 years!

I decided to buy Canon S3 IS due to following reasons. Will post a detailed review once I get hold of it!

1. Excellent feature set
S3 offers 6MP which is good enough along with 12x optical zoom. It has got image stabilization which is quite useful when you use zoom. Users of this camera also reports that the image quality is quite good. Uses AA batteries (I hate Li-Ion battery based cameras).

2. User reviews at dpreview 
I use  dpreview for quality camera reviews. The users of S3 IS camera has posted a lot of information which influenced my decision.

3. Amazon reviews 
Lot of positive feedback at Amazon as well.

4. Pbase/Flickr photo gallery of S3 IS 
I am impressed by the photos at Flickr and Pbase taken using S3 IS.

5. The price 
It is priced below Rs. 20,000 on Ebay India. I was looking for a 12x zoom camera below Rs. 20,000.

You can buy Canon PowerShot Pro Series S3 IS 6MP from Amazon.

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