Early in 2006 I purchased a Canon S3 IS and have been blogging about it. This site has tips, articles, and many full-size images taken with the S3 at full size available for download.

Select articles on the Canon S3 IS from the menu on the right. Also check out the Canon S3 Tips category of the main blog. See the gallery and the Picture Story page for photos taken with the S3.

You can buy the Canon S3 or S5 through this site via the Store page. Using these links pays a small percentage of the transaction to this site and contributes to the running expenses.

DPReview now has a full review of the Canon S5, the successor to the S3 that I have. I've played with the S5 in a store, and I'm not impressed, especially since the S3 costs half what the S5 does right now. The big turn-offs for me are the card access (in with the batteries), and the slower burst speed. There are plenty of comments going up right now in the Canon forum.