Pre-Photokina 2002, 0600 GMT: Today sees the announcement of the PowerShot G3, S45 and IXUS v3 (S230 ELPH). All three cameras are based on Canon's internally developed all-in-one digital camera processor, the DIGIC chip. The DIGIC chip is a dedicated image processor designed to be very fast, produce improved image quality, faster AF, faster JPEG compression, better battery life and faster continuous shooting. Also introduced today are iSAPS (Intelligent Scene Analysis Photographic Space Technology), Intelligent evaluative metering (tied to orientation sensor), Flexizone AF/AE and 9-point AiAF.