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Dissapointed in S90 after S3is

Started Nov 24, 2011 | Discussions thread
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kamina Regular Member • Posts: 175
Dissapointed in S90 after S3is

Maybe a stupid question, but here goes...

After having a Canon S3is for a long time, I got an S90 on discount around the time the model was discontinued. I was hoping for better dim light performance, and better portability.

After using the camera for a while, I feel I'm getting far less sharp shots, and that the dim light performance is not actually as much better as I thought. However my biggest problem is the image quality it self. I was expecting it would take at least as good photo's as the S3, but it's just not happening.

I'm not good enough as a photographer to quantify the differences, but even scrolling through pictures taken with both cameras it's clear the S3 has more takers.

Is it a question of the bigger lens in the S3 just being better, or is there maybe a problem with the S90?

Now I'm considering replacing this with something different...

Canon PowerShot S90 Panasonic Lumix DMC-S3
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