S3IS Tele converter lens ?

[kunaldaswani]

Hey all!

Is it worth buying a Tele converter lens for my S3IS ? or should i save up and buy a DSLR? Is i really worth upgrading to a DSLR? been shooting for 4 months now. or should i continue with the S3 for a while and when i improve buy a DSLR? very confused!!!! aaah! what do i do with the S# then? just bought it.. should have just payed a few extra bucks and bought a DSLR! sorry just thinkin out loud now.... back to my main question.... Is it worth buying a Tele converter lens for my S3IS ?

[NaturesPixel]

in my opinion.. save your money!!! i brought some attachment lenses for my Minolta and i wish i hadn't.. i never used them because of all the aberrations (purple fringing) and soft focus...

just my 2cents worth...

[mdwsta4]

don't buy one. they're garbage. i had an S3 last year and had a wide angle and telephoto attachment. thy did not help with image quality and the edges were terrible.
http://digital-photography-school.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1155


i wound up selling my S3 maybe 2-3 months after i purchased it and picked up a DSLR instead. it's a nice camera, but didn't offer me everything i wanted. either way, it's a great camera to get used to manual settings. i mostly shot in manual which i had never done with another camera

[kunaldaswani]

don't buy one. they're garbage. i had an S3 last year and had a wide angle and telephoto attachment. thy did not help with image quality and the edges were terrible.
http://digital-photography-school.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1155


i wound up selling my S3 maybe 2-3 months after i purchased it and picked up a DSLR instead. it's a nice camera, but didn't offer me everything i wanted. either way, it's a great camera to get used to manual settings. i mostly shot in manual which i had never done with another camera

Thanks Matt! Its been 3 months with the S3 and i cant wait to get my hands on a DSLR. Just dont know what to do the with the S3! its like my first love ... dont know about selling it!

[mdwsta4]

if you don't have another camera, i'd say keep it. i probably should have kept mine, but i had 2 other P&S cameras and didn't think it was necessary to have 4 different cameras!

Thanks Matt! Its been 3 months with the S3 and i cant wait to get my hands on a DSLR. Just dont know what to do the with the S3! its like my first love ... dont know about selling it!

[kunaldaswani]

if you don't have another camera, i'd say keep it. i probably should have kept mine, but i had 2 other P&S cameras and didn't think it was necessary to have 4 different cameras!

Yeah it think i will keep mine! Thanks! :)

[PnwGuy]

Yeah it think i will keep mine! Thanks! :)

I found myself in the same situation. I upgraded to a D-SLR within a month of buying my S3 IS. I sold my S3 on Craigslist. I lost about 40 bucks overall but that was OK. I had a lot of response to my ad. A few low offers, but I got asking price.

I sometimes wished I still had it but don't miss it a whole lot, as what little shooting our weather has allowed, I've been busy learning my Rebel XTi.

However, my GF recently decided she wanted a nicer digital camera and wanted to play some with photography, but not as seriously as I am. She bought an S3 a couple of weeks ago. Heck, I probably could have gotten full price for mine from her. ;-)

I'd suggest hanging on to it for 3-6 months. If you don't use it, then sell it and put the cash towards a lens for your D-SLR.

[wrath1]

Been thinking of the same thing lately, but am not getting rid of my 2 month old dsc-h2
prolly gonna get an xti with the kit lens and then after that get a 28-200 tamron