Canon PowerShot A3100 IS First Look Discussion

[Howard Creech]

Spring is finally here after a long, dull, and unpleasant winter. As temperatures are going up, many consumers are contemplating the purchase of a new digicam as a graduation, Mother's Day, or Father's Day gift for those special people in their lives. The new Canon PowerShot A3100 IS seems a very good choice: it is reasonably priced, easy to use, and an eminently pocketable 12 megapixel digital camera with a 4x OIS (optical image stabilization) zoom and a 2.7-inch LCD screen.

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[Andy Stanton]

It has excellent image quality. But I'm surprised that Canon is using the Digic III processor because most of its newer cameras are using the Digic IV. I wonder what functions are missing that are found in the Digic IV.