How good is a refurbished cam......

[Kfamr]

I haven't used the S3, but I do have the S2.

The S3 is basically the same, just 1 MP higher than the S2. What I like about the S3, it comes in black, and IMO looks more professional.

Here's in a "in-depth" review of the S3, which includes a side-by-side review of the S3 versus the S2.
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canons3is/

(I LOVE DPReview.com, it's my favorite camera site!)

[Husky_mom]

thanks for the link!!...... teh review is great I like the comparision they make about them....

the color and 1mpx more are no problem......

what I really want another insight is about the different features

S2: my colors: what is about that
S3: color accent, color swap, sports: I believe sports is for action shots, but are tha color ones just as the my colors in the S2 or what is the difference there??

[Kfamr]

Yes, My Colors include Color Accent and Color Swap. I rarely ever use any of those, I prefer to use the manual settings and set it the way I want.

I thought it was odd that they listed them differently in the review, I guess they wanted to make it look like the S3 had more settings?

Here are some examples of Color Swap & Accent.

The first attachment is taken with no setting changes. The second is the color swap. It lets you choose a color to change another color to.

The third is Color Accent. It allows you to select one color in the frame and turns the rest black and white.