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A friend of mine recently bought a Canon Powershot G3 digitial camera, and though I had only little time to play around with it, my first impression was very good. It does certainly not come with the smallest body, but with a number of smart features that nearly make it a semi-professional solution.

Compared to my own Canon Powershot S40, it gets many important things right: with 1100 mAh capacity, it has a large battery that should allow for a decent lifespan. The S40 comes with much smaller 570 mAh batteries that basically require you to carry the charger around most of the times, even if you own more than one battery. It not only has a lense that deserves to be called lense, but it also is fast and for a camera of that size, it has a decent zoom range. The S40 lense is fine for its class, but it has its limitations. Finally, the G3 has a good secondary display and a primary TFT that can be rotated. The S40 display is fixed, so that camera does not give you the additional freedoms that movable displays have. Don't get me wrong: in its class, the S40 is an excellent offer, and the very small, but not too leightweight body is a strong plus. But if you want to spend a bit more and if you like full-size bodies, the G3 seems to be a very good choice.