what the best lumix FZ8 or CANON S3?

because both have 7M and 12X optical !!

The Panasonic Lumix FZ8 is a great new camera but I find the Canon S3 IS to have better image stablization features, even though it does have 1 less MP. The canon has better around and proved itself. Check out the strong reviews.

Can be check this link to see the different between the S3 & FZ8?

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/olympussp550uz/page17.asp

pls check and replay me!

Thanks alot ...Joe

and i wait for us to see the link!

As Joe said, I've heard some good things about the new FZ8, but I've always been a fan of the Canon digital cameras. They have out done the other companies most of the time, and the S3 IS is no exeption. I have heard lots of happy reviews from S3 Is users. Canon has done it again.

i have the fz8 and i took the fz8 and s3 is side by side compared them online with specs and in person and i like the fz8 10x better. its much much lighter, more features are easier to use and more accessible, and i just thought it was better and more practical.

"I've always been a fan of the Canon digital cameras"
... me too. I have a Canon A620 (fantastic cam!), and I had the same doubt. I investigated very much, saw many photos of both and bought the FZ8. The photos of S3 are very bad, colors washed without definition, those of the FZ8 are much better. The Pana's noise is sometimes a problem and the Venus III is always the bigger one. So shoot raw whenever possible. I am very happy with the purchase.

I purchased Canon's S3 last year and found it had problems autofocusing (did a lot of hunting). If it takes so long to autofocus a stationary subject, how much more frustrating will a moving subject be? I'm not familiar with the FZ8 and would be willing to try it out...One big thing for me is the LI-Ion battery pack...hate them. Much more convenient having a pocket full of freshly charged AA's. (Also... how long does Panasonic's battery pack last before its defective?) If it had 4 AA's, I'd probably buy the FZ8 hands down. Right now, its neither! ... (waiting for more S5is reviews...Come on Guys!)

RW. As for your doubt with the Li-Ion battery. do not be afraid! I bought 2 separate batteries(made in china dough) and I shot 1.150 shot's one ful day at a party with bursts shots and a lot of zoom action and at down also flash; movie made also. The original battery I did not used. hope to give you some trust.

I use both Canon and Panasonic models.
Canon: The lens mount suffered an ingress of dust (they SAY!). They wanted to fir a whole new lens assembly. Nuts to that!
Picture quality very good.

Panasonic: The pictures are really outstandingly good. But above 100ASA the noise is outstandingly TERRIBLE.

I shall NOT buy another Pan until they fux that.

Both. Were I forced to choose between them I'd go for Panasonic. BUT WILL THEY PLEASE LISTEN AND FIX THE NOISE

you're asking me to choose between a leica vario-elmarit on the fz8, and whatever they have on the canon? i'd go with the leica anytime, specially if you want a 200% blowup. if you shoot in raw, you wouldn't have noise problems even in the iso 800 range, hand held at f/4. and 1/15 sec low light conditions.

In October I said that the FZ8 had intolerable noise above 80ASA. But the Canon model S type (it continues in the S5 by the way) has a built-in disaster waiting to happen ie the ingress of dust into the lens mount system.

In film cameras I have had many Leicas, many Canons, Nikons etc. They all have some super lenses. Some lenses are no better than bottle ends. For example the a 35-70mm Nikkor was vitrually rubbish ahilst the 105mm Nikon lens is a SUPERB portrait lens as is the 90mm Leitz lens,

Now I have to buy another Digital to replace the Canon Catastrophe. I checked on the net and found a disturbingly high number of Canon S2s and S3s suffering from the mount misery where repair costs were too painful to bear. Though the lens quality was not anywhere near as good as the Leica I would have tolerated it because the film speed performance was better than Panasonicss.

My answer as always is to go for the fundamental qualities first "sine qua non". Here they are:

LENS performance Leitz is visually obviously ahead of all the digital lenses. (Why oh Why did they drop the f2.8 all through the zoom range -F10, F20. A magnificent achievement a 432mm with f2.8)
STABILITY The Panasonic anti- shake sytem really WORKS... so does the Canon by the way.
RESULTS FROM CCD Panasonic is wretched beyond ASA80. Raw is ok but for snapshots???
CLARITY OF CONTROLS I tend to use one or two set-ups. So do most pros. But it's nice not to have to ferret in those awful instruction manuals.
FEEL in HANDS Any Leica feels good, just right in fact. Some of the FZ's inherit that.
VIEWFINDER For STEADY shooting (that is for sharper photos) you should be able to brace the camera against your face. Some of the smaller Panasonics have NO finders. Grrr! It did give us anti-shake tho'.