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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pshute" data-source="post: 1564006" data-attributes="member: 59235">The Canon S3 is way out of date now, but it might be helpful to look at some test shots I did with mine at:<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/pshute2/CanonPowershotS3ISAndSonyVCLDH175817xTelephotoConversionLensComparisons#" target="_blank">http://picasaweb.google.com/pshute2/CanonPowershotS3ISAndSonyVCLDH175817xTelephotoConversionLensComparisons#</a>Those shots are primarily to compare the quality of the shots with and without a teleconverter, but they show a fully zoomed in shot, then a severely cropped zoomed in shot in various lights, so they might give you an idea of what such cameras can do.My main objection to most of these cameras is the difficulty with manual focusing, necessary as soon as a bird is behind vegetation.  Some make you press up/down buttons to adjust it, some have dials, a few even have focus rings.  It's a point worth considering, in my opinion.My second objection is the resolution of the viewfinder at about 115k pixels, I think.  Double that isn't too bad, and that's another thing worth checking.</blockquote>