Compact Body Compact body of Panasonic S3 makes it much easier to carry it with you all day.
117g This camera is so light that you can comfortably carry it around all day.
Body Thickness 21mm With a thickness of only21mm,Panasonic S3 is small as it could get.
4.0X Optical Zoom A Lens with a higher zoom ratio would make it more practical as a carry everywhere camera.
Small 1/2.33" (6.08 x 4.56 mm) sensor Panasonic S3's small sensor struggles in low light situations compared to larger sensor.
No RAW shooting capability RAW files contains much more color information compared to JPEGs, and gives you more room for post processing without significant quality loss. They provide wider dynamic range and option to recover shadow and highlight clipping to some degree.