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Author Message   Harryrag Tinkerer Username: Harryrag Post Number: 206 Registered: 05-2008 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 Posted on Friday, March 12, 2010 - 08:19 am:    If I understand you correctly, and assuming the camera is in auto, a battery is installed, there is enough light to move the needle to a range away from under-/overexposure, yes, it is. The S3 is, like its sister cameras or clones (Minolta/ Vivitar/ Prinz/ Revue/ etc), a differently constructed gadget, hence the difference in function.