Canon Powershot G10 14.7MP Digital Camera with 5x Wide Angle Optical Image Stabilized Zoom
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Canon Powershot G10 14.7MP Digital Camera with 5x Wide Angle Optical Image Stabilized Zoom
Customer Review: G10 - better than my Konica Hexar, only digital!
Summary: 5 Stars
I have spent hours fooling around with this camera, taking pictures, checking the manual, taking more pictures, etc. All the stuff in the manual makes the camera seem overly complex, but if the more you mess with it the more it all makes perfect sense. Meanwhile, the pictures are great! Got a nice picture of Zeke, my 11-yr old Staffordshire Bull Terrier, and my pal Williamson, a "pro-sumer" photog, said that the picture actually made Zeke look young. I can take decent pictures using the large LCD display without having to use my grampa glasses. Big improvement over the postage stamp display on my Minolta DiMage X, which I have been using for the last few years.
Man, I can hardly wait to get this thing out on some motorcycle rides. It's easy to change the picture resolution. I'll run it at about 1 Mb for general shooting, and then bump it to the highest rez .jpg for pictures where we all line our bikes up and have some mountain in the background.
I like this much better than my wife's Nikon D70S.
Review UPDATE, as of January 7, 2010! I have used this camera for a year of motorcycling and general picture taking, and it has been great! I keep it on the neck strap inside my jacket most of the time, unless we run into rain. Then I have to put it back in the saddle bag. I took tons of pictures with it on our ride to New Hampshire and back. It's small enough to be unobtrusive, yet big enough to work while riding a motorcycle! I know that sounds a little crazy, but note that I have not used it while riding up steep windy roads with no guardrail, such as Sonora Pass in California. I did get a nice picture at (mumble, mumble) miles per hour just outside of Gerlach, Nevada!
I still love this camera! Bought a very compact Canon for my wife, and she uses it a lot. This is a great camera!
Seeya
ATB
Customer Review: Pleasantly Surprised
Summary: 5 Stars
I have been a working photographer for 25 years and I shoot Canon DSLR's for my work. I either lugged a backpack filled with my camera, 3 lenses, multiple flashes, and misc. equipment to non work related events or I didn't take any pictures at all. I finally decided to buy a point and shoot for myself. I have been using the Canon G10 for around 6 months and I am extremely happy with the camera and its images. I was concerned about the reviews, which indicated the noisy image quality at ISO's higher than 200. I agree that at higher ISO's there is noise. Therefore, I only use the G10 at ISO 80 and the images are extremely nice. For 99.9% of what I use the G10 for - events, parties, gatherings, family get togethers, etc. the camera is excellent.
In very low light conditions I'll use the on-camera flash for shots that don't require much flash or I'll use my Canon Speedlites and I can illuminate any situation. I have operated 3 Speedlite flashes with my canon G10 and radio controlled flash receivers and the results are extremely nice. I have only printed images to 11x14 with the G10 since most of the images are not portraits or of anything that I needed larger than 11x14. I suspect prints could easily go to 16x20 or 20x24 and for most people, that would be an extremely large image to hang in their house.
The camera is much larger than most of the point and shoot cameras, but since I'm used to lugging 30 lbs of equipment around, the G10 feels tiny. It doesn't fit into most of my pants, but I just slip it into my jacket pocket or a little camera bag. Overall, I would highly suggest the G10 if you want more than just a simple point and shoot. It provides a lot of the qualities of a DSLR, but it does have its limitations. I believe that for most photographers, the camera's capabilities will never be utilized.
Customer Review: Fabulous camera!
Summary: 5 Stars
Did a lot of research before buying the G10. This is my 4th digital camera. I've been using it daily for a week now and I'm very impressed. The macro ability is excellent - even hand held. Built in scene settings (snow, indoor, sunset, kids & pets, etc.) in addition to full auto, meaning you can handle most common situations easily.
What sold me: 1st class build quality, incredible view screen, high resolution, direct access to exposure compensation, most exposure modes (AV, TV, Auto, Program, manual, movie and panoramic) and ISO via dedicated dials (not buried in menus!). Most other modes are only one level deep in a menu. Full manual is a snap to use, and RAW mode is easily available. The G10 has a hot shoe, but not a PC connection for external flash.
Small gripes: I wish the scenic modes were right on the main dial, but there are so many this might not be practical. The smallish optical viewfinder (tied to the zoom) is nice, but covers only about 3/4 of the actual view, so what can I really use it for except rough estimates?
I actually showed some of my G10 shots to a photo dept. technician and he thought they'd been taken with an SLR. If you are looking for very high quality images and SLR like versatility without the bulk of an SLR, get this camera. It's not pocket size, but it is compact and packs a lot of photographic power into that package. I've rigged a padded fanny pack to carry it easily. Others will use a coat pocket.
Summary: If you are tired of lugging around an SLR and lots of accessories (as I am) or even a large prosumer camera (like my Fuji S9000), you will love the G10. Worth the $400 price tag.
Suggestion: be careful with the LCD screen - it's big and beautiful and it would be a shame to damage it. I'm putting a protector on it as soon as I can.
Customer Review: The joy of manual control
Summary: 5 Stars
The Canon G10 is a wonderful, powerful point and shoot camera with full manual control. It combines a great mix of attributes that add up to a fantastic camera to carry everywhere. I have been toting it all over Manhattan and have shot hundreds of pictures now. Having the creative control to set aperture and shutter speed allows one to fine tune exposure in a way that has not really been possible with point and shoots. The fact that it shoots large raw files is an added bonus. I am a little put out with Adobe for not including G10 support in a version of camera raw that works with CS3. Grrrrr. It is really nice to be able to work a raw file and have the same flexibility that I do with the files from my D200. The battery seems to have been conjured up by the enegizer bunny, it just keeps going and going. It literally will go for hundreds of shots between charges. The control layout also works very well. The exposure compensation dial on the left side is so easy to manipulate when you are shooting in either full auto, aperture priority, or shutter priority. ISO and shooting mode on the right are also easy to access. The controls all feel very solid and provide positive feedback as they are manipulated. The camera fits nicely in a coat pocket and I recommend the Kata DP 415 belt pouch as an alternative. This camera is perfect for a photographer looking for creative control and best in class image quality. There is a great in depth article about the camera on the Luminous Landscape website
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/pocket-battleships.shtml
The only people I would advise to steer away from this model are those for whom size is a much bigger priority than image quality. If you are just a casual shooter looking for a snap shooter there are probably better alternatives.
Customer Review: why I like the G10
Summary: 5 Stars
Let's get something straight from the beginning. I don't care if you spend $[...] or $[...] for a digital camera, none of them are perfect. It is like the surfer roaming the world looking for the perfect wave, it just doesn't exist. Some waves and some cameras are closer then others but none are perfect. With that said, the G10 is closer.
I have been shooting digital for 10+ years. That makes me a bit of a dinosaur. I have been in love with photography and camera equipment for 50+ years. I expect that in the next 10 years the technology will get better and the G10's successor will handle noise better then this model. Until that happens, I will shoot at no higher then 400iso (in film days that was very fast) and use Nik Define 2.0 to get rid of the noise.
I was going to give the G10 a 4 but raised it to a 5 based on a comparison with other P+S cams rather then trying to compare it with a DSLR. This camera is at the top of the heap of the P+S (along with 1 or 2 others). If you are serious about photography and want a camera that is capable (capable is the operative word)in the right hands of someone who knows how to take a photograph (not a picture), the G10 is a great tool.
The lens is very sharp. The resolution is excellent. The colors are great. I won't discuss the negatives. They are obvious and apparent from other reviews. I do know that if you accept the limitations of the this P+S cam and you learn to live with them and/or work around them, you will enjoy an excellent camera that does have the feel of the old film rangefinders. To me that is the greatest appeal. If Leica had this camera they would charge $[...].
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