Canon's new Powershot G10

[Raul_Sanchez]

I finally got the G10. I am impressed. Pretty good ergonomics for a p&s and superb image quality at ISO below 200. Usable ISO 400. Outstanding ISO 80.

Very good resolution, color, contrast ... I really like it. I will be using it a lot.

The only complaint so far is that when magnifying the image all the way in the LCD to check focus the magnified area doesn't look very sharp, it looks kind of pixelated, jagged. Any comments from other users on this?

Thanks,
Raul.

[Jerry Skrocki]

Luminous Landscape has just posted a very positive review of the G10.

Kidding

Jerry

[Buddy Thomason]

Originally Posted by Jerry Skrocki

Luminous Landscape has just posted a very positive review of the G10.

Very positive... and for some, very disturbing! (eg: folks with 40K invested in medium format gear, for example)

[Raul_Sanchez]

I don't think the MF folks have anything to fear (or us 35mm format digital shooters for that matter).

Te G10 image quality is very high but has its limitations, mostly dynamic range, chromatic aberration in strong backlit subjects and noise at moderate to high ISO's.

It is a GREAT point and shoot, but it is a point and shoot.

That being said under the right conditions the G10 image quality is truly amazing!

Raul.

[Dennis_Vied]

Originally Posted by Raul_Sanchez

IThe only complaint so far is that when magnifying the image all the way in the LCD to check focus the magnified area doesn't look very sharp, it looks kind of pixelated, jagged. Any comments from other users on this?

Thanks,
Raul.

Nothing, except the old saw: Don't depend on the LCD to judge your images. Looks like they still have a way to go on this.

I suspect that it's using the jpg image for review, and doesn't blow up too well.

[Felix01]

DPR has their G10 review online...an 8/10 for IQ and "Recommended" rating.

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"Considering the wider market, with pressures coming from the cheaper LX3, and with low end digital SLRs getting cheaper all the time, it is hard to see who the G10 audience will be. Mainly those who own higher end DSLRs (especially Canon ones) looking for a compact second camera? Perhaps, but these users would certainly be discriminating about image quality, and the G10 might not live up to their expectations. So the G10 is in the 'flawed gem' category that, while great fun to take pictures with, is surpassed in image quality by other cameras in the same price range, and the same market segment. At its price the G10 just cannot overcome the image quality shortfalls to achieve our highest rating.

The G10 leaves that lingering question. Just how good could this camera have been, had Canon taken a more conservative approach to resolution and put as much effort into optimising image quality as it did into making such an impressive camera body?"

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