Canon PowerShot G10 Review

The G10 is the third apotheosis of Canon’s flagship ‘prosumer’ bunched back the G alternation was reinvented with the G7 in 2006. Announced two years afterwards the G6, the G7 acquired absolutely a buzz; partly because anybody had accepted the account SLR had dead off this area of the market, partly because it lacked several of what had become G alternation trademarks (fast lens, angry screen, raw mode, accessory LCD panel), and it would be fair to say the acknowledgment was ‘mixed’. The G9 went some way appear appeasing the critics, reintroducing raw approach and convalescent handling, but it still suffered from the axiological botheration that the sensor central couldn’t bear on what the absurd camera promised on the outside.

When we advised the G9 endure year, we accepted it for the styling, administration and body and for its accomplished achievement at low ISO settings. The G10 builds on this by abacus administration and ascendancy refinements, convalescent the LCD resolution, and, a lot of importantly, abacus a added lens starting at 28mm (equiv.). It aswell retains the rangefinder administration and solid body quality, and reduces the bulk of argent accents on the camera. All the alien controls accept been agitated over, and a new one has been added (a actual advantageous acknowledgment advantage dial).

The things we criticized the G9 for (the added access in resolution, and the slow-ish lens) accept not been addressed. Instead Canon has added the resolution for the sensor even more, to 14.7 megapixels. The adapted lens, admitting added at the advanced end, is aswell beneath at the continued end, and has beneath zoom ambit overall. The acceleration of the lens is afresh about the aforementioned F2.8-4.5, admitting the added lens does absorb the G9’s almost bunched dimensions. The amount charcoal at about $500.

Headline features

• 14.7 Megapixel CCD sensor
• 5x wide-angle (28mm) optical zoom lens with optical Image Stabilizer
• RAW image recording plus support for Canon Digital Photo Professional
• DIGIC 4 for clear, sharp images, high-speed AF (including Servo AF) and fast response times
• Targets all the main causes of blur with High ISO Auto, optical
  Image Stabilizer, Motion Detection Technology and Auto ISO shift
• Improved Face Detection AF/AE/FE/WB plus Face Select & Track and FaceSelf-Timer
• 3.0” PureColor LCD II (461k dots resolution) with wide viewing angle and optical viewfinder
• i-Contrast boosts brightness and retains detail in dark areas
• Dedicated Exposure Compensation and ISO dials
• 26 shooting modes with manual control and custom settings
• Accessories include tele-converter, Speedlights flashes and waterproof case
• Smooth, 30fps VGA movies