Canon PowerShot G11

Opinion: I can recommend this camera only for those, who want to use in full manual control for shooting raw. Generally the other features of this camera are useless.
Pros: Swivel LCD, lens cap.
Cons:
I am after a one day trip; I shot more then 100 images. I had to discard 40%, because in auto mode with auto flash the exposure time was set (automatically) 1/8-1/30 sec (with firing flash)!!! I don’t understand. Why there is no enforced flash is auto mode. Why there is not limit of exposure time? The 90% of remaining images should be process with photoshop, because the exposure was not correct (generally poor contrast). In the last ten years there was no any evolution in the digital photography?
Strong barrel distortion, which is not corrected by the internal software (for jpeg). Why?
In auto mode several scenes are not recognized correctly or not recognized at all.
E.g. in photographing of a monument (from about 5 m) the macro (flower) icon appeared, and the monument was underexposed.
Ok, let’s shift to the program mode.
The program shift is not active until you push the AEL button. It should be always active!
In the shutter and aperture priority mode the other value (aperture or shutter) is not visualized, until you push the shutter button halfway.
The sharpness and contrast setting is under my color menu, which is not available in scene modes. The sharpness, contrast should be in the main menu, and valid for every shot.
AF light is blue or white, which is not allowed to use in museums, galleries.
There is no maximum depth of field scene mode.
There is no pause for video recording.
The half press of shutter button locks the exposure and the focus, too. It should be set, the half press of shutter button fix the exposure or focus, and the other (AEL or FL) should be set by * button. Focus lock and AEL should be used independently.
Summary: Except the manual exposure control no any other function is usable. The camera has a very limited use. Generally you have to push too many buttons for taking pictures. For program shift, first you have to push the AEL first. In Tv and Av mode you have to push the shutter button halfway to check the other (exposure time or aperture) value. Too much time to compose an image!
The manual is not enough detailed. Eg. flash exposure.