Owners Ratings:
Canon PowerShot G1 (Overall)

Click for full specifications: Canon PowerShot G1
3.1 million effective pixels
34 mm - 102 mm (3x) zoom
Average rating (281 responses)

 Construction()()()()() 4.23
 Features()()()()()() 4.61
 Image quality()()()()()() 4.53
 Ease of use()()()()()() 4.27
 Value for money()()()()()() 4.34
 Overall()()()()()() 4.39

Owners Opinions: Canon PowerShot G1

NamePostedOpinion preview
Franco Fasanaro5 Feb 07Superata come funzioni e risoluzione d'immagine, resta comunque ...
Theo Lumens4 Jul 05I had this camera for 7 months in 2000 / 2001.Well build. Many ...
lochunyip2 Oct 03(No text)
Ton Bakker1 Dec 02(No text)
Giordano Biondani26 Oct 02Very good for amateurs who are starting to get serious about ...
boni bonev31 Aug 02I bought this camera 3 months ago and I can say that I'mnot ...
yugo11 Jul 02Canon G1 is my first DC.i think it's good!
T Blair13 Jun 0214 months and 3000 pix user of the G1. The camera has an ...
Duncan Mackie23 May 02I purchased my G1 over a year ago. It worked well to start with ...
setG115 May 02Great value even with issues.I use for scientific and archival ...
Kyle Gorman7 May 02I've had two refurbished models that I bought from B&H photo. ...
Gabriel Barbosa5 May 02I have this camera for over 9 months and for far i love it.The ...
Martin Davidson5 May 02SUPERUB !!! sUPERUB !!!
Martin A.Davidson5 May 02I choice Canon G2 bwcause high resl 4.0 pixies and veryexcellent ...
Marcus4 May 02Used all my life Canon and will never change to other brands, ...
Tex21 Apr 02WOW!
Sandor18 Apr 02Question:Is anyone aware of a G1 battery charger other than the ...
Randy5 Apr 02I did about 2 months of research for a Digital Camera and after ...
M. Laba16 Mar 02Bought the G1 in August 2001, love it. Have taken hundreds of ...
Calin10 Mar 02Had the Canon G1 for three weeks and took several hundreds ...
Marco19 Feb 02First, ALL digital cameras has it's flawsSecond, ALL digital ...
Richard Harris8 Feb 02B&H Photo came through...I mentioned in a previous comment that ...
ggg6 Feb 02jjj
zidar26 Jan 02I'm a reporter on a small paper in Alaska, and I shoot my own ...
Luciano i25 Jan 02After thirty years of experience in photograpy the G1 is the ...
Hisham Baz22 Jan 02Ive had this camera for about 8 months now. This camera takes ...
Tommy Watt18 Jan 02I just got this camera and am totally pleased with it! It is my ...
wavelet15 Jan 02I have the camera for 6 months and I like it more and more after ...
Imants15 Jan 02One years use and minor annoyances but otherwise good ...
Jeroen H14 Jan 02Great camera!!I've had it for about 1 year now, and I've just ...
Piotr Tymkow11 Jan 02I've been using the camera for almost a year together with IBM ...
Bill Walker9 Jan 02Have used G1 for about six months and like it very much. This ...
Gordon Rufh29 Dec 01Love the camera. Only two dislikes, but minor.Red eye. But ...
George22 Dec 01I've just passed 1000 images shot. This is a great camera. I ...
jeff16 Dec 01Im a semi pro. This camera is actually the best I´ve ever used. ...
Richard Harris16 Dec 01This is an excellent camera. I've had it less than a week, and ...
David McLaughlin14 Dec 01Image quality with the G1 leaves alot to be desired. Magenta ...
alyson5 Dec 01The worst camera I ever Had.* Very Bad exposure* HUGE chromatic ...
Hamdan Abdullah1 Dec 01Last december I wrote to say how good the G1 was and it still is ...
Martha Snow30 Nov 01It is the best! I 'almost' gave up 35mm.......
Lim29 Nov 01Had the camera for 3 months now. So far things have been great ...
David Watson27 Nov 01Apart from the niggles below, the camera is excellent!
Howard Turvey24 Nov 01Having had the Canon G1 for some 6 months, I more than pleased ...
Jeff23 Nov 01I'm a very amateur photographer, but love technical toys.I ...
Chris14 Nov 01In general quite a good camera but the support from Canon really ...
QTI14 Nov 01I've been very demanding - I've been using my Nikon F90X and ...
jankees9 Nov 01Excellent sharp images and long lasting battery.Bougth the camera
Paul Read9 Nov 01I bought mine just before the G2 came out, but I needed a camera ...
brahu6 Nov 01Super !!! Great for semi-pro users, useful, flexible LCD; great ...
William Buryk19 Oct 01I have had several cameras over the past couple of years and ...
James King15 Oct 01Great photos inside and out, night and day. Lots of cool ...
David27 Sep 01(No text)
Jack26 Sep 01Likes: Excellent picture quality. Just point and shoot for any ...
Steve McCormack22 Sep 01I've had this camera almost a year and love it! It is an ...
Emmanuel Crisagis17 Sep 01(No text)
Kelvin10 Sep 01A great camera with a classic look. I bought it in HK a week ago ...
T.E. Johnson8 Sep 01Excellent Camera, the best I have seen yet. Very user friendly!!
JH6 Sep 01New big gallery with high resolution pictures. If you consider ...
Kevin Omura5 Sep 01Excellent exposure and resolution for a digital point and shoot ...
Lou Astafan31 Aug 01All in all I am extremely pleased. The G1 is very easy to use ...
Phil Costa29 Aug 01This is a fine camera !! Im a pro photog who owns MUCH high end ...
Robert Koo28 Aug 01Our Samples: http://www.geocities.com/robertkoo2000/CanonG1.htmWe
JB28 Aug 01impressed
Adam Pendle25 Aug 01I done heaps of research before buying my second digital. And ...
Neda24 Aug 01I love the video clip ability.
Gary24 Aug 01I have had this camera for 8 months. I tried 15 differant ...
Hans Peter Kapfer19 Aug 01eine sehr gute Digi-Kamera, die hervorragende Bilder macht
Aiden14 Aug 016 Months old - CCD errors occuring. Although this camera takes ...
Henry in mtnview siliconvalley12 Aug 01I have a canon elan II SLR and ready to make the switch to ...
skanter10 Aug 01I've had the G1 for two months and have shot about 1000photos ...
Manuel Garcia9 Aug 01Had this camera for 3 months and overall, it does a pretty good ...
Alec8 Aug 01Great camera for creative photographer. Offers good flexibility ...
Hank8 Aug 01I think this is the best feature/quality-to-cost camera on the ...
Evers Eric8 Aug 01I have mixed feelings about this camera. Despite the very good ...
Steve G4 Aug 01After over 6 months and about 2000 pictures, I'm very happy with ...
Kurt4 Aug 01The image quality is so good! The CCD picks up the natural ...
Miel Pieters3 Aug 01After 6 mounths just a very good camera. 3000meters, hot, cold, ...
Ayub Samidon1 Aug 01I purchased the Canon Powershot G1 on July30th 2001. This is my ...
Bonnie Tubman31 Jul 01Have had the G1 for 4 weeks now and have had excellent results. ...
subzero27 Jul 01I have had the G1 for several months and have taken about 300 ...
Barry27 Jul 01The G1 is capable of superb results but the camera is ruined ...
Barry Maskell26 Jul 01For Real Estate better than 995 Nikon, After comparing the new ...
Eric. T26 Jul 01One word. Bravo. G1 is my first camera in my life (I'm 27:). My ...
Ted Heng22 Jul 01Two months ago, I decided to get into digital photography ...
James Van Hees19 Jul 01I have had this camera for nearly 6 months now ... and I am ...
video converenec19 Jul 01There is TV-out, which goes to TV and shows real-time video as ...
Pengzi19 Jul 01Before I decided to buy a G1, I had an Olympus C-3040z for a ...
Joe Anderson18 Jul 01Wow, I have only owned it for one day so far and I am blown ...
Raghu18 Jul 01I did a lot of research before buying this camera. I ...
Simon16 Jul 01I've had the camera for 2 months and have taken over a 1,000 ...
Vince15 Jul 01Had this camera for 2 weeks. Excellent quality and features. ...
Tix14 Jul 01Had this camera now for 6 months. Most impressed by sturdy ...
Phil Duckworth13 Jul 01I've had this camera for 8 months now and think it's excellent. ...
mark kay12 Jul 01I have really enjoyed using this camera over the last few ...
Brian Proteau12 Jul 01Canon G1 vs Olympus C-3040?I'ts come down to this, and I'm ...
video conference???12 Jul 01Can the G1 be used for video conference?
Cliff Helsel10 Jul 01Mine got stolen :-( This was the best digital camera I've seen ...
Eric Anderson6 Jul 01This my 3rd digital camera in the last three years. Overall I'm ...
Andrew Bruce6 Jul 01I bought this Camera, thinking well its time I tried Digital ...
Hande2 Jul 01New big gallery with high resolution pictures. If you consider ...
Simon Holloway2 Jul 01I was in a comprimising position, I am training to ba a graphic ...
Thierry LINGUEGLIA1 Jul 01I LOVE IT!!! Excellent image quality, lots of manual ...
sparkyrwb30 Jun 01Excellent sharp, good color images in low light and bright if ...
Jimmy Richardson29 Jun 01I never had a digital camera before this one ;but this one takes ...
Wendel28 Jun 01Had it for a few months +++++ I really like it a lot.Used to ...
Harry27 Jun 01I've owned the G1 since the middle of March and it has never let ...
Arnehavre26 Jun 01I've now passed my 5000 picture with this camera... and had it ...
Andrea26 Jun 01I am very pleased with this camera. The quality of images can't ...
Jim Hennessey25 Jun 01Firmware update - Canon announced new firmware for the G1, ...
Jeff Donald24 Jun 01(No text)
Robert Koo24 Jun 01Pros: Battery usage excellent. AVI recording is good. Built-in ...
Cristian23 Jun 01Zoom problem
Victor23 Jun 01I have used this camera for almost a month now. I love it. I ...
Martin Gunn21 Jun 01Purple Cast problems fatally flaw this camera. I'm about to ...
J Goller21 Jun 01Excellent all-around camera. Menus very easy to navigate/use as ...
Eric19 Jun 01I am about to purchase a Canon G1, and was wondering what the ...
Thomas Ng19 Jun 01Great Camera! Owned it for 3 months, loved every moment. ...
Frank diaz18 Jun 01after having this canera for over 5 months, I can sa thatthe ...
Roy M18 Jun 01The G1 is Better than expected. Photo quality is excellent. ...
EMK18 Jun 01Excelent camera, great image quality, perfect build quality and ...
Guilherme Steagall17 Jun 01Cannot stop shooting with this camera...I have abandoned regular ...
Thuc Luu9 Jun 01Hi all,Please let me know if you experience any problem using the
Jackson D. Carson8 Jun 01After 1500 shots, I'm still in love with this camera!I returned ...
John Quixley7 Jun 01This is my first digital having owned 35mm SLRs for many years. ...
xav7 Jun 01My G1 is my first digital camera (I have been using it for three ...
richie6 Jun 01complete is excellent instrument to work
Mark Eaves6 Jun 01I have had my G1 for about 3 months now. I am still learning ...
Victor Peña6 Jun 01G-1 Excelente desicion....Mi Primer Camara Digital y Satisfecho ...
BrianPh5 Jun 01My first digital! Have been a happy user of Canon EOS 650 for ...
Jan Lauber5 Jun 01I have just given up my mainstay Nikon SLR of 15 years for a G1 ...
NoelC5 Jun 01On the whole, excellent. I replaced my Kodak DC260 with a Canon ...
Peter Gilboy5 Jun 01God is in the details so they say, and unfortunately it is here ...
JLC4 Jun 01The Canon PowerShot G1 is tough to beat. It is simply the best ...
danj3 Jun 01Excellent camera. Lots of control available but still takes a ...
Roy Mok3 Jun 01(No text)
Richard Fernandes2 Jun 01I've had the camera for a little while.It has many features,but ...
Duncan Mackay2 Jun 01This is a great camera BUT it is quite slow to get to the point ...
Nargus2 Jun 01This is my 6th digital camera...and I must say that I'm stopping ...
Eppiosan1 Jun 01Salve, ho acquistato da circa un mese la Canon PowershotG1, ...
lee31 May 01(No text)
cd cooker30 May 01I have high hope of this 'recommended' camera. However, the ...
audleon29 May 01Love this camera. There are a couple of things I wish it had, ...
Deb Patnode25 May 01Must have windows 98/2000 factory installed or your camera will ...
Michael Taylor25 May 01I have had my G1 for several months and it has performed ...
Gregory24 May 01This is a dream come true.I just got the G1 on 23 may and I love ...
gary24 May 01I am considering buying this camera right now and would like ...
Dave24 May 01Do NOT order from Centore.com unless you have three weeks or ...
Zhou Yu23 May 01I like the storage of 1G Microdrive and it's winning edge ...
Wai Fong21 May 01Used with a flash eg 550EX Canon,it produced cool pics.Long ...
Jonathan Lai17 May 01I bought the G1 just a few days ago, my first digicam.I love it ...
nong16 May 01This is the dream camera and the picture from it look like come ...
Judson Wall16 May 01EXCELLENT - this camera produces crystal clear, sharp and ...
Macario16 May 011 very good image quality2 battery life excellent
Theo16 May 01This is what you want!
Richard S.15 May 01Bought this 5 days ago along with a Cannon Digital IXUS 300. ...
Rich14 May 01Love this camera!!!After shooting with the G1 for about a month, ...
Gianluca Meardi13 May 01I found the G1 a really excellent camera! After hundreds of ...
Charles H. Felker13 May 01I used this camera for several hours and then decided to return ...
Edmund Koh11 May 01basically the camera is good but when using iso 200 & 400 it ...
Bill Wright10 May 01This is a super camera.I am a novice/beginner camera operator. I
William Tan9 May 01I bought it last month after I read all cameras reviewed more ...
Alberto Rot9 May 01God, excelent camera. De puta madre.
Jeff Bellemare9 May 01I bought this camera in Montreal after 1 year (and more!) ...
Scott Turnbull9 May 01This is a follow up to a review I posted back in January. I've ...
Rick9 May 01I've had the camera for a couple of weeks and consider it ...
jmayo8 May 01The G1 has worked flawlessly. Friends are astonished when told ...
Adam27 May 01I waited a long time for a digicam with flexibility; in shooting ...
Jerry7 May 01Good !It's no limited when use MD !But G1 is too heavy than ...
John6 May 01love this cam!!!!!!!!!!!!microdrive is key.also lensmate adapter ...
Armando Garza4 May 01(No text)
adamM2 May 01Regarding an earlier post that:>>1) Aperture has to be F8 when ...
pom2 May 01I bought it last week and I used to use the canon SLR camera so ...
marjie1 May 01very happy it came with a money back guarantee, it is going back ...
Tay Choon Heong30 Apr 01I just brought the camera 2 days back and I was devasted to ...
freewolf29 Apr 01how can a camera be a dream camera as all you guys knows, its ...
Daniel Dobbeni29 Apr 01I bought the G1 two weeks ago. In summary: highly satified with ...
andrea28 Apr 01Lunga vita della batteria!!! Incredidile capacità, riempio il ...
edwinC28 Apr 01I am very satisfied with this camera, the only thing I wish ...
Mike Flynn27 Apr 01I have taken hundreds of photos with this camera. I have also ...
Ram Singh26 Apr 01Excellent color reproduction. Awesome features for this price.
B King26 Apr 01I realy like this camera, but i have too get another because the ...
Bob T23 Apr 01After one week and 1358 experimental photos, using just about ...
Bill Laurin23 Apr 01This is my first Digital camera. For years I sported a Canon ...
Kevin M21 Apr 01I've been using the G1 for about a month. As an almost pocket ...
Javier Riva21 Apr 01Tenía una duda entre esta cámara, la Nikon coolpix 990 y la Sony ...
Michele20 Apr 01Ho acquistato questa camera l'anno scorso, ritengo che sia una ...
A Ekman17 Apr 01Excellent image quality, solid construction, and several ...
Argo Vilberg16 Apr 01My picture:www.park.tartu.ee/~argov/digi/
Stoodman15 Apr 01(No text)
Joe Keegan13 Apr 01I just bought this camera, and am using it with the 1GB IBM ...
Ralf Wolfram10 Apr 01Poor quality. Look at the pics. This the worst camera I have ...
Greg Woods10 Apr 01Should I buy the 5-year warranty plan?My friend let me borrow his
vulcan9 Apr 01Camera is decent, fairly reliable, sharp lense, and has many ...
Jonas Sääv7 Apr 01I really like this camera, but I think it is easier to pick on ...
Ray W7 Apr 01The best I have seen all around to pro level.Pricey to complete ...
Amancio Couto5 Apr 01G1 is a excelente camera for experienced amateurs as for ...
Fons3 Apr 01I just love this camera !!!A lot of features, but very easy to ...
digicam3 Apr 01The pictures taken by G1 is tend to purple
Bruce Rosen2 Apr 01I have owned my G1 since November 2000. I use it with an IBM 1GB ...
Rakloedder1 Apr 01Have this Cam for 6 weeks now. Good thing, solid feel, except ...
Lorenzo Quartero31 Mar 01I saw on www.canon.co.jp/Imaging/PSG1/PSG1_Firmware-e.html that ...
Ivan Nina30 Mar 01This is a great camera for both new comers and pros. I own two ...
David Acton29 Mar 01This camera is absolutely amazing. I've had it for 2 days now. ...
Hans-Joachim Mueller29 Mar 01(No text)
John29 Mar 01I bought this camera in Dec,00. Very satisfy with it so far. A ...
Patrick van Esch28 Mar 01Great camera: small, convenient, lasts long on a battery charge. ...
Alfredo27 Mar 01I have nothing but complements for this camera.After researching ...
Chris C27 Mar 01I received the camera about 3 months ago and I have been unable ...
Sardj Jackson25 Mar 01Defective LCD. I was really surprise to find out that top info ...
Paul Wittenhorst19 Mar 01I use the G1 now for about 4 months.It is a excellent camera.I ...
Fred Schutter17 Mar 01I like the ease of use and the picture quality
Doug Brown16 Mar 01I picked up my 3040z in Japan about a month ago. The pictures I ...
Tim8 Mar 01(No text)
freewolf6 Mar 01I bought G1 a week ago, really like it. one suggestion for your ...
Lam wing Hung5 Mar 01I like it because it is like a real Camera. I can control the ...
Tom Barnes5 Mar 01With a couple of months experience with the G1, I am pleased ...
Anthony Bianco3 Mar 01I deciced to go all the way and jumped from a 1.3 megato the G1. ...
elvis22 Feb 01I bought it for 1+ months and had quite a few shots.380EX was ...
Bill Harkins20 Feb 01Have owned it since November after reading Phil's (and other) ...
Jimmy Drew20 Feb 01Camera is easy to use and can be used as a point and shoot with ...
majed18 Feb 01Own it for a month. Have 340 MB IBM Microdrive. Works well with ...
Cheong Peng16 Feb 01I bought G1 2 months ago and it serves me well. The color is ...
moibus15 Feb 01I've had the G1 now for a bit over a month and I'm very happy ...
Eegene14 Feb 01I'm happy with it!Nice toy, you can control manually almost ...
Steve11 Feb 01Really like camera so far. I read lots of coments about lens ...
Karl11 Feb 01Perfect
P.Kogan10 Feb 01The best quility and values for 3.3 Mpixel cams!!Excellent ...
Greg Dillard8 Feb 01G1 appealed to me as a camera my wife could pick up and use ...
I love DPREVIEW8 Feb 01I have posted some eariler reviews below, here an update. I got ...
Jim Ta-Ching Lin8 Feb 01I bought a G1 + 340 microdrive two months ago. Since then I have ...
Benny Lehman5 Feb 01What a camara. The only gap that would make it the 'absolute ...
Volker Dawideit4 Feb 01(No text)
Paulo Ribeiro4 Feb 01(No text)
mac4 Feb 01This is a great digital camera. Pros:The adjustable flip-out LCD
Bennett Hui3 Feb 01I got this camera just before Christmas (2000). It's everything ...
Tony1 Feb 01I am impressed with the amount of features. I also purchased a ...
Kristopher Liu31 Jan 01I bought this camera to fill a gap ... between my 'workhorse' ...
Marvin McClure21 Jan 01This camera takes very clear pictures. I am a novice so I have ...
carrie15 Jan 01Wonderful camera!! I was nervous about using a digital camera, ...
Ted Weller13 Jan 01I've had my G1 for a week now and am head over heels in love ...
wony11 Jan 01excellent image quality. Up to 200 large superfine picture ...
Scott Turnbull11 Jan 01I've been using my G1 every day since I received shipment just ...
Steve Taylor10 Jan 01Got my G1 + 340Mb microdrive just before Xmas. Had previous ...
li yanchun9 Jan 01(No text)
Dave Palmer9 Jan 01This is my first digital. I needed one for my work . . ...
Ake Nilsson9 Jan 01(No text)
Stephan H6 Jan 01Had it for two days now...can't stop shooting...
Brendon Pywell5 Jan 01As a newcomer to both photography and digital cameras I spent a ...
David4 Jan 01Great camera. Excellent pictures and ultimate flexibility and ...
Horst Keller3 Jan 01Great image quality. Excellent features!!LCD is almost to ...
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Mike Eades 3 Jan 01Purchased my G1 about four weeks ago and have been testing it ...
Mike Evans3 Jan 01So far I've had no problems with the camera. I've shot in the ...
K Fong2 Jan 01I bought my G1 a few days before Christmas. My first impression ...
Dave KEEFER2 Jan 01excellent image quality and lcd screen function
Bernie Niedermeier1 Jan 01(No text)
W. D. Naismith28 Dec 00I've owned this camera a little over a week (this camera ...
Gerry Haustein28 Dec 00Takes nice pictures and performs fairly well. But note an $800 ...
Jon28 Dec 00This is deffinately the best value on the market and the most ...
Jon-Arne Skjellfjord22 Dec 00Easy to use. Good insrtuctions in my own language!!(Norwegian) ...
Steven Noyes20 Dec 00The Image quality has been exceptional. Images are both sharp ...
Mutabor18 Dec 00At last something to replace routine analog image development ...
Larry18 Dec 00I use a Canon AE-1 SLR and purchased the G1 about a month ago. ...
Tan Teng Heng17 Dec 00I wanted to get a S20 for the compactness, the ability to use a ...
Pekka Saarinen17 Dec 00Excellent camera. Images have depth, realism, film ...
Jerry16 Dec 00This is my first digital camera. I have owned Canon Cameras all ...
Big Ern15 Dec 00Better than Coolpix 990. In fact G1 is the best in its class.
brian14 Dec 00i had 2 cameras in my sight (990 & C3030) when i was ready to ...
Kim Wolfary11 Dec 00Stunning picture quality, excellent contrast, overall great.
Andrew10 Dec 00This is my first digital camera. I'm very pleased to have ...
Lester Lightstone6 Dec 00My review is as good as all the others before me. An EXCELLENT ...
Dheerendra Prasad5 Dec 00All in all another confirmation of Canon's dedication to ...
Marcel Cossais30 Nov 00Since buying my Canon Eos Elan II a while back, I've been ...
Roger Liu28 Nov 00This is an excellent digicam, it works just like my Canon EOS ...
Alan Clough27 Nov 00I have waited a long time for Digital Cameras to come up to ...
BPW19 Nov 00(No text)
Thomas Gin15 Nov 00I have had my G1 for a bit over 5 months now and have nothing ...
Leonardo Demetrio12 Nov 00I just got it since yesterday.... and I agree with yuor ...
Platano Ranger11 Nov 00I was St. Thomas and walked into the shop knowing I wanted a ...
Pete7 Nov 00I was expecting a lot of compromises in this camera but ended up ...

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