Luiz,
if you can, wait on till next spring.
If you have to buy now, consider the G6. The G6 seems to deliver well what you can expect from a digicam of this design parameters and price band.
The PRO1, on the other hand, will get an updated successor by spring 2005 - a judgement based on averaging over a lot of conjectures ventured in many a thread in this forum.
The present design of the PRO1 seems to be bug ridden to a smaller or larger degree, depending on the correspondents that air their views in this or other news groups. Some of the reported problems are most likely due to faulty design and
or manufacturing quality. An updated PRO1 would tackle most of these problems if Canon can be judged by past performance. A 'PRO 2' with faster low light focusing, faster overall timings, dust proof lens, and reduced lens wobble would make you feel a bit silliy to not have waited on, perhaps.
As you have done some research by yourself you may be aware of the gist of my missive already.
And take my statements with a grain of salt as they are not backed up with personal experience of ownership of the G6 or PRO1.
But one follows the discussions of new models with interest if one is still shooting away happily with a Canon G2 as I confess to be doing.
Sure, I am looking for a replacement eventually. Personally the reduced size of the G6 seems to be worth consideration as well, while the PRO1 is noticably bulkier and heavier.
I wonder if these comments will spark up responses of more knowledgable referents.
Regards, Guenter
Hello there,
I'm a photography enthusiast and I'm looking forward to learn more
about pictures and photography. I own a Canon SD-100 but now I
really need something more powerful...
I've checked the Canon G6 and I like it (though I've just read some
topics about image blurring on the right side). I've also checked
the Pro1 and since both cameras have similar price ranges I'd like
some advice in order to decide which one to buy...
Many thanks in advance,
Luiz Fernando
