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ZéDasCouves said:
by the way I'm considering the fuji 602, oly 4040 and the new nikon...
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Be my guest. I would do a little more research on the above, before you
totally give up on the G2. Take the 4040, for example. It has all kinds of
chromatic aberration, blooming, and fringing. This runs through most,
if not all, Olympus models. If the G2 had this problem, I wouldn't give
it a moment's notice. I could give you similar scenarios for the 602 and
the Nikon, but you get the picture(pun intended).

The bottom line is image quality, and ALL factors considered, the G2 is the
best I've seen for a camera in its price range. It is very clean, practically
noise-free at ISO 50(and very respectable at ISO 100), and produces
wonderful color. You may think there are better cameras out there, but
you'll never prove it by me.

RH
 
John B. Strickland II said:
I really do not understand the premise of posts like these? You
came here to tell us you are not buying a G2.

Does that mean I need to go to the Nikon forum and explain the
reasons I bought a G2?

I think not...
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Please/ Do not buy a G2.Let everone know when you find the perfect camera. we will all act like we care.
 
hmm.. maybe your right... but here I know that if my camera had to be sent for repair , I would probably have to wait a long time for it to be return... in portugal there isn't a repair facility, it would have to be sent to another country, and I don't want to wait 1 month to have a fresh new camera that I just bought back...

oh... and there's a new problem other than the crack... some new cameras and getting all the controls locked up... see in the new posts in the forum I posted the link...

it's way to many physical problems, I'm going on vacations and I don't want my controls locked when I try to get the first picture on my vacations...

cheers

Rui
WP said:
Proven fact that more people with strong negative opinions will
respond to polls over people with positive opinions. I think that
Canon probably keeps numbers of those returned with the problem,
and it has been fixed in all the recent cameras. Most stores don't
keep old stock on the shelves.
Pretty weak argument in my opinion as a reason to not get a really
great camera.

Have a great day
http://www.pbase.com/wp12001/wps_gallery
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not really... but if you feel that's important...

I thought I should say something about what I decided, since I've seen many people here asking about these cracks and all the problems when they were considering buying or not the G2... maybe this will help those people, it's not a post intended to make g2 owners feel bad, it's just intended to those who are considering buying a g2... to help with their decision.

cheers

Rui
John B. Strickland II said:
I really do not understand the premise of posts like these? You
came here to tell us you are not buying a G2.

Does that mean I need to go to the Nikon forum and explain the
reasons I bought a G2?

I think not...
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willie g said:
John B. Strickland II said:
I really do not understand the premise of posts like these? You
came here to tell us you are not buying a G2.

Does that mean I need to go to the Nikon forum and explain the
reasons I bought a G2?

I think not...
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Please/ Do not buy a G2.Let everone know when you find the perfect
camera. we will all act like we care.
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if you don't care why did you bother to reply... my gess you're pissed cause you got a g2.

I do not intend to make all g2 owners feel bad about their choice of buying the camera, this is just a post for those who are constantly asking in this forum about the problems with the g2 and helping them with the decision of buying it or not buying it... I'll probably not buy it, but maybe if canon says something like new cameras (shipped in july) will not have this problem, maybe I'll get one of those
 
Ok, so you're not buying it.

But you know what's interesting? I'm not going to take a photo of my spare tire because it is dusted, it does not have the alloy, but only black steel, it takes a lot for me to take it out from the car, it does not shine, etc. What do you think about that?

What I'm saying in plain terms is that your post does not have any relevance, unless you put together an argument to have it discussed.
Or, you seem to be very determined not to buy the camera.

You know what? DON"T buy it, because if you will, according to Murphy's laws, it will have the biggest cracks ever (bigger than all the 300+ cracks in the polls), you'll drop it on every concrete stairs you'll come across, the lens will get stuck, the buttons won't work, the LCD will get scratched and will eventually crack, the focus will always be soft and blurry, the CF cards will get stuck inside, the computer won't recognise it, the battery will leak, the CCD will be full of dust, etc, etc.

You go and get some EVF from Fuji, focus system from NIkno, a big digital back for Mamyia, some lenses from Sony, a good Foveon X3 sensor, a lot of scotch tape and put yourself together a digital camera for your needs...'cause the rest of us here can live in ignorance with our G2s...
ZéDasCouves said:
I was thinking of buying the G2 because as you all know it's got
great lenses and overall very good image quality. but for the price
I would expect a camera without any defects as those cracks and
those problems with focusing.
I knew all these problems and I was still thinking of buying till
today. I thought that the cracks problem was something that
affected... let's say... 10-15% of all cameras sold and never
evolved to a complete hole.
today I encontered a very nice forum dedicated to canon

you can see one of the posts about cracks on the G2 here (there are
lots of them if you look at the forum index.

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/viewtopic.php?TopicID=2566

now... I've also found something that made my decision clear... a
poll with questions that I really wanted answered :

"Do you have a crack or hole in your G2?" so we can have a
statistic about how many cracks there are among ALL G2 cameras, so
even those guys that whose cameras didn't had any cracks have
answered do this question. THE RESULTS ARE REALLY BAD !

the poll is here :
http://pub39.bravenet.com/vote/vote.php?usernum=3327235335&cpv=1

the results from the poll is here :
http://pub39.bravenet.com/vote/stats.php?usernum=3327235335

I mean... cmon... if 54% of all G2's have cracks, my chances of
having one are really huge, and canon here in portugal doesn't have
such a good costumer service, and I refuse to buy a camera that I
already know I'm gonna send for repair.

canon should stop all G2 selling until they solve all their
problems with the camera, I suspect that the fact they know the
problem and still sell it as a perfect good camera without any
defects is can be even considered illegal.

and think about it, It's almost for sure a problem among all
cameras, sooner or later all cameras will get cracks, maybe some
are holding a little longer, but let's say, in at least 2 years all
of them if they are being used WILL HAVE the crack.

this is the reputation that the camera has now, have you ever
thought if you want to sell the camera one of these days? who's
gonna buy a camera that's not new and has cracks or holes?? no one
buys anything with defects, only if the price is really small.

so... until further notice from canon I refuse and I would tell
everyone not to buy any G2, they have the legal responsability to
sell a camera in good conditions, especially if they already know
about this problem...
I wonder if canon has any quality control over their production
labs...

by the way I'm considering the fuji 602, oly 4040 and the new nikon...
I also wonder why phil doesn't have any full review of the olympus
4040z... I mean he has lot's of pictures, so he probably had the
chance to review it. maybe the oly review would make many of us
change our minds about buying the olypus 4040 instead of the canon
G2... does canon sponsor this site?
I can't image the G2 having all those problems and the review
almost makes it look like the best camera in the world, I red other
reviews and they are not so fancy... at
http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/G2/G2A.HTM
in their sample pictures they have the resolution of the G2
inferior to that of the Fuji 602 !!! and that's a 3Mp camera! (with
interpolation to 6mp)

well, you've got a whole lot of pacience... thanks for readng the
whole post, it certainly gave me more work writing than you
reading. :-)

do not flame me because I like the G2 features but am not buying it
because it has defects.
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I never said the G2 didn't have good image quality, if I was thinking of buying it, it was exactly because of those facts.

but these other problems that other cameras don't really have are very important, because I buy a fuji and I dont expect to send it immediately for repair... but the G2 has high chances of happening exactly that.

that's all, the G2 certainly has (at iso 50) the cleanest image that I've seen on any dc camera. no doubt of that. (except dslr's)
Robert Hoffman said:
Robert Hoffman said:
by the way I'm considering the fuji 602, oly 4040 and the new nikon...
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Be my guest. I would do a little more research on the above, before
you
totally give up on the G2. Take the 4040, for example. It has all
kinds of
chromatic aberration, blooming, and fringing. This runs through most,
if not all, Olympus models. If the G2 had this problem, I wouldn't
give
it a moment's notice. I could give you similar scenarios for the
602 and
the Nikon, but you get the picture(pun intended).

The bottom line is image quality, and ALL factors considered, the
G2 is the
best I've seen for a camera in its price range. It is very clean,
practically
noise-free at ISO 50(and very respectable at ISO 100), and produces
wonderful color. You may think there are better cameras out there, but
you'll never prove it by me.

RH
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flame whatever you want... this post is intended to help those with the decision of buying or not the g2, and informing people that even now don't really know what these problems are all about.

I didn't intend to make g2 owners feel bad about their buy.

Cheers

Rui
Radu® said:
ZéDasCouves said:
I was thinking of buying the G2 because as you all know it's got
great lenses and overall very good image quality. but for the price
I would expect a camera without any defects as those cracks and
those problems with focusing.
I knew all these problems and I was still thinking of buying till
today. I thought that the cracks problem was something that
affected... let's say... 10-15% of all cameras sold and never
evolved to a complete hole.
today I encontered a very nice forum dedicated to canon

you can see one of the posts about cracks on the G2 here (there are
lots of them if you look at the forum index.

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/viewtopic.php?TopicID=2566

now... I've also found something that made my decision clear... a
poll with questions that I really wanted answered :

"Do you have a crack or hole in your G2?" so we can have a
statistic about how many cracks there are among ALL G2 cameras, so
even those guys that whose cameras didn't had any cracks have
answered do this question. THE RESULTS ARE REALLY BAD !

the poll is here :
http://pub39.bravenet.com/vote/vote.php?usernum=3327235335&cpv=1

the results from the poll is here :
http://pub39.bravenet.com/vote/stats.php?usernum=3327235335

I mean... cmon... if 54% of all G2's have cracks, my chances of
having one are really huge, and canon here in portugal doesn't have
such a good costumer service, and I refuse to buy a camera that I
already know I'm gonna send for repair.

canon should stop all G2 selling until they solve all their
problems with the camera, I suspect that the fact they know the
problem and still sell it as a perfect good camera without any
defects is can be even considered illegal.

and think about it, It's almost for sure a problem among all
cameras, sooner or later all cameras will get cracks, maybe some
are holding a little longer, but let's say, in at least 2 years all
of them if they are being used WILL HAVE the crack.

this is the reputation that the camera has now, have you ever
thought if you want to sell the camera one of these days? who's
gonna buy a camera that's not new and has cracks or holes?? no one
buys anything with defects, only if the price is really small.

so... until further notice from canon I refuse and I would tell
everyone not to buy any G2, they have the legal responsability to
sell a camera in good conditions, especially if they already know
about this problem...
I wonder if canon has any quality control over their production
labs...

by the way I'm considering the fuji 602, oly 4040 and the new nikon...
I also wonder why phil doesn't have any full review of the olympus
4040z... I mean he has lot's of pictures, so he probably had the
chance to review it. maybe the oly review would make many of us
change our minds about buying the olypus 4040 instead of the canon
G2... does canon sponsor this site?
I can't image the G2 having all those problems and the review
almost makes it look like the best camera in the world, I red other
reviews and they are not so fancy... at
http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/G2/G2A.HTM
in their sample pictures they have the resolution of the G2
inferior to that of the Fuji 602 !!! and that's a 3Mp camera! (with
interpolation to 6mp)

well, you've got a whole lot of pacience... thanks for readng the
whole post, it certainly gave me more work writing than you
reading. :-)

do not flame me because I like the G2 features but am not buying it
because it has defects.
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Before you say the G2 is slow focusing try a lot of other cameras. I have a G1 and unless they made it slower I don't know of many cameras that focus as fast. In low light the G2/G1 is unreal. Also I wonder how many people who have problems with focusing are leaving the camera on continous focus. I find this mode useless.

Ed
ZéDasCouves said:
I want a camera that "at least" comes without any physical defects
directly from the store.

and of course there isn't a perfect camera... but there is great
cameras for the needs of each one of us...

G2 would be a great camera for me if it didn't have any of these
problems.
and would be even great if it had faster and more accurate focusing...
it's a pretty slow camera to focus... and it's macro ability is
also very poor compared to many other similar digicams out there.
but it has great, fast lenses and very low noise at iso 50

on the other hand... iso 200 and 400 has lots of noise... but I
think the iso 200 is actually more like 400 and iso 400 more like
800, so that's good...
Eric Haglund said:
Is the G2 perfect? Not a chance. It has definite warts but even
with the warts, I still think it's the best camera for the money.
As far as the crack thing goes, I think it's overblown. It doesn't
affect your picture quality and Canon IS replacing them so to me
it's an annoyance not a deal breaker. In anycase, if you find a
digi cam that is perfect, by all means let us know.

--
Eric
http://www.pbase.com/haglunde
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Ed
Canon EOS 3, Sony D700, Canon G1, Canon S330, Minolta D7i
http://www.cbrycelea.com/photos/ Old Pictures
 
ZéDasCouves said:
willie g said:
John B. Strickland II said:
I really do not understand the premise of posts like these? You
came here to tell us you are not buying a G2.

Does that mean I need to go to the Nikon forum and explain the
reasons I bought a G2?

I think not...
Click to expand...
Please/ Do not buy a G2.Let everone know when you find the perfect
camera. we will all act like we care.
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if you don't care why did you bother to reply... my gess you're
pissed cause you got a g2.
I do not intend to make all g2 owners feel bad about their choice
of buying the camera, this is just a post for those who are
constantly asking in this forum about the problems with the g2 and
helping them with the decision of buying it or not buying it...
I'll probably not buy it, but maybe if canon says something like
new cameras (shipped in july) will not have this problem, maybe
I'll get one of those
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I read those posts and surveys{old news}And tried a friends and was sold.And have been very satified with the results.Perfect no.
 
hi!

but I say it's slow because I already tried it personally, and it is the slowest camera that I tried between olypums 4040, fuji 602, and I also tried a sony s-85.

and the fastest of all those was the fuji, that is confirmed by all the reviews... it really amazed me the fast focus of the fuji, I'm used to a slow focus also from the nikon coolpix series, and that was very fast, as for the g2 I feel it was slower than any of those cameras focusing...

but that's not a very big complaint, as long as it focuses well, I'm not into sports photography...
Ed Shropshire said:
Ed
ZéDasCouves said:
I want a camera that "at least" comes without any physical defects
directly from the store.

and of course there isn't a perfect camera... but there is great
cameras for the needs of each one of us...

G2 would be a great camera for me if it didn't have any of these
problems.
and would be even great if it had faster and more accurate focusing...
it's a pretty slow camera to focus... and it's macro ability is
also very poor compared to many other similar digicams out there.
but it has great, fast lenses and very low noise at iso 50

on the other hand... iso 200 and 400 has lots of noise... but I
think the iso 200 is actually more like 400 and iso 400 more like
800, so that's good...
Eric Haglund said:
Is the G2 perfect? Not a chance. It has definite warts but even
with the warts, I still think it's the best camera for the money.
As far as the crack thing goes, I think it's overblown. It doesn't
affect your picture quality and Canon IS replacing them so to me
it's an annoyance not a deal breaker. In anycase, if you find a
digi cam that is perfect, by all means let us know.

--
Eric
http://www.pbase.com/haglunde
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--
Ed
Canon EOS 3, Sony D700, Canon G1, Canon S330, Minolta D7i
http://www.cbrycelea.com/photos/ Old Pictures
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lol, but did I say I didnt like the quality of the camera?? I was , and am... even now, I still consider a slight chance a buying it.. because I really like that iso 50 quality photos... the 4mp, fast lens , everything, and I already said I dont mind a focus that is a bit slow... but I really dont want to have my camera sent for repair a few days just after I bought it, and I'm seeing a whole LOT of posts from persons who just sent their cameras for repair because of the crack of because of that freezing problem, where all controls get stuck.

cheers

Rui
eg said:
ZéDasCouves wrote:

[ stuff about why he wasn't buying a G2 ]

You're missing out on a great camera, but that's OK, I've got mine.

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http://edsphotos.us/
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Here is what you wrote ---> " I red other reviews and they are not so fancy... at http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/G2/G2A.HTM "

Perhaps I should have written a little more than my reply to express myself.

The link is to the G2 Review. Perhaps I missed the part in reading the entire review or am interpeting you wrong, but I really can't seem to find anything that makes the G2 "not to fancy".

But hey, thanks for the smart reply. I am glad you have an opinion of someone else opinion.
 
ScottL said:
Here is what you wrote ---> " I red other reviews and they are not
so fancy... at http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/G2/G2A.HTM "

Perhaps I should have written a little more than my reply to
express myself.

The link is to the G2 Review. Perhaps I missed the part in reading
the entire review or am interpeting you wrong, but I really can't
seem to find anything that makes the G2 "not to fancy".
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I already told you, go to the site, go to both the g2 and fuji 602 review and check the sample pictures page, in the section about resolution, you'll see that de inferior "3mp" fuji 602 gets more resolution than the superior "4mp" canon. so superior and inferior are reversed here in terms of resolution...
ScottL said:
But hey, thanks for the smart reply. I am glad you have an opinion
of someone else opinion.
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that's what we all have when reading reviews... but I actually have tested the camera myself with all the others I told about.
 
I don't know if someone else has yet said this:

Why were you posting this?

Did you want some advice on what to buy?
Did you want to warn others about why you think the G2 is not a good buy?
Some other reason?

Your post didn't come off as the first two to me, so I guess it was just general conversation, which I don't have a problem with for sure, but as far as you stating "I am not going to buy a G2", umm... yeah, I going to have to say I don't give a expletive deleted

now this post might be just as pointless seeming to everyone else as I felt that yours was, so I apoligize to anyone who feels that way.

Hi everyone! I am not going to wear underwear tomorrow. I'm not looking for any feedback or anything, just thought you'd like to know. ;)

Hoping all the other happy G2 owners dont waste even the amount of time I did with this,
Mitchell
ZéDasCouves said:
I was thinking of buying the G2 because as you all know it's got
great lenses and overall very good image quality. but for the price
I would expect a camera without any defects as those cracks and
those problems with focusing.
I knew all these problems and I was still thinking of buying till
today. I thought that the cracks problem was something that
affected... let's say... 10-15% of all cameras sold and never
evolved to a complete hole.
today I encontered a very nice forum dedicated to canon

you can see one of the posts about cracks on the G2 here (there are
lots of them if you look at the forum index.

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/viewtopic.php?TopicID=2566

now... I've also found something that made my decision clear... a
poll with questions that I really wanted answered :

"Do you have a crack or hole in your G2?" so we can have a
statistic about how many cracks there are among ALL G2 cameras, so
even those guys that whose cameras didn't had any cracks have
answered do this question. THE RESULTS ARE REALLY BAD !

the poll is here :
http://pub39.bravenet.com/vote/vote.php?usernum=3327235335&cpv=1

the results from the poll is here :
http://pub39.bravenet.com/vote/stats.php?usernum=3327235335

I mean... cmon... if 54% of all G2's have cracks, my chances of
having one are really huge, and canon here in portugal doesn't have
such a good costumer service, and I refuse to buy a camera that I
already know I'm gonna send for repair.

canon should stop all G2 selling until they solve all their
problems with the camera, I suspect that the fact they know the
problem and still sell it as a perfect good camera without any
defects is can be even considered illegal.

and think about it, It's almost for sure a problem among all
cameras, sooner or later all cameras will get cracks, maybe some
are holding a little longer, but let's say, in at least 2 years all
of them if they are being used WILL HAVE the crack.

this is the reputation that the camera has now, have you ever
thought if you want to sell the camera one of these days? who's
gonna buy a camera that's not new and has cracks or holes?? no one
buys anything with defects, only if the price is really small.

so... until further notice from canon I refuse and I would tell
everyone not to buy any G2, they have the legal responsability to
sell a camera in good conditions, especially if they already know
about this problem...
I wonder if canon has any quality control over their production
labs...

by the way I'm considering the fuji 602, oly 4040 and the new nikon...
I also wonder why phil doesn't have any full review of the olympus
4040z... I mean he has lot's of pictures, so he probably had the
chance to review it. maybe the oly review would make many of us
change our minds about buying the olypus 4040 instead of the canon
G2... does canon sponsor this site?
I can't image the G2 having all those problems and the review
almost makes it look like the best camera in the world, I red other
reviews and they are not so fancy... at
http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/G2/G2A.HTM
in their sample pictures they have the resolution of the G2
inferior to that of the Fuji 602 !!! and that's a 3Mp camera! (with
interpolation to 6mp)

well, you've got a whole lot of pacience... thanks for readng the
whole post, it certainly gave me more work writing than you
reading. :-)

do not flame me because I like the G2 features but am not buying it
because it has defects.
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ZéDasCouves said:
do not flame me because I like the G2 features but am not buying it
because it has defects.
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ZeDasCouves,

I suspect that if that is the case then you shall not be any digital camera
or, any film, camera for that matter because all cameras are suseptible
to defects or problems.

Cheers,

JRS
 
Mitchell Austin said:
I don't know if someone else has yet said this:

Why were you posting this?

Did you want some advice on what to buy?
Did you want to warn others about why you think the G2 is not a
good buy?
Some other reason?

Your post didn't come off as the first two to me, so I guess it was
just general conversation, which I don't have a problem with for
sure, but as far as you stating "I am not going to buy a G2",
umm... yeah, I going to have to say I don't give a expletive
deleted

now this post might be just as pointless seeming to everyone else
as I felt that yours was, so I apoligize to anyone who feels that
way.

Hi everyone! I am not going to wear underwear tomorrow.
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That's nice, but are you doing it on your own or because your
Mom told you too ! :)

Cheers,

JRS

I'm not
Mitchell Austin said:
looking for any feedback or anything, just thought you'd like to
know. ;)

Hoping all the other happy G2 owners dont waste even the amount of
time I did with this,
Mitchell
ZéDasCouves said:
I was thinking of buying the G2 because as you all know it's got
great lenses and overall very good image quality. but for the price
I would expect a camera without any defects as those cracks and
those problems with focusing.
I knew all these problems and I was still thinking of buying till
today. I thought that the cracks problem was something that
affected... let's say... 10-15% of all cameras sold and never
evolved to a complete hole.
today I encontered a very nice forum dedicated to canon

you can see one of the posts about cracks on the G2 here (there are
lots of them if you look at the forum index.

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/viewtopic.php?TopicID=2566

now... I've also found something that made my decision clear... a
poll with questions that I really wanted answered :

"Do you have a crack or hole in your G2?" so we can have a
statistic about how many cracks there are among ALL G2 cameras, so
even those guys that whose cameras didn't had any cracks have
answered do this question. THE RESULTS ARE REALLY BAD !

the poll is here :
http://pub39.bravenet.com/vote/vote.php?usernum=3327235335&cpv=1

the results from the poll is here :
http://pub39.bravenet.com/vote/stats.php?usernum=3327235335

I mean... cmon... if 54% of all G2's have cracks, my chances of
having one are really huge, and canon here in portugal doesn't have
such a good costumer service, and I refuse to buy a camera that I
already know I'm gonna send for repair.

canon should stop all G2 selling until they solve all their
problems with the camera, I suspect that the fact they know the
problem and still sell it as a perfect good camera without any
defects is can be even considered illegal.

and think about it, It's almost for sure a problem among all
cameras, sooner or later all cameras will get cracks, maybe some
are holding a little longer, but let's say, in at least 2 years all
of them if they are being used WILL HAVE the crack.

this is the reputation that the camera has now, have you ever
thought if you want to sell the camera one of these days? who's
gonna buy a camera that's not new and has cracks or holes?? no one
buys anything with defects, only if the price is really small.

so... until further notice from canon I refuse and I would tell
everyone not to buy any G2, they have the legal responsability to
sell a camera in good conditions, especially if they already know
about this problem...
I wonder if canon has any quality control over their production
labs...

by the way I'm considering the fuji 602, oly 4040 and the new nikon...
I also wonder why phil doesn't have any full review of the olympus
4040z... I mean he has lot's of pictures, so he probably had the
chance to review it. maybe the oly review would make many of us
change our minds about buying the olypus 4040 instead of the canon
G2... does canon sponsor this site?
I can't image the G2 having all those problems and the review
almost makes it look like the best camera in the world, I red other
reviews and they are not so fancy... at
http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/G2/G2A.HTM
in their sample pictures they have the resolution of the G2
inferior to that of the Fuji 602 !!! and that's a 3Mp camera! (with
interpolation to 6mp)

well, you've got a whole lot of pacience... thanks for readng the
whole post, it certainly gave me more work writing than you
reading. :-)

do not flame me because I like the G2 features but am not buying it
because it has defects.
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Canon is not going to announce something like that. They recognized a problem and they fixed it. It might happen again; it might have been a bad production batch; it might happen to another camera. I can understand not wanting to spend $$ on a camera if you think it is of bad quality. I knew of the problems and decided that the image quality was much more important to me. I looked for a crack didn't see one and probably won't look again for a few months. If you bought the camera you would be checking it every time you used it. That would not make you happy. All of these cameras are good. Don't look for perfection-just buy one that you think you'll like and use it. Why are you looking for perfection in an imperfect industry? Anything you buy now will be improved upon. All that being said, if you think the G2 takes the best pictures and has the best features, I would not be so anal about the crack (no pun intended but it made me smile!)

Cheers
ZéDasCouves said:
I'd probably buy it... bu those focus problems are also something
that bothers me, as far as I know it's not something that happens
really a lot, but it's sometimes there and you don't really see it,
the image could be better focused sometimes, but as the G2 as a
great DOF you see the image and it looks like it's focused, but it
could eventually be better... because the focus system is not
accurate... also it's something that's very hard to see in the lcd
of the camera, not like the nikon's that have a sharpening effect
on the zone that is focused, I tested that system, it's awesome !
if only canon had that system... it would be REALLY great, but
probably nikon has patent on that..
StevieO said:
for me, the first thing i thought of when i heard that 54% of g2
owners has the crack was "when did they buy their camera?"

if they bought their camera during the first year of its release
date, then yes, the statistics would be high. but ever since the
matter has been addressed by canon, i haven't heard anything about
cracks. personally, i purchased mine about a few weeks after canon
made the announcement and my camera's still in mint condition. i
even dropped it once from a 4-foot high ( 1.2 meters) loft bed and
still no signs of cracking....

or maybe i'm just one of the lucky ones...=P
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Allen

I have no idea about that which I am writing.
Thus, I hereby retract everything I just wrote.
 
ZéDasCouves wrote:
[bla bla bla]

I think it is perfectly legitiamte for you to be concerned that you will have problems getting your Canon camera serviced appropriately in Portugal. Although, I think it is odd that you could not get good service if you send the camera to another country. If I send my camera to California, is that different to you because it is the same country? It is still several thousand miles away. I would think that Canon would honor its committment.

As I stated before, Canon will not announce that the camera is crack free any more than Ford will announce its cars are crack free. That is inviting problems. You should probably consider that Canon wants to maintain a good reputation and when a large number of customers complain, it will and did respond. Further, it will do what it can NOT to have the reputation of the camera that cracks. So I would guess that they are confident that the camera is sturdy now. (Of course they might discontinue it tomorrow ;)

Hope you are able to make a decision for yourself soon. I bet there are wonderful pictures you could be taking.

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Allen

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