Your P&S has huge DOF which can work to your advantage. Simply pre-focus anywhere close to where you anticipate the action and wait for it to come to you...click! Also, set it to Continuous Shooting to get several frames. I do it all the time with super results.
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Traded my SLR in for a G12...loving it!
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JoelR
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I have been trying to decide should I get the new Canon 60D or the G12. I am taking a trip to Europe I am not happy with my current cameras. The negative with the Canon 60D is size and weight. The negative with the G12 was the view finder. After reading a ton of reviews from websites and users I decided to order a G12 from Costco. Costco has at 90 day return policy and I figure, I could not go wrong, if it doesn't work out for me.
I like the size of the G12, since I have stopped taking a camera everywhere I go; now I will have no excuse. I will share some of my new photos when I get it the G12.
If you look at some of the great photojournalists of years ago they did not have equipment that we have today, but they took great photos. It more important who is behind the camera then the camera (I have to remind myself this all of the time) ;' )
The the below was taken with my Canon Rebel XT
http://www.pbase.com/joelrub/2010_january__june&page=2
snofox
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Nice photos! And thanks for the post, you have helped me to make up my mind.
I am happy with my dSLRs, and will never get rid of them, but I do want a high-quality compact that can go with me all of the time. Over the past couple of weeks, I had done my homework, and had just about decided on a G12 which I will pick up on Monday. You pushed me over the edge, so to speak.
Thanks (I think).
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Pete
I am happy with my dSLRs, and will never get rid of them, but I do want a high-quality compact that can go with me all of the time. Over the past couple of weeks, I had done my homework, and had just about decided on a G12 which I will pick up on Monday. You pushed me over the edge, so to speak.
Thanks (I think).
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Pete
JoelR
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Let's try again in the photo from my Rebel XT:
André BARELIER
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I'm just a traveller, not a photographer. But I want to know what I'm doing when I take pictures. I have a Nikon D90.
I bought a G11 6 months ago.
Just by curiousity, I took the D90 and 18-200VR and the G11, to Mexico, for a 10 days trip.
It was a good experience. The G11 is a very capable camera, and a pleasure to use. I have no problems with image quality, which is excellent in good light, and really good in low light.
But I won't sell my D90. Instead, I'm going to buy only fast glass for it : a "standard" 2.8 zoom (Sigma 17-50 OS, or Tamron 17-50 VC), a 2.8 tele (don't know which one yet), and that's all.
Shooting with a DSLR is a different pleasure.
André
I bought a G11 6 months ago.
Just by curiousity, I took the D90 and 18-200VR and the G11, to Mexico, for a 10 days trip.
It was a good experience. The G11 is a very capable camera, and a pleasure to use. I have no problems with image quality, which is excellent in good light, and really good in low light.
But I won't sell my D90. Instead, I'm going to buy only fast glass for it : a "standard" 2.8 zoom (Sigma 17-50 OS, or Tamron 17-50 VC), a 2.8 tele (don't know which one yet), and that's all.
Shooting with a DSLR is a different pleasure.
André
vincent filomena
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Excellent work !
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GeorgeFellows
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Hi André,
If you are considering fast glass, but don't want to shell out for Nikon branded lenses, please consider the Tokina 16-50 f/2.8...(at-x 165 pro dx) about £400 in the UK, probably $500-600 USD. It is an excellent lens.
I totally understand the pleasure of SLR shooting and true pentaprism coverage. However, if I'm not using it, I think it might be best to get back into photography by being forced to use something that is going to be harder to use...sounds wierd I know!
I will probably buy another SLR at some point, but as I am going to change systems anyway, to something like Olympus or Pentax, I would be selling it all in any case. It will also allow the market to introduce anything else it wants to in the next six months. Very interested to see what Olympus brings out and if they are dropping four thirds for micro four thirds.
Thanks for your post
GeorgeFellows
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Hi Pete,
Thanks! If you are keeping your SLRs anyway, I think that the G12 is the best compact money can buy at the moment.
Hope you enjoy it!
Thanks! If you are keeping your SLRs anyway, I think that the G12 is the best compact money can buy at the moment.
Hope you enjoy it!
GeorgeFellows
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cheers!
Zero-LUX
Forum Enthusiast
I am about the do the exact same thing. I have owned a G10 and an XSi w/lenses for a couple of years now and I find that the SLR just becomes too cumbersom for me to carry around all the time. to be honest I'm just not as interested in stairing at the world through a viewfinder. I'd much rather have a small camera that i can whip out and capture a moment then get back into the moment then worry about all the other stuff.
After buying an S95, I decided to sell the XSI and G10 and get a G12, so now my wife has a nice camera and I have a nice camera--both compacts.
Cheers
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After buying an S95, I decided to sell the XSI and G10 and get a G12, so now my wife has a nice camera and I have a nice camera--both compacts.
Cheers
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RVNomad
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I purchased a G12 about a month ago, and now that I have a small case for it that attaches to my belt, it's with me much of the time. I also shoot with DSLRs and do appreciate the capabilities they bring to the table. Photography makes an excellent hobby in part because it offers so many choices. We are free to shift from a complex kit over to a compact camera whenever the mood strikes or when conditions dictate, as the OP is presently doing. I fall into the camp that likes having the versatility of both. I also suffer from the "consumer attitude" that a previous poster mentioned, meaning I enjoy buying new stuff.
Good luck to the OP. Those are nice images that you've shared. Have fun as you explore the capabilities of your G12.
Here are two images, the first taken with the G12 and the 2nd with the 7D and telephoto lens:
I couldn't have taken that close up of the gorilla at the zoo using the G12, and I didn't have the DSLR when I encountered the colorful mask in a restaurant. That's when the G12 came to my rescue. The bottom line for me is: I'm very happy with the images coming out of both. Thank you Canon!
Dan
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My Photo Galleries: http://www.pbase.com/rvnomad
Good luck to the OP. Those are nice images that you've shared. Have fun as you explore the capabilities of your G12.
Here are two images, the first taken with the G12 and the 2nd with the 7D and telephoto lens:
I couldn't have taken that close up of the gorilla at the zoo using the G12, and I didn't have the DSLR when I encountered the colorful mask in a restaurant. That's when the G12 came to my rescue. The bottom line for me is: I'm very happy with the images coming out of both. Thank you Canon!
Dan
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My Photo Galleries: http://www.pbase.com/rvnomad
GeraldW
Veteran Member
I see a lot of threads where DSLR's are getting traded off or moth balled in favor of a compact.
I've been through that cycle twice in the past, and find I do need a DSLR for a couple of things I do where a compact has so far not worked out (portraits and ice hockey). For everything else, I use compact cameras.
In all this, I do see history repeating itself. SLR's have had at least three surges of popularity in the past:
First was in the 60's when they first became popular with the Nikons and Pentax Spotmatics. Second was in the middle 70's with smaller, lighter, and more automatic cameras like the Olympus OM-10, Pentax ME, & Canon AE-1. Third was the AF era started with the Minolta Maxxum. And the fourth would be the well priced DSLRs.
In each case, the wave of popularity ebbed and people started going to lighter, more compact cameras and leaving the SLR and its lenses at home on a closet shelf or in a drawer.
Seems to me that we are now at the trailing edge of the popularity of the DSLR and more and more people are turning to smaller and lighter alternatives.
It doesn't mean that DSLR sales will stop, as there are some activities where the SLR is the best choice. It only means that sales of DSLRs will dip down to a lower level and that sales of alternatives will increase.
I just returned from a 10 day Caribbean cruise. I saw fewer DSLRs than on past cruises, and most of them were being used as snapshot cameras - few seemed to be using them to full advantage; being set to full auto or P and little sign of adjustments being made and almost no lenses being interchanged. In fact, most were just using the 18-55 mm kit lens. I'd guess most of those were candidates for replacement with a compact of some sort.
A G12 in knowledgeable hands will easily outperform a DSLR with a kit lens that's being used as a snapshot camera.
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Jerry
I've been through that cycle twice in the past, and find I do need a DSLR for a couple of things I do where a compact has so far not worked out (portraits and ice hockey). For everything else, I use compact cameras.
In all this, I do see history repeating itself. SLR's have had at least three surges of popularity in the past:
First was in the 60's when they first became popular with the Nikons and Pentax Spotmatics. Second was in the middle 70's with smaller, lighter, and more automatic cameras like the Olympus OM-10, Pentax ME, & Canon AE-1. Third was the AF era started with the Minolta Maxxum. And the fourth would be the well priced DSLRs.
In each case, the wave of popularity ebbed and people started going to lighter, more compact cameras and leaving the SLR and its lenses at home on a closet shelf or in a drawer.
Seems to me that we are now at the trailing edge of the popularity of the DSLR and more and more people are turning to smaller and lighter alternatives.
It doesn't mean that DSLR sales will stop, as there are some activities where the SLR is the best choice. It only means that sales of DSLRs will dip down to a lower level and that sales of alternatives will increase.
I just returned from a 10 day Caribbean cruise. I saw fewer DSLRs than on past cruises, and most of them were being used as snapshot cameras - few seemed to be using them to full advantage; being set to full auto or P and little sign of adjustments being made and almost no lenses being interchanged. In fact, most were just using the 18-55 mm kit lens. I'd guess most of those were candidates for replacement with a compact of some sort.
A G12 in knowledgeable hands will easily outperform a DSLR with a kit lens that's being used as a snapshot camera.
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Jerry
dswcamera
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Dan
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dswcamera
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André BARELIER
Forum Pro
Thanks George,
The Tokina is a very good lens, but it lacks image stabilisation, which is a must have for me. Same with the Nikon 17-55, which is a very good lens, but very expensive.
I can't decide between the Tamron and the Sigma. Both have stabilisation, the Sigma having a better AF, and maybe better image quality.
I'm not in a hurry : I have my G11!!!
Cheers
André
The Tokina is a very good lens, but it lacks image stabilisation, which is a must have for me. Same with the Nikon 17-55, which is a very good lens, but very expensive.
I can't decide between the Tamron and the Sigma. Both have stabilisation, the Sigma having a better AF, and maybe better image quality.
I'm not in a hurry : I have my G11!!!
Cheers
André
daniel broad
Well-known member
A common theme emerges.. me too.
My eyes opened to the world of digital photography after counting the cost of film, it's too easy with the internet to become a collector rather than a photographer. It's also too easy to see an inspirational image and convince yourself that with that same lens/cam combo you'd do the same... forgetting that the most important part of any camera is the eye that looks through the viewfinder [or at the screen...]
I haven't used the 24-105L on an 'out and about' shoot for a long time. Too heavy, too bulky. I still use reglularly the SLR [for the 100-400L which is my wildlife combination], but for everything else the 28-135mm equivalent of the G12 does perfectly.
This obsession with miniaturisation is OK, but the G12 is hardly a giant. It might not fit in a jeans pocket, but given that when I walkabout it's in my hand, so who cares!
Great light, great shots come and go, and the important thing is that as a photographer, I saw and recorded them. No point having a 1D mark 4, or a D3X, if it's at home because you needed to push a pushchair, carry a nappy change bag, grab your phone and car keys ,and hold the shopping bags.
Likewise, the high ISO performance is fine when printed. Available light photography is when you have your camera with you to shoot the light that's available... and besides, being so small, there's a hundred places to call a tripod if you so wish.
If you require longer focal lengths, keep the SLR, sell the shorter focal length lenses. I'm keeping a fast fifty and the long L. The 24-105 is about to go in the small ads, great lens though it is.
My eyes opened to the world of digital photography after counting the cost of film, it's too easy with the internet to become a collector rather than a photographer. It's also too easy to see an inspirational image and convince yourself that with that same lens/cam combo you'd do the same... forgetting that the most important part of any camera is the eye that looks through the viewfinder [or at the screen...]
I haven't used the 24-105L on an 'out and about' shoot for a long time. Too heavy, too bulky. I still use reglularly the SLR [for the 100-400L which is my wildlife combination], but for everything else the 28-135mm equivalent of the G12 does perfectly.
This obsession with miniaturisation is OK, but the G12 is hardly a giant. It might not fit in a jeans pocket, but given that when I walkabout it's in my hand, so who cares!
Great light, great shots come and go, and the important thing is that as a photographer, I saw and recorded them. No point having a 1D mark 4, or a D3X, if it's at home because you needed to push a pushchair, carry a nappy change bag, grab your phone and car keys ,and hold the shopping bags.
Likewise, the high ISO performance is fine when printed. Available light photography is when you have your camera with you to shoot the light that's available... and besides, being so small, there's a hundred places to call a tripod if you so wish.
If you require longer focal lengths, keep the SLR, sell the shorter focal length lenses. I'm keeping a fast fifty and the long L. The 24-105 is about to go in the small ads, great lens though it is.
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