G5 on Canon Belgian Home Page

ADSinger · May 22, 2003

I notice in the translation a mention of a 1gb MD which was available now being standard. I also recall the Belgian(?) site listed a silver and a black G5. The black was about $200 more expensive. At the time some thought this might be the 6mb CCD version. From what I read between the lines, it seems that in Europe at least, there will be a silver G5 with a 32/64 mb CF card, and a black one with a 1gb MD. Hopefully, that will not be the case, but that's what it appears to be. Opinions?

alan.

JAGOeX G2 · May 22, 2003

After reading the translations, I noticed it doesn't mention the Digic processor... so is all this talk of it being just a G3 w/ a 5 MP sensor and a black body way off the mark?

You'd think they'd mention Digic if they reallyl knew any solid info on the next G series camera... either it's availability or absence.

jscher2000 · May 22, 2003

F: Capteur CCD de 5 millions de pixels (filtre RGB), pour des détails d’une finesse extrême et processeur DIGIC pour une restitution supérieure des couleurs

E: Sensor CCD of 5 million pixels (filter RGB), for details of an extreme smoothness and processor DIGIC for a higher restitution of the colors

F: Objectif zoom rapide 4x haute résolution (f/2,0)

E: fast Objective zoom 4x high resolution (f/2,0)

F: Mode RAW

E: RAW mode

F: 12 modes de prise de vues, dont le contrôle intégralement manuel

E: 12 modes of catch of sights, of which completely manual control

F: Cibles de mise au point sélectionnables et modes de prise de mesures

E: Target of development sélectionnables and modes of catch

F: Microdrive de 1 Gb (MD Kit uniquement)

E: 1 GB Microdrive (MD Kit only)

F: LCD à angle variable

E: LCD with variable angle

F: S'appuyant sur le succès remporté par les appareils photos PowerShot G2 et G3, le G5 se singularise par la présence d'un capteur CCD de 5 millions de pixels, qui permet à ce nouveau modèle d'offrir une résolution et une finesse de détail encore plus supérieures. Le boîtier noir l'identifie comme un appareil haute performance, apte à séduire le passionné de photographie le plus exigeant. L'inclusion d'un microdrive de 1 GB sur la version G5 MD Kit renforce encore les possibilités. Ce kit a d'ailleurs connu un franc succès sur les modèles antérieurs.

E: Being based on the success gained by the cameras PowerShot G2 and G3, G5 is made conspicuous by the presence of a sensor CCD of 5 million pixels, which makes it possible this new model to offer a resolution and a smoothness of detail even higher. The black case identifies it like an apparatus high performance, ready to allure impassioned of photography the most demanding. The inclusion of microdrive of 1 GB on the version G5 MD Kit still reinforces the possibilities. This kit was a great success besides on the former models.

F: Prix recommandé, T.V.A incl. € 999, 00 and €1199,00 (MD Kit)

E: Price recommended, T.V.A incl. € 999, 00 and € 1199,00 (MD Kit)

log · May 22, 2003

Pops! said:
Is how incredibly BAD translation software is! LOL!

...and that's between two languages that are relatively close together. You should see some of the specimens of machine translation I see from Japanese to English. (And my reaction when I'm asked to "polish" it....)

log · May 22, 2003

BartS said:
S Crook said:

Substitute "fashionable", "sexy", or "popular" for "streamlined"
and you may get a better translation

Click to expand...

Your suggestions will probably improve the text, but not the
translation...
There's no better translation from 'gestroomlijnd' to
'streamlined', that's a direct translation.
Bear in mind this is the endresult of an
Japanese-> English-> Dutch-> English translation process... ;-)

Anyone got a link to the original Japanese, by any chance?

Esquid · May 22, 2003

The feature list does mention the DIGIC, see just to left of ... missing.. photo:

De 5M pixel CCD (RGB filter) zorgt voor een opvallend performante detailweergave en de DIGIC Processor staat borg voor superieure kleurenreproductie

This site looks legit. A 5 MP G3 makes sense, the 5MP sensor to fit the form factor of the G3 lens is available, no one else really makes a camera with the key G3 features: reasonable size, f2 to f3 sharp 4x lens, flip out LCD. I'm sure lots of folks have been thinking the G3 is great, but only if it were 5 MP.

Esquid

JAGOeX G2 said:
After reading the translations, I noticed it doesn't mention the
Digic processor... so is all this talk of it being just a G3 w/ a 5
MP sensor and a black body way off the mark?

You'd think they'd mention Digic if they reallyl knew any solid
info on the next G series camera... either it's availability or
absence.

rustedborg · May 22, 2003

I found the same page that everyone else did, but I can't get any of the images to load. I sure would like to see what this camera looks like.

Markus Fuchs said:
The new Canon G5 on the Belgian Canon Page:
"Only" a G3 with 5 MP?

http://nl.canon.be/

Producten => Thuisgebruik => Foto => Digitaal => Meer dan 5 miljoen
pixels => PowerShot G5

De 5M pixel CCD (RGB filter) zorgt voor een opvallend performante
detailweergave en de DIGIC Processor staat borg voor superieure
kleurenreproductie

Snel (f2.0) 4x zoomobjectief met hoge resolutie
RAW-modus
12 opnamemethoden, waaronder volledig manuele controle
Selecteerbare brandpuntsafstanden en lichtmetingsmethoden
Microdrive van 1 GB (alleen MD kit)
Vari-angle LCD

De Powershot G5 bouwt verder op het succes van de PowerShot G2 en
G3 en verhoogt de resolutie en de detailweergave van de camera met
een 5M pixel CCD. De gestroomlijnde zwarte behuizing onderstreept
de hoge performantie van deze camera’s en zal de kieskeurige
fotoliefhebber ongetwijfeld verleiden. De G5 MD kit werd verrijkt
met een microdive van 1 GB, die al een populaire aanvulling vormde
voor de vorige modellen.

JAGOeX G2 · May 23, 2003

Hmm. How 'screwed' I would feel if I were a G3 owner, if infact the G5 is a G3 w/ 5 MPs... but that's just me.

Esquid said:
De 5M pixel CCD (RGB filter) zorgt voor een opvallend performante
detailweergave en de DIGIC Processor staat borg voor superieure
kleurenreproductie

This site looks legit. A 5 MP G3 makes sense, the 5MP sensor to
fit the form factor of the G3 lens is available, no one else really
makes a camera with the key G3 features: reasonable size, f2 to f3
sharp 4x lens, flip out LCD. I'm sure lots of folks have been
thinking the G3 is great, but only if it were 5 MP.

Esquid

JAGOeX G2 said:

After reading the translations, I noticed it doesn't mention the
Digic processor... so is all this talk of it being just a G3 w/ a 5
MP sensor and a black body way off the mark?

You'd think they'd mention Digic if they reallyl knew any solid
info on the next G series camera... either it's availability or
absence.

Click to expand...

--
Canon Powershot G2 and S400 owner

BartS · May 23, 2003

JAGOeX G2 said:
Hmm. How 'screwed' I would feel if I were a G3 owner, if infact
the G5 is a G3 w/ 5 MPs... but that's just me.

Well, I got the G3 and I'm not too thrilled (yet) by another megapixel or so. 4Mp is more than enough for me, I get really nice and sharp pictures. I print most of my output (approx. 97.63%) on a Fuji Frontier at 300dpi so I usually have to downsample a bit.
And another megapixel is 25% more storagespace, processing time etc.

So I don't feel too 'screwed'.

If they improved the autofocus and optical viewfinder also, it's a different story.

andyisgod · May 23, 2003

Did someone save the picture? Could you host it?

rustedborg said:
Markus Fuchs said:

The new Canon G5 on the Belgian Canon Page:
"Only" a G3 with 5 MP?

http://nl.canon.be/

Producten => Thuisgebruik => Foto => Digitaal => Meer dan 5 miljoen
pixels => PowerShot G5

De 5M pixel CCD (RGB filter) zorgt voor een opvallend performante
detailweergave en de DIGIC Processor staat borg voor superieure
kleurenreproductie

Snel (f2.0) 4x zoomobjectief met hoge resolutie
RAW-modus
12 opnamemethoden, waaronder volledig manuele controle
Selecteerbare brandpuntsafstanden en lichtmetingsmethoden
Microdrive van 1 GB (alleen MD kit)
Vari-angle LCD

De Powershot G5 bouwt verder op het succes van de PowerShot G2 en
G3 en verhoogt de resolutie en de detailweergave van de camera met
een 5M pixel CCD. De gestroomlijnde zwarte behuizing onderstreept
de hoge performantie van deze camera’s en zal de kieskeurige
fotoliefhebber ongetwijfeld verleiden. De G5 MD kit werd verrijkt
met een microdive van 1 GB, die al een populaire aanvulling vormde
voor de vorige modellen.

Click to expand...

Alexander Meeder · May 23, 2003

andyisgod said:
rustedborg said:

Markus Fuchs said:

The new Canon G5 on the Belgian Canon Page:
"Only" a G3 with 5 MP?

http://nl.canon.be/

Producten => Thuisgebruik => Foto => Digitaal => Meer dan 5 miljoen
pixels => PowerShot G5

De 5M pixel CCD (RGB filter) zorgt voor een opvallend performante
detailweergave en de DIGIC Processor staat borg voor superieure
kleurenreproductie

Snel (f2.0) 4x zoomobjectief met hoge resolutie
RAW-modus
12 opnamemethoden, waaronder volledig manuele controle
Selecteerbare brandpuntsafstanden en lichtmetingsmethoden
Microdrive van 1 GB (alleen MD kit)
Vari-angle LCD

De Powershot G5 bouwt verder op het succes van de PowerShot G2 en
G3 en verhoogt de resolutie en de detailweergave van de camera met
een 5M pixel CCD. De gestroomlijnde zwarte behuizing onderstreept
de hoge performantie van deze camera’s en zal de kieskeurige
fotoliefhebber ongetwijfeld verleiden. De G5 MD kit werd verrijkt
met een microdive van 1 GB, die al een populaire aanvulling vormde
voor de vorige modellen.

Click to expand...

Click to expand...

I think it is a joke (Photoshop manipulation?) but I found the following link:
http://members.aol.com/Ls1rocks/Canon/ ;-)

best regards Alexander Meeder

andyisgod · May 23, 2003

No, I don't this one, I want the one that was posted on belgian Canon site. Or was it the same thing?

Alexander Meeder said:
andyisgod said:

rustedborg said:

Markus Fuchs said:

The new Canon G5 on the Belgian Canon Page:
"Only" a G3 with 5 MP?

http://nl.canon.be/

Producten => Thuisgebruik => Foto => Digitaal => Meer dan 5 miljoen
pixels => PowerShot G5

De 5M pixel CCD (RGB filter) zorgt voor een opvallend performante
detailweergave en de DIGIC Processor staat borg voor superieure
kleurenreproductie

Snel (f2.0) 4x zoomobjectief met hoge resolutie
RAW-modus
12 opnamemethoden, waaronder volledig manuele controle
Selecteerbare brandpuntsafstanden en lichtmetingsmethoden
Microdrive van 1 GB (alleen MD kit)
Vari-angle LCD

De Powershot G5 bouwt verder op het succes van de PowerShot G2 en
G3 en verhoogt de resolutie en de detailweergave van de camera met
een 5M pixel CCD. De gestroomlijnde zwarte behuizing onderstreept
de hoge performantie van deze camera’s en zal de kieskeurige
fotoliefhebber ongetwijfeld verleiden. De G5 MD kit werd verrijkt
met een microdive van 1 GB, die al een populaire aanvulling vormde
voor de vorige modellen.

Click to expand...

Click to expand...

Click to expand...

I think it is a joke (Photoshop manipulation?) but I found the
following link:
http://members.aol.com/Ls1rocks/Canon/ ;-)

best regards Alexander Meeder

Thade · May 23, 2003

The Belgian Canon site never posted a picture.

The text was also withdrawn this morning.

Interesting ... looks like an accident to me.

The text of the slipped announcement was likely accurate. It is quoted elsewhere in this tread.

andyisgod said:
Alexander Meeder said:

andyisgod said:

Did someone save the picture? Could you host it?

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Sharif · May 23, 2003

did a search on google and...

http://www.ifrance.com/ArmyReco/Afrique/Afrique_du_Sud/Armes/Obusier_canon_G5/G5_obusier_canon.htm

Sharif · May 23, 2003

sorry this is not funny, i know

I guess I just too often saw the name Canon misspelled with two "n" on this forum.

alfalfa
--
http://members.chello.at/alfalfa/
http://www.pbase.com/alfalfa

darrenb · May 23, 2003

Thade said:
The text was also withdrawn this morning.

Interesting ... looks like an accident to me.

did anyone save a sopy of the page or it is in anyone's browser cache?

the links off the 5MPx cameras page are just forms with hidden fields containing a product code and product name. If someone could find the code and name from their browser cache it should be sime to write your own form to submit a query for the G5 page.

darren.

S Crook · May 23, 2003

It was only text, which has been reproduced here, though Goggle may have a cached image of the text.

darrenb said:
darrenb said:

The text was also withdrawn this morning.

Interesting ... looks like an accident to me.

Click to expand...

did anyone save a sopy of the page or it is in anyone's browser cache?

the links off the 5MPx cameras page are just forms with hidden
fields containing a product code and product name. If someone
could find the code and name from their browser cache it should be
sime to write your own form to submit a query for the G5 page.

darren.

rustedborg · May 23, 2003

BartS said:
If they improved the autofocus and optical viewfinder also, it's a
different story.

Improved autofocus and viewfinder would be great, but one thing I've always wished for Canon digicams is an external battery/grip. The Nikon 5000 has the MB-5000 which attaches to the base of the camera and provides both a bigger grip and more than twice the battery power of the standard Nikon battery.

That's the kind of feature I would LOVE to have on the upcoming G5. Unfortunately, I doubt Canon will make such an accessory.

S Crook · May 23, 2003

Basicly I was trying to say one could translate/interpret (latter is a better choice of word) it to:
A. be only extoling the virtures (if any) of black over silver,
or:

B. be translated to indicate that a change (peohaps intended for better function, perhaps only visual enhancments to the lines of the camera only) was made (with a color change also) in its shape/form/layout (one such desired change would be relocation of the viewfinder and/or internal flash w.r.t. the lens barrel).

Without a picture or more detailed summary of specific changes it is possible to be sure.

We'll see soon I expect.

log said:
BartS said:

S Crook said:

Substitute "fashionable", "sexy", or "popular" for "streamlined"
and you may get a better translation

Click to expand...

Your suggestions will probably improve the text, but not the
translation...
There's no better translation from 'gestroomlijnd' to
'streamlined', that's a direct translation.
Bear in mind this is the endresult of an
Japanese-> English-> Dutch-> English translation process... ;-)

Click to expand...

Anyone got a link to the original Japanese, by any chance?

CHIA · May 23, 2003

This is an e-mail response back from one of the European sites that advertised the G5 (received this morning)

This model is not for sale at this moment, but will be from the beginning of june. There is no picture availeble at this moment.

Kind regards,

Luc Bednarek
L.B. Computer Systems bvba
Stabweg 15
3520 Zonhoven
Tel. 011/81.77.03
Fax 011/82.48.59

[email protected]

http://www.lbcs.be

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