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Not happy with G16 as an upgrade

Started Oct 9, 2013 | Polls thread
deploylinux
deploylinux Regular Member • Posts: 215
Re: Not happy with G16 as an upgrade
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The G15 was already a great camera, yes - Canon competitors have good products and the G16 is more of an iteration than a major upgrade, but it seems to have more than enough going for it for the market it serves and the pricing is mostly right...especially if one is willing to wait six months or so for discounts.

Overall, the biggest issues with the G series now are:

- Zoom, at some point - we're going to have to get better than optical 5X especially with just 12MP to crop from.

- Raw + Jpeg mode had some limitations on the G15, not sure if they were fixed with G16, but this is one thing that might make me delay purchasing another G series..Also, while jpeg speed is certainly improved in the G16, it's unclear how much faster the sustained speed for raw photos is.

- Noise at ISO's greater than ~1000, the G16 should have improved this somewhat with the slightly better sensor and a good flash reduces the need for high iso shots, but this is going to be something the next iteration of the G series will have to address.

G16 improvements are certainly good enough to justify upgrades from those with older G series cameras....probably not enough for those with the G15...but thats fine, I limit my upgrades to no more often than every 3 years anyway.

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