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Re: Canon G10 Revisited
AdamT wrote:
The G10 still does have one more dial on the exterior,
Unfortunately its a useless one - no one would crank the ISO on a G10 unless totally desperate
Haha, not completely in my opinion, I've no issues cranking it up to 800 Images look great scaled to 6mp at 800 ISO and that gives me some handheld twilight (early am or early pm) options. But of course, horses for courses :).
and better macro performance too.
That`s not saying much - the lack of Macro ability in the G1x is tiresome at best - I guess that`s the price for squeezing a near-APS-C sensor plus a lens which is tack sharp edge to edge end to end wideopen into a casing not a lot bigger ..
as for bulk, the G10 is big enough for the size diff not to make a meaningful difference - once a cam gets bigger than an S90/P330/G7X/RX100 then anything up to large mirrorless may as well be the same size , they all need a large coat pocket..
but I`d not take anything away from the G10 - what amazed me was that few actually seem to get the fact that the resolution diff between it and the G11/12 was massive in RAW or JPG and the later cams only gained at ISOs which you`d not willingly use any of them at anyway ... it`s OK saying "Look how much better the G15 is at ISO1600" but who`d actually want to use one at that ISO when there are far better alternatives around in similar sized packages .
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Yeah the resolution on the G10 is just fantastic- and whats important for others to remember is that its a mixture of three things that makes this so:
Weaker AA filter
Near 15mp sensor
Excellent lens
(And the lens may be sharper than the g15/16's... not sure unless the same G10 sensor and AA filter was behind that lens).
Carl
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