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History of Canon's S & G series cameras

Started Dec 30, 2017 | Discussions thread
OP GeraldW Veteran Member • Posts: 8,872
Re: History of Canon's S & G series cameras

Thanks for the nice reply.  My first digital was a Kodak DX-6440 (4 MP).  It got me started; but didn't last long and was replaced by the Canon G5.  Noisy sensor; but good at low ISO and had really good resistance to highlight clipping.  After that I moved up to the 20D.  After walking around Rome all day with the 20D and a Sigma 18-125 lens, I was hot and tired, and my neck hurt.  I was about to see if it could swim the Tiber.  For most of the rest of our trip (a 14 day cruise) I used my 70D.  After we got back home, I bought a Canon Pro 1 as a travel replacement for the 20D and just kept the 20D for stuff near home or on car trips.  The Pro 1 was half the weight of the 20D and 18-125.

Speaking of the Pro 1, I've always considered it as a plussed up member of the G series.  The sensor on the Pro 1 was an 8 MP 2/3" by Sony.  ISO settings were way off - by about a full stop, so ISO 50 was actually 100, 200 = 400, and the noisy 400 = 800.  With the fast f/2.4-3.5 lens it did fairly well in low light, and the noise was fine grained, so even an ISO 400 shot printed pretty well at 8" x 10".  I'm about to get my Pro 1 collection of camera and accessories back from my daughter.

I've been waiting since the Pro 1 was discontinued in 2006 for Canon to produce the Pro 2.  It has never come!

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