Canon PowerShot G3 Review
The original three megapixel PowerShot G1 was announced
at Photokina 2000 (September 2000), just less than a year later (August
2001) they announced the four megapixel PowerShot G2 with a fairly significant
range of improvements. A year after that at Photokina 2002 Canon announced
the new four megapixel PowerShot G3, with a sleek new body design, new
control layout and image processor and four times optical zoom lens.
Canon PowerShot G3 vs. PowerShot G2 (differences only)
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Canon PowerShot G3 |
Canon PowerShot G2 |
| JPEG format |
EXIF 2.2 |
EXIF 1.1 |
| Lens |
4x optical, 35 - 140 mm equiv. |
3x optical, 34 - 102 mm equiv. |
| Lens max aperture |
F2.0 - F3.0 |
F2.0 - F2.5 |
| Lens thread |
58 mm with bayonet fitting adapter
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58 mm with screw fitting adapter
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| Auto focus |
Center area AF
FlexiZone AF/AE (300+ areas) |
3 area selectable |
| ND Filter |
Internal, menu option |
None |
| Custom exposure modes |
Two (similar to user memory) |
None |
| Shutter speed |
15 - 1/2000 sec ** |
15 - 1/1000 sec ** |
| Manual WB |
Two presets |
One preset |
| Orientation sensor |
Yes, with auto rotate |
No |
| Focus bracketing |
Yes |
No |
| Manual flash power |
Yes, 3 steps internal, 16 external |
No |
| Flash sync select |
Yes, 1st-curtain, 2nd-curtain |
No |
| Photo Effects |
Available in all modes |
Dedicated exposure mode |
| Time-lapse photography |
Yes, Intervalometer |
No |
| Continuous shooting |
1.5 / 2.5 fps, up to 14 images |
1.5 / 2.5 fps up to 9 / 5 images |
| Movie clips (320 x 240) |
Up to 3 minutes * |
Up to 30 seconds |
| Self timer |
2 or 10 sec |
10 sec |
| Playback zoom |
10x (10 steps) |
6x (2 steps) |
| Movie editing |
Yes, trimming |
No |
| Play / record |
Shooting priority |
Switched play mode |
| Settings adjustment |
Control dial on hand grip |
4-way controller |
| My Camera menu |
Yes |
No |
| Weight (inc batt.) |
481 g (17.0 oz) |
510 g (18.0 oz) |
| Dimensions |
121 x 74 x 70 mm
(4.8 x 2.9 x 2.8 in) |
121 x 77 x 64 mm
(4.8 x 3.0 x 2.5 in) |
* Requires high speed CF card
** At certain apertures (G3 considerably better than G2 in this respect)
The PowerShot G3 also includes some new technologies Canon were keen
to stress at the time of announcement:
- DiGiC processor - a new processor which is responsible for
CCD control, AE/AF/AWB, signal processing, JPEG compression, memory
card control, LCD monitor display).
- Intelligent Scene Analysis based on Photographic Space (iSAPS)
- Camera uses variables such as focus distance, exposure brightness
and cross references these against a large internal database of known
scene types and uses this information to optimize image processing.
- Flexible AF point selection - You can now select from any one
of more than 300 positions around the image frame.
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Dec 5, 2002
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Sep 19, 2002
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Nov 28, 2005
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Nov 12, 2005
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In this week's Throwback Thursday article, Dale travels back in time to 2002 for a look at the Canon PowerShot G3.
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