Canon PowerShot G10?

[graphixboy]

April 30th, 2009, 1:31 pm

Anyone have one? I've been doing less and less photography lately and my Nikon D70 is starting to be too big to lug around. So I'm considering selling the D70 + lenses for a G10 since it seems to have most of the high end features without the size of the DSLR. Anyone using a G10? If so what do you like/dislike about it?

[UPSGuy]

April 30th, 2009, 2:17 pm

*gasp* I'm heart broken I've actually thought about something similar to toss in my wife's purse when we go places where the DSLR is a bit much. I'm curious to hear opinions on the powershot line myself.

[SB]

April 30th, 2009, 2:32 pm

I've heard the best point and shoot cameras that money can buy are Canons. Especially those in the Powershot range, however from experience i have no idea whether or not the G10 is good.

I'm going to buy a point and shoot again someday as i find them quite handy and obviously very practical rather than carrying a chunky DSLR around. It is less ideal carrying my DSLR around too because it is a Canon EOS 40D (not cheap).

[Breeze]

April 30th, 2009, 3:00 pm

The G10s are very good cameras ... nice big lens, full manual, and it doesn't really look like a compact. If you're going to get a DSLR replacement in the compact range these are probably the best you could get, even my uni has a horde of them.

[graphixboy]

May 5th, 2009, 12:33 pm

Thanks Breeze. I think its between the Canon G10 and the Panasonic LX3 which as far as I can tell is the exact same hardware as the Leica d-lux 4 for about $400 less. Anyone have any thoughts between the two?

[Breeze]

May 5th, 2009, 6:15 pm

I bought a magazine the other day that had a review on the G10 ... I'll see if I can dig it up.

[Breeze]

May 5th, 2009, 9:27 pm

Didn't say much in the magazine, but have a look at this: http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/compare ... 1&show=all

You can do side-by-side comparisons of just about any cameras ... on the nav bar go to Buying Guide > Side-by-side and then select the cameras you want to compare.

[graphixboy]

May 13th, 2009, 2:06 pm

Well its done. I sold my DSLR (still don't know what I was thinking) after about 12hrs on craigslist. Now I've ordered a G10 which should arrive by early next week.

So I'm hoping that my photography will improve given the rule of mass. (I'm assuming I'll take more photos with a little portable camera and therefor my overall images will improve...) but I'll give a better overview of my experiences when the camera arrives.

[UPSGuy]

May 13th, 2009, 2:16 pm

Keep us posted. I'd like to hear your thoughts after a few clicks.

[graphixboy]

May 13th, 2009, 2:45 pm

UPSGuy wrote:

Keep us posted. I'd like to hear your thoughts after a few clicks.

Will do. I'm looking forward to having something I'm willing to actually carry.

[SB]

May 13th, 2009, 4:24 pm

I don't know what to think of you right now graphixboy. On one hand you've got rid of a DSLR but on the other hand it was a Nikon and you've now bought a Canon.

Hmm...

[Breeze]

May 14th, 2009, 1:14 am

I like Canon better than Nikon, though

[SB]

May 14th, 2009, 10:55 am

Of course. Canons are much better than Nikons.

I had to say though i've actually never tried a Nikon before, but i don't really want to because i like Canons too much to want to change. From what i hear of Nikons though i am less than amused.

[UPSGuy]

May 14th, 2009, 11:16 am

Nikon's got some nice lenses. I've known avid Canon fans to use converters and a Nikon glass or two, so I try not to bad-mouth them too much.

[graphixboy]

May 14th, 2009, 6:08 pm

SB wrote:

I don't know what to think of you right now graphixboy. On one hand you've got rid of a DSLR but on the other hand it was a Nikon and you've now bought a Canon.

I live to keep people guessing.

Anyway, I'm not going to start the Nikon/Canon war here other than to say that I bought it originally to be able to make use of the lenses I acquired for the Nikon F100 (film body) that I had at the time. Also when I bought the D70 it was pretty much a choice between that and a Canon 10D that suffered from horrible boot lag. Meaning you couldn't just pull out the 10D and snap a shot which doesn't really fit my shooting style.

I've never really been much for brand loyalty. I tend to go for the best option at any given time. In this case Nikon doesn't really make a comparable prosumer compact camera so the choice was between the Canon G10 and Leica D-Lux 4. I couldn't really justify the extra $350 for the Leica so the choice was pretty easy. However that said I'm sure we could find plenty of people who could argue that a Leica is far far superior to any Canon or Nikon so its really all about perspective.