11.18.08
11/11/08
Hello Ladies and Gents!
I am sorry it has been so long, but there have been a few issues with Computers and a Very busy weekend, which sadly left a few cancellations and miss communications which sadly made for a somewhat un-productive weekend… V and I did make it to Disneyland for Bats day though, and the pictures from that can be found on my Myspace. I am very glad I had my P&S, though I am continually learning that I really wish I had something a bit… Higher End that I can carry around with me at events like that that im not getting paid to shoot, but want a higher quality, and more control over my images. That leads me to my subject today, I had a customer come into the shop and outright purchase what I am finding to be a GREAT camera! The new Canon Powershot G10 is becoming more and more popular as people are spending money, I honestly think the economy being slow helped this camera a little, it gave people the time to see the reviews of it and make a more educated choice for it. Its predecessor, the G9 was also a great camera! But it had a few Achilles heals, including VERY bad ISO noise performance. Those things have been immensely improved in the G10. First and foremost, they re-designed the body. From holding it, I honestly cant tell if I like it better or worse than the G9, but it certainly feels different… in re-designing the body they also had to re-format the buttons and dials a bit. This is certainly not a “first” camera, I definitely only recommend this camera to people who have some sense of photographic functions, someone who doesn’t have that knowledge will be seriously outmatched by this camera. Now, inside this camera has all the advantages of an SLR with the size advantage of a P&S. It has only one true weakness to an SLR, and that is the lack of changeable lenses, meaning the lens you get is all you get. Some people will consider the lens on it to be an improvement though over the G9, its shorter (5x compared to 6x) but starts at a much wider point (28mm equivalent compared to 36mm), and with the 14.6MP sensor, you can crop into the image if the lens simply wont reach where you want it to. Inside they also re-formulated the Processor, and so far the results from the 14mp sensor are consistently rivaling that of the older 10mp 40D. I was skeptical at first, but the results I have seen have really impressed me. This is a camera I would HIGHLY recommend for a professional photographer who is looking for a smaller lighter weight camera to carry around when they aren’t working and still wanting the SLR quality of image!
