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Canon PowerShot G7 Digital Camera - Black (10.0MP, 6x Optical Zoom) 2.5" LCD
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(5 out of 5) by Master Baker on Aug 29, 2008 (Narnia, Wardrobe.)I have previously owned a Canon S70, S2IS and G6, and this camera is really like a combination of all three. It has the small size of the S70, the full manual options and ND filter of the G6, and the zoom/video quality/image stabilization of the S2 (well, almost).
I was originally reluctant to sell my G6 but I'm glad I did, as this camera cost me £100 less and is far more usable. Admittedly you lose the amazing F2.0 tack-sharp lens of the G6, but in return you get a camera which is half the size, twice as fast, and far easier to use in everyday situations. If they could have fitted the F2 elns into this body then that would have been nice, but then it would have needed a lens cap, bigger body and so on - basically the G6 was as small as it could be with a lens that size. And it was too big.
The vari-angle screen is gone too, again to save size, and it nromal situations you can find ways around this.
To put this camera in perspective, I take it everywhere I take my jacket. I took my G6 with me on 4 occasions in 12 months, because of the size, weight, elns cap and power-button problems.
And of course, the best camera for you to use is the one you take with you...
COMPARISON TO G9 : G9 has bigger LCD, but smaller viewfinder, I prefer the bigger viewfinder on the G7.
I was originally reluctant to sell my G6 but I'm glad I did, as this camera cost me £100 less and is far more usable. Admittedly you lose the amazing F2.0 tack-sharp lens of the G6, but in return you get a camera which is half the size, twice as fast, and far easier to use in everyday situations. If they could have fitted the F2 elns into this body then that would have been nice, but then it would have needed a lens cap, bigger body and so on - basically the G6 was as small as it could be with a lens that size. And it was too big.
The vari-angle screen is gone too, again to save size, and it nromal situations you can find ways around this.
To put this camera in perspective, I take it everywhere I take my jacket. I took my G6 with me on 4 occasions in 12 months, because of the size, weight, elns cap and power-button problems.
And of course, the best camera for you to use is the one you take with you...
COMPARISON TO G9 : G9 has bigger LCD, but smaller viewfinder, I prefer the bigger viewfinder on the G7.