Thursday, July 28, 2011

Canon G12 10MP Digital Camera with 5x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 2.8 inch Vari-Angle LCD


I went to LA last week from Ecuador for 10 days on vacation, I wanted this new camera in my hands to feel it, but at Samy store on Fairfax Boulevard, they had no camera yet, I ordered one from Amazon (costing $ ¡ 600 plus fast shipping! because it was the only one available at the time, but ...), I finally have it in my hands.
First impression: small enough not just a point and shoot camera, but not too much too perfect to take with you a better equipment than any point and shoot camera was anywhere without carrying a big SLR and a bunch of lenses that actually y have a Canon 5D MKII, a Canon 50D and I began to DSLR world with the famous Canon 20d, is something interesting that I use all these cameras with a bunch of old Nikkor lenses (at least 20 years old) with the help of an adapter ring for me, is the ideal marriage, canon body with old Nikkor lenses, of course, I can only use the manual mode and have to use the manual focus ring to focus, but ... While my eyes are 20/20 love the end result.

Some features on this camera:

An LCD screen is fantastic, making it possible to take pictures or film shoot in almost all locations and situations, beautiful even when you make movies or do not want to be seen when you shoot, be more spontaneous pictures.
2 Ergonomic Wheel ISO, compensation and the mode dial is very well located, they work regularly.
3 The new front wheel, which works to increase or decrease the aperture or shutter speed is great.
4 The menu is simple to use and I like the new formats and sizes, you can take photos, 10:09, 4:3, 1:1, 3:2, 4:05 makes it possible to get a better composition and photo formats to crop the image.
5 The robust sensor is nice for me, also in only two parts of the camera in your hands and fingers need more support.
6 At first I on the optical viewfinder seems to be simple and "horrible", as someone said earlier, but diopter correction works well, and when I clean the visor glasses are so clear and beautiful, in fact I use it much, do because it is not necessary To open the LCD and it is possible to see green or orange light that tells you that the report is ok or not, "go back to old times."
7 I have the test is not enough video, but at first look, it's ok and makes it possible to record some interesting moments.
8th The quality of images is huge, really love it, finally can get nearly the quality that I have with my digital SLR, but in a small camera.
9 It's fast, ready to take pictures, perhaps in a second.
10 The quality of the LCD screen may be is not the best, but you can see if the picture is ok, and usually if you can see that the picture is ok, when you open the program, the picture! Really good!
11 for me all the wheels are well-placed buttons in the right place, I have a normal-size hands, use gloves xl, but not greasy fingers.
12 The autofocus works well, quickly and with excellent precision, has not been easy to find in a small camera, reducing the risk of losing a nice photo.
12 would be perfect, but nothing is.

This is my first week with this camera, I will give you more and more of my experiences.

For now, I'm really happy, it fits my needs.

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