Categories: all aviation Building a Biplane bicycle gadgets misc motorcycle theater
Mon, 23 Mar 2009
I just received my new toy: a Canon G10. It's either a porky compact camera, or a slim SLR replacement, depending on who you choose to believe. Reviews are copious and mixed, although generally very positive. The stupidest thing? 14.7 megapixels. Yes, this camera has almost 50% more resolution than my SLR does. That's just goofy.
Anyway, of course the first thing I did was start snapping random pictures, and I thought I'd post one here in all its terrifying glory:
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My immediate take on it, as a replacement for my venerable Canon S410, is that it's nowhere near the same class, and so it's hard to compare. It's much bigger and heavier, but it also has clever things like an image-stabilized lens, and, of course, more than 3x the resolution. But the main thing, the aspect that really nailed it for me, is that it includes full manual control. If I want to shoot at 1/200th of a second, and only 1/200th, I can. If I need to keep the lens wide open at f2.8, I can. It's an excellent replacement in almost every way. Pity it's so (relatively) big, though.
I will almost certainly have refined opinions after I get some time to play with it. Oh, but I already have my first gripe: the shutter release has a very mushy feel about it, making the half-press point hard to find. The S410 beats it hands-down on that count, which is pretty weird considering how much higher-spec the G10 is supposed to be.
Posted at 11:52 permanent link category: /gadgets
Categories: all aviation Building a Biplane bicycle gadgets misc motorcycle theater