Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Having a G10 already, the "improvements" won't make me budge, just yet. However, the S90, with the same size sensor, and f2 at the wide setting (28mm), with its pocket size, looks more tempting. S.d. On Aug 19, 2009, at 8:41 AM, Kyle Cassidy wrote: > Digital Preview just reviewed the new Canon Powershot G11 with > praise that sounds very ... leica-like. I've been searching for > something compact with decent image quality and manual controls -- > I was excited by the R-D1 but it seems to have vanished as quickly > as it arrived, the DMC-L1 seems ... like an SLR ... anyway, an > excerpt from the G11 review: > > Stephen Munday, Senior Operations Director, Editorial, Getty > Images, comments: "The quality of images delivered by the > PowerShot G series are so good that we use G10 images within our > editorial library, and our photographers using the G series models > do so because of the image quality and flexibility they provide." > > He continues, "The unpredictable nature of news photojournalism > requires our photographers to get shots in all kinds of situations, > and the size of the G10 allows them to do that without drawing too > much attention to themselves. The low-light capabilities of the new > G11 will be of even greater help in that respect, as it will allow > our photographers to shoot high quality images without flash in > even more situations." > > Rest of the review here: > > http://www.dpreview.com/news/0908/09081908canong11.asp?from=rss > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information