Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I guess they finally clued in after the PowerShot SD990 IS disappointing stumble at the gate. S.d. On Aug 19, 2009, at 9:49 AM, Henning Wulff wrote: > The new S90 has even more appeal for me. It uses the same 10Mp > sensor as the G11, also shoots raw, and has a 28-105 lens starting > at f/2. It has a reasonable range of manual controls nicely laid > out and it's slim enough to easily slip into a pocket. > > > > At 11:41 AM -0400 8/19/09, 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 >> > -- > > * Henning J. Wulff > /|\ Wulff Photography & Design > /###\ mailto:henningw at archiphoto.com > |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information