Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/19

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Subject: [Leica] powershot g11 -- like-a leica?
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:09:53 +0200
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Without any immediate buying intentions, I note with interest that the  
pixel count has been reduced from 14MP to 10MP in the G11. This makes  
the claims for improved low-light performance believeable, And  
hopefully signals a beginning of the end to the mindless megapixel race.

Nathan

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On Aug 19, 2009, at 5:51 PM, Slobodan Dimitrov wrote:

> 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
>>
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Replies: Reply from kcarney1 at cox.net (Ken Carney) ([Leica] powershot g11 -- like-a leica?)
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