Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information