[Leica] PowerShot g11 -- like-a Leica?

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

> 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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I just read about an Press guy this year in Iraq who ended up in a river
with all his Canon EOS full frame gear becoming inoperable. The guy next to
him leading him a point and shoot which he shot with for two weeks. Doesn't
sound like anybody complained. I think he won a Pulitzer prize.
I've also read of AP shooters using point and shoots in many situations
where they say "no photography" but are really saying "no Press".
Tourists are allowed to shoot.
Sometimes its best to be a tourist.


Mark William Rabiner