Upgrade time: My Canon G7 makes way for the G11
My 3 year old point-and-shoot camera, a Canon G7, stepped aside today. The replacement: a Canon Powershot G11. I’ve only had the G11 for a couple hours and am still getting to know the camera. Since the biggest reason for the upgrade was the improvement in low-light/high ISO shooting I thought I’d share a quick sample.
The above image was one of the very first I took with the camera. It was shot with existing light at ISO 800. While the 100% crop sample of the eye shows a bit of digital noise, the image is quite usable. When contrasted with the nearly unusable results from the G7 at ISO’s greater than 400 (and even 400 was pushing it), the G11 passes with flying colors.
I will be playing around with this new camera over the coming days/weeks and will post back here with my impressions later on.
Canon G11 – 1/60 second, f/4.5, ISO 800
5 Comments
Thanks for sharing this, I bought this camera, and am just waiting to get it
| Tony | October 14, 2009 at 3:31 pm
I'd like to hear more about it. While I'm not looking to purchase it for myself, I think it may be a nice step up for my father, from his Canon super-zoom.
Please let us know what you think.
| forkboy | October 14, 2009 at 7:11 pm
When shopping for the G11, I'm curious if you considered the S90? Same sensor in a smaller body.
| Stephen | October 15, 2009 at 6:15 am
"When shopping for the G11, I'm curious if you considered the S90? Same sensor in a smaller body"
Good question. There are a few reasons, but the #1 reason for me staying with the G series is the dedicated hot shoe. I can use my Speedlights and Pocket Wizards with the camera.
| LeggNet | October 15, 2009 at 7:51 am
excellent photography site. I advise you keep them with your photos DeleteFIX software called Photo. I used it for camera file recovery
| Anonymous | October 16, 2009 at 5:23 am