Canon G7

KamSingh

KamSingh

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I'm thinking about getting a new camera. I have decided on a Canon G7.

Does anyone have any experience with this camera?

Are there any similar cameras which I should also have a look at?

Thanks,
Kam
 
BEAUTIFUL camera, can't go wrong. The only thing that touches it is a DSLR or the Nikon P5000
 
IMHO, anything from Canon is a good choice. I'm still using my 10D for "work" stuff and a few ELPH digicams for "fun" shooting. Just received a small Nikon S50 to test (which I then get to buy for a pittance) and I've already decided to send it back and buy myself a Canon SD750 to replace my SD400.

Love Canons! :thumbup:
 
GarageBoy said:
The only thing that touches it is a DSLR or the Nikon P5000
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The Pentax K100D dSLR is worth considering - it is low priced about the same as the G7 and there is a $50 rebate valid until July/31.

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The main disadvantage is that a dSLR is bulkier than a compact -
although the Canon G7 is "large" for a compact.

The Pentax has shake reduction (sensor based) built-in - so any and all lens used benefit from this.

A dSLR takes much less noisy pictures at higher ISO senitivities (ISO800 and above) this is simply due to much larger sensor chips used in dSLRs so the photo sensor sites are much larger with much better signal to noise ratios. This can be a consideration for low light photography without flash.

There is a very good reason to use a direct vision optical viewfinder on a compact over a dSLR - I use a now discontinued 8Mp Canon PowerShot S80 over my Pentax K100D dSLR for this reason. But if this is not the case - then the dSLR is "superior" in just about every other way (other than the obvious size/portability).

Now the Pentax K100D is a mere 6Mp and it sounds a lot "less" than 10Mp - it is - but in almost all practical use it is NOT.

The long held concensus by the digicam community is 200ppi/dpi for print quality (Popular Photography often quotes this figure) - this means the 10Mp on the Canon G7 (3648 x 2736 pixels) can print up to about 18"x14".
Whereas the mere 6Mp on the Pentax K100D (3008x2000 pixels) can "only" print up to 15"x10" - but how often, if ever, do we print up to those sizes?

For framing and hanging on walls - often 150 ppi/dpi is more than good enough - since the pictures are unlikely to be viewed nose-to-paper - then the 6Mp can print up to 20"x13.5" - this is huge.......

some reviews -

Pentax K100D at Imaging-Resource

Pentax K100D at dpReview

Pentax K100D at dcResource

Canon G7 at Imaging-Resource

Canon PowerShot G7 at dpReview

Canon G7 at dcResource

Please also take a look at my Post #30 (link) in this thread - Help selecting a digital point and shoot camera, for some more general advice.

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Vincent, I think it depends on what he wants to use it for - and how much portability he desires. My 10D with battery-pack weighs a ton and gets used only about 10% of the time. The rest of the time, I just slip an ELPH into my pocket.
 
cockroachfarm said:
Vincent, I think it depends on what he wants to use it for - and how much portability he desires. My 10D with battery-pack weighs a ton and gets used only about 10% of the time. The rest of the time, I just slip an ELPH into my pocket.
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Absolutely right.....

this is the whole gist of these lines I wrote -

"There is a very good reason to use a direct vision optical viewfinder on a compact over a dSLR - I use a now discontinued 8Mp Canon PowerShot S80 over my Pentax K100D dSLR for this reason."

"Please also take a look at my Post #30 (link) in this thread - Help selecting a digital point and shoot camera, for some more general advice."

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Love the G7, very solid, may be a bit heavier than some might light but
for me that helps to stablize the shooting a little bit better, here's a couple
shots taken while in Clearwater at sunset;

bi_plane.jpg


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and a shot of a bird down on Pier 60, near Shepards;

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G2
 
thanks, and sorry too, but if it's any comfort, it's VERY hot here right now...
G2
 
I like the shot with the plane in it, very good timing

Ive got a lot of canon D-SLR photo gear, and a Powershot S80 ive always gone for canon and I've never been dissapointed. But cameras are like anything else, you get what you pay for in the end.
 
Just to echo a previous post, 6, 8 or 10 megapixels are all fine for 'normal' use. If you want image quality you should look for a high quality lens in conjunction with the megapixel count and how the camera processes the image from the sensor is important too.

Also bear in mind the size of the camera, 'Advanced compact' cameras like the one youre looking at are often a bit big to be truly pocketable, but I havent seen the G7 so I cant comment specifically. Usually the size of lens required to give you the image quality needed to class it as an advanced compact camera means the device is a bit bulkier than a standard compact.
 
Thanks and timing was pretty critical! We were having dinner at the Brass Monkey
and I heard the engine coming down the coast, so I got the camera out
and also the sun, just then, came down from behind the clouds, very lucky
overall!

Here are a few shots of the camera and a pouch that I use, and yes it's a
chunker of a camera, almost like the old range finders in looks.

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A pouch from Delsey, GoPix 15 works great, have small card reader inside on the
bottom and the extra battery rests just inside the opening of the pouch, also
a net on the inside keeps an extra card handy just in case;

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and here's a shot of my youngest daughter taken a few days ago in Niagra Falls...the Canadian side ;)

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G2
 
Thanks for the advice everyone. Great pics Gary.

Well I went to the only shop near me that lists the G7 on their website, went there and it looks like they no longer stock them. Had a look at the 400D at D80 though, both very nice, I might consider getting the 400D.
 
bladefixation2 said:
Also bear in mind the size of the camera, 'Advanced compact' cameras like the one youre looking at are often a bit big to be truly pocketable, but I havent seen the G7 so I cant comment specifically. Usually the size of lens required to give you the image quality needed to class it as an advanced compact camera means the device is a bit bulkier than a standard compact.
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The G7 is a little bulky for a "compact" -
but it is much more portable than a dSLR.

The link I gave previously -

Canon G7 at dcResource

has a table for size comparison.

Another substantially lower priced consideration is the

Canon A570-IS (link to dcResource review)

it is noticably smaller than the Canon G7 - and significantly lighter.

It is a "mere" 7Mp - but please see my reasoning above why this is good enough for most people - unless one is going to print at above 20"x16" often. Has "IS" image-stabilization - and is less than 1/2 the price of the G7 in the USA.

Canon PowerShot A570-IS - 7Mp with Image Stabilization (IS), with shutter and aperture priority and full manual controls - really well priced (as low as <$200 shipped in USA) lens is 35-140mm zoom
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Imaging-Resource Review

EDIT to ADD -
a current "bargain" of sorts is the Canon A630 low priced at about $182 shipped in the USA - 8Mp, tilt & swivel screen, 4x optical zoom 35-140mm, shutter, aperture priorities as well as full manual control.

Imaging-Resource.com gave it a really glowing Review (link)-

in the Exposure section/tab of their review -
"The Canon A630 made surprisingly good 16x20 inch prints at ISO 80 and 100. That's a big print. ISO 200 prints were better at 13x19 and smaller, and ISO 400 prints were still quite good at 11x14. Though some might accept ISO 800 prints at 11x14, we think 8x10 is a little better, though the color is a little more subdued. Drop the size to 5x7 and you really don't even notice that it's shot at ISO 800, except for the slightly darker colors. Quite an impressive performance from the Canon A630, almost identical to the 10 megapixel A640."


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VT - I just meant compact as oppose to an interchangable lens style camera like an SLR or rangefinder. Youre right that these cameras arent exactly compact.

G2 - Looking at the picture of your daughter and of that white bird it looks like the G7 has a good lens on it, but I'm not surprised for Canon, they make some of the best lenses around.

Funny story about those birds. We got told off for feeding them the little fish you buy for the stingrays at seaworld, we thought they were part of the attraction you never see birds like that here other than the occasional heron!

KamSingh - If you go for the 400D SLR camera make sure you buy a good lens with it or you will probably get poorer image quality than with the G7. I use the 17-40 f4 L USM as a standard zoom lens but thats fairly expensive. I've read good things about the EF-S 17-85 f4-5.6 IS USM as a good quality lower cost lens
 
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