The PowerShot G10 uses a 14.7 megapixels high definition CCD sensor. Although it’s simplistic to say that more pixels equals a better picture, it certainly doesn’t hurt and it offers you a lot more cropping possibility.
Unlike, say the Canon A590IS model, which is geared to amateurs, the Powershot G10 is very much a prosumer model. The list of features alone make that clear.
With a 28 m.m. wide-angle lens and couples that with a 5x zoom. Optical Image Stabilisation helps you to keep the image sharp even at the long end of the zoom - very important if you can’t hand-hold a camera as steadily as you used to. The benefit of the image stabliser is that more of your shots will come out sharp.
The monitor screen is a 3.0-inch Pure Color LCD II screen. That makes it much easier to line up your shots - there’ll be no squinting to see what’s on the screen. If you’ve never used a large LCD screen digital camera before then you’ll be astonished at just how much easier it makes life. The Canon Powershot offers a really beautiful display.
The famed Canon Digic 4 processor has been added. Fancy names and acronyms aside, the DIGIC 4 offers faster operation and enhanced image quality - something that everyone will make use of.
One thing to remember is that a camera needs some food and a camera that has extremely high resolution is going to need a lot of memory card to store its images. You can find a selection of well priced memory cards at places like www.digitalcamerafood.co.uk
That’s where cards like the sandisk 8gb sdhc secure digital card or the Transcend 8gb SDHC memory card are so useful. An 8gb card will store a useful number of hi-res images and allow you to keep shooting for longer.
The Canon Powershot G10 is a stunning example of engineering and design.
You can safely say that it will be a more practical and a better alternative to an SLR. Although it’s not the smallest digital ‘compact’ on the market, it’s probably one of the best specified and ergonomically designed cameras currently available.