Canon PowerShot G6

There are a Canon 10D and a G3 in my equipment. Now I go to holiday with my family, and there should not wasting time and power for a SLR with heavy lenses. The G3 is fine for family snapshots but not for landscape enlargements to 30x45cm. So I tested a Sony W7 (too less manual features), a Nikon 7900 (too small for my fingers, no normal "P", only a lot of spezial programmes), the Olympus C8080W (horrible menu) ... I love the concept of the G3, the clear menu (I don't need the manual), the possible manual adjustments, and - very important for me - the histogramm after shooting.

Built quality, structure of menu is very clear and easy to manage, RAW (if needed sometimes), picture quality (the G6 is much sharper than the G3, but also sharper than my 10D with 10-40L. Unbelievable!). If the lens is realy the same like in G3 and G5, they were tricky with distorsion - it's not visible! I like CF cards, not the small new cards - if they fall into the grass you will never find them! And I have a lot of CF cards, so I had not to buy new type of cards. I love this camera!

Maybe wide-angle is too less - but you would buy more CA or less tele. (This is the reason why the Pro 1 has a bad lens). I don't have the (additional) Wide-angle adaptor 0.7, so I don't know it's quality. There is a little chromatic abberation in the corners (branches in front of bright sky) - but not disturbing. The G3 has much more!

EOS 10D, G3, Ixus 500

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This is the best camera I've ever used! To me, it falls into the category of "you don't know what you're missing if you've never had it." Who should buy this camera? Someone who is looking for excellent resolution and has (or is willing to add) hard drive storage space for the rather large files. It can also shoot in raw mode, a must for anyone who likes to do a lot of artsy post-processing on their images. It's also a camera for someone who wants the ability to basically point-and-shoot on occasion, but also wants the flexibility of having more control on other occasions. Who should not consider this camera? Someone who just wants a little camera to carry in their pocket or their purse and who will never learn or use the various settings on the camera.

Color values are remarkable, and many pictures are perfect, right out of the camera with no post-processing. Detail capture is nothing short of amazing, both with the regular lens setting and the macro setting. The resolution allows you to be several feet away from a subject and yet capture amazing detail, down to individual strands of hair and pores. The macro setting lets you get in close to subjects such as insects or flowers and results in perfectly sharp and detailed photos. The white balance compensation works remarkably well, compensating for various types of lighting indoors. This camera also allows you quite a bit of leeway in manual settings for aperture, shutter speed, etc. It has a metal tripod mount as well as a hot shoe for external flash. With an external flash that can bounce (I use the 420EX), there is virtually no limit to where you can shoot. The camera also has a nice-size tilt and swivel LCD, so you cn hold the camera over your head, down at your waist, etc., and see what you're shooting. The optical viewfinder has a diopter adjustment for those of us with less than perfect vision.

Ability to autofocus in low light situations is iffy. But, that's where the manual settings come in! The focus-assist beam is helpful, as is the option to choose between center focus or pattern focus. Lens cover that comes with camera comes off rather easily; I purchased a lens adapter with a snap-on metal lens cover that goes over the sky filter (the filter protects the lens and keeps my fingers off it!)

Canon digital products, Olympus film camera

Have had no problems