Canon G7

Canon G7 is a good digital camera?

My friend needs a good digital camera and asked me to help buy one. So, first, I was walking with a list of all the factors I consider important in deciding which camera to buy. And finally settled on a Canon G7, the ideal purchase.

Although the construction and design of a first impression, and are important considerations, I look also how a handheld camera, as you do not want to carry a heavy package wherever you go. The camera weighs only 320 grams – Truly pocket. However, it is a sensitive device, and has good weight, which makes it pleasant to handle and use.

The solid metal construction and Plastic style G-7 camera.

A camera buyer is concerned about the quality of the photos you take. The G7 has a lens and a strong good zoom range, with an effective reduction of noise up to ISO 400. This ensures excellent picture.

The G-7 has a good speed autofocusing, so never an amateur photographer (like me) to worry about the sharpness of images. The opening speed is good, too.

And because there a good noise reduction can keep the G-7 to the size and hope to get good pictures. You do not have to worry about light insufficient, either.

Other features of the G7 to make impressive reading: an optical viewfinder, zoom a wide range of recording audio, image stabilization, the optional lens adapters, a wide range of settings for color and sharpness of image, a flash well integrated, a burst mode, video mode, etc.

A zoom lens is very important because it helps improve the development of the camera, by manipulation of the lens. You can also enlarge a picture with digital zoom. 6x optical zoom Canon G7 makes clearer the foreground, without much effort. The aim SR coating is equipped with the new Canon technology. This helps eliminate ghosting.

You do not images that you can make copies of enlargement? The 10-megapixel sensor of the G-7 allows you to do.

The G-7 has a 2.5 inch screen LCD display and large screen. This lets you see how good is your camera before leaving the scene.

You can do this with any LCD screen, but the screen should be bright enough to see even in bright sunlight. You should be able reduce the brightness to minimum night. You can do it all with a G-7.

The G7 has a DIGIC III image processor, with the face detection technology, which guarantees a number of more pixels and sharper images. Treatment and speed are also improved by saving it. Best of all, you do not use the battery too.

My only complaint about this camera is that it is raw mode. The camera processes the images in JPG format 8-bit.

Cost the camera to my friend that most digital cameras. But it's not a digital camera is almost a substitute for a digital SLR. This means that it is a great value for money.

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I want to buy a Sony H9 or Canon G7. What is the best for photography of everyday normal?

Is that worth the price of Canon booster?

I had a Sony point and shoot camera for a couple of years after which was burned after only ten thousands of photos. Sony is in the mail, no cameras. What I liked is that the camera was well built, strong and relatively well behaved. What I hated about the camera is as close as I wanted to do, I had to open a menu to activate and to do so. While Sony can not build good electronics, they do not understand how photographers work and the use of cameras and, therefore, not designed to place controls on critical buttons that can be easily and quickly accessible. Now that can not be a problem for you if you are only going to use it in automatic mode, but becomes a big problem when it comes to trying to use the camera controls, especially when only one or two seconds to capture an image. The other problem with Sony is they like to own. They use a memory device that Sony used only expect to pay more for memory cards compared to Compact Flash and Secure Digital cards, the most popular today and the two that will become standard for the industry. I also knew a guy who had an SLR camera from Sony. I wanted to borrow my flash discovered that Sony had designed shoes to the flash of a non-standard way so that only Sony could be flashing installed in the device. Personally, I do not support companies that do not respect the rules you get what you need accessories for more than one supplier. Ultimately, this means they always end up paying more for a manufacturer of accessories and not necessarily a better product is generally only half a product. So my first suggestion is to stick to a manufacturer who buys the camera and always has been. Its devices are designed such that the photographers work while your lenses and batteries can be recorded at least you can get competing products at the best prices. Four brands that come to mind are Nikon, Canon, Pentax and Olympus, in that order. Unfortunately Pentax and Olympus have reliability problems. So you stay Nikon and Canon. I have a Nikon and I was very happy with it since the day it came out of the box. It has all the essential functions knobs. Over thousands of photos that could open a menu once, the rest of the time, I can control everything from buttons and dials that allows me to external capture all kinds of pictures that I lose if I had to go first to a menu. I also have a Canon G7 as a point compact. It's like my Nikon SLR, all essential controls are the buttons, which are almost never have to worry about menu. The camera is as rugged as the Sony and very well built. It is also intuitive, once your mind around how they designed, you'll never go back to manual. What I also like the G-7 is that if the photos do not match your taste, maybe you want a little more contrast, color or richer or whatever, you can customize the camera to produce images exactly how you like that you do not have to change later. It is usually a function reserved exclusively SLR mid to high range. It also has a shoe for a flash, as if the flash is built in camera is not enough for the types of shots you make, you can attach an external flash to get a higher grade. Add to that, if you need a wider angle, or a long telephoto lens, they are optional. Although, honestly, if you're thinking about buying lenses that I consider a digital SLR instead. In terms of image quality, almost all machines provide a well-excellent images of a given resolution. The differences between them tend to be subtle and are easy to fix with an editor like Photoshop. When the cameras are distinguished by the mark in its reliability and ease that is to operate, especially if you want some control over image quality. So, we all, my vote is for the Canon G7. A far too late, however, if only in "normal" photography, which is defined in the direction of taking a vacation a few more photos or photos at a party, the G-7 is a lot money. This could probably be as happy with some Canon and Nikon for about half the price. But if you want later to learn a little about A photography and these times the exposure of the individual, from time to time for very creative effects, the G-7's worth every penny it costs. Hopefully this helps a little. Good luck!

DarienX testing a Canon G7