The G3

[Anarchist86ed]

I've had my G3 for almost a month now...

I had so much bad luck with film being bad or not printing out I finally got 500 bucks to splat down for this thing. Night time action photography isn't possible which was something I wanted since i'm a pro photography student. I was dissapointed in a few things about it but overall i'll take it... I wish they would have made other lenses, 4 x optical and the rest digital isn't very good zoom. They could build a state of the art camera but couldn't make it so it could catch light at night with a fast shutter speed. Or be compatable with better zoom lenses...

Taking a tripod everywhere is also a pain the ass...

[Andy_T]

Hi Anarchist,

first of all, welcome here in the forum. I like the title of your thread. It is pretty cool, like, it really sums up what the G3 is all about :).

You're right, the noise in ISO 400 is really bad, so you can't really use that at night. However, the lens with its f/2 aperture is normally considered to be pretty fast - you can't get *much* better here in that $$$ range. And for night action shoots you have the flash shoe...

You can also mount all kinds of adapters if the 4x zoom is not enough, refer to http://kazutoku.cside21.com/G1andG2/report1_eng.htm#conv

Have fun,
Andy

[Anarchist86ed]

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Eh I forgot the grain in iso 400... Yeah I wont even use that setting it just grains out the picture beyond imagination... I stick with iso 50 and use a slower shutter speed. I was out doing fall photos yesterday and unfortunately a lot I thought would turn out great didn't because I had to use a slower shutter speed to compensate for the light problem. Even the slightest breeze blurred it out totally. I got a lot of great pictures but I also didn't get a lot of great pictures...

I also dont know what the point of putting their crappy microphone on it for the video mode was it dont pick up squat... It would have been great to have a video camera to with sound but....

[Andy_T]

... must have changed it...

here's the correct link!

http://kazutoku.cside.com/G1andG2/report1_eng3.htm

Have fun,
Andy

[Jesper]

Digital compact cameras in general are not good for action photography, because of the shutter lag - there is some time between pressing the shutter button and recording the image. This is a problem with all compact digital cameras, not just the G3. I've also noticed that the auto focus of the G3 is sometimes VERY SLOW, which makes it even less suitable for action photography.

If you want to do action photography with a digital camera, you'd better get a DSLR like the Canon EOS 300D (Digital Rebel in the USA) or EOS 10D - you can put on any Canon EF compatible lens you want, no shutter lag, much faster AF.

Digital zoom is a completely useless feature - it's only a marketing trick.

[phili1]

I do not know of a film camera that can capture action at night without a flash. Your shutter speed is much to slow. The G3 has a hot shoe so what you can do with an SLR you cand do with the G3. I have found the speed of the G3 adequet for sports if you decide the whit balancwe for it, it reduces the lag. I prefocus and meter and when I press the shutter the pictures is taken.

[new girl on the bloc]

i always keep my g3 on iso 50 but recently due to the dark days here in oregon set it to 200. the graininess of the photos made me depressed. i set it back to 50 and that's where it'll stay, unless of course, i want grain.

[Anarchist86ed]

http://kazutoku.cside.com/G1andG2/report1_eng3.htm


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[civis]

new girl on the bloc wrote:
i always keep my g3 on iso 50 but recently due to the dark days here in oregon set it to 200. the graininess of the photos made me depressed. i set it back to 50 and that's where it'll stay, unless of course, i want grain.

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