Superbaldguy
30th of September 2004 (Thu), 10:31
It seems it's my turn to review this latest photographic tool from Canon.
I've taken about 200 shots with this camera, and I can get a sense of its capabilities. I'm totally amazed how much detail there is even at ISO 400, and the lack of noise in my photographs. The typical Canon smoothness takes a bit of getting used to as compared to film images, but I do like the rendition.
My first thoughts on all these menus was that it would be a nightmare, but the design seems intuitive. Being used to the menu platform of Sony MiniDisc recorders, it wasn't hard to get the hang of this set-up.
The LCD screen is sweet and the swivelling feature should be a standard feature on all digital cameras. It works great in low contrast light but is useless in bright sun, but who shoots on sunny days? The optical viewfinder needs some pratice to learn how to compensate for its parallax errors, bit it can be done.
The battery life seems impressive, as I have yet to see a drop in juice after a fair amount of work. I'm guessing the power level drops fairly fast once it starts to go downhill, and that the battery performance slowly degrades after a few months of use.
The colors with the G6 are just about perfect, not too gaudy but not overkill, either. The Vivid setting really snaps things up on a cloudy day, and the other effect settings are equally useful - I love the b/w feature, as I regularly use such film. I made a few b/w prints with my HP 7960 printer and they are gorgeous. The color prints ar equally excellent.
The Zoombrowser platform seems to be OK, as it took a little getting used to, but it's effective.
Still wondering why the G6 uses the USB 1.1 connection, as this is 2004 and USB 2.0 is pretty standard.
My very short wish list would include being able to go to 28mm and a bit longer than 140mm, but keep the lens as fast and have a better lens cap design/system. Other than that, no complaints thus far.
I've taken about 200 shots with this camera, and I can get a sense of its capabilities. I'm totally amazed how much detail there is even at ISO 400, and the lack of noise in my photographs. The typical Canon smoothness takes a bit of getting used to as compared to film images, but I do like the rendition.
My first thoughts on all these menus was that it would be a nightmare, but the design seems intuitive. Being used to the menu platform of Sony MiniDisc recorders, it wasn't hard to get the hang of this set-up.
The LCD screen is sweet and the swivelling feature should be a standard feature on all digital cameras. It works great in low contrast light but is useless in bright sun, but who shoots on sunny days? The optical viewfinder needs some pratice to learn how to compensate for its parallax errors, bit it can be done.
The battery life seems impressive, as I have yet to see a drop in juice after a fair amount of work. I'm guessing the power level drops fairly fast once it starts to go downhill, and that the battery performance slowly degrades after a few months of use.
The colors with the G6 are just about perfect, not too gaudy but not overkill, either. The Vivid setting really snaps things up on a cloudy day, and the other effect settings are equally useful - I love the b/w feature, as I regularly use such film. I made a few b/w prints with my HP 7960 printer and they are gorgeous. The color prints ar equally excellent.
The Zoombrowser platform seems to be OK, as it took a little getting used to, but it's effective.
Still wondering why the G6 uses the USB 1.1 connection, as this is 2004 and USB 2.0 is pretty standard.
My very short wish list would include being able to go to 28mm and a bit longer than 140mm, but keep the lens as fast and have a better lens cap design/system. Other than that, no complaints thus far.