Can we consider G-series cams to be classics?

Are you kiding? The G5 is just a copy of the G3 with more pixels. The G3 is the prototype for the G5 and G6 and it's truly a classic.

Classic? To me a classic is something that will stand the test of time. We are talking about something that came down an assembly line - Ker-Klomp Ker-klomp Ker-Klomp.

I love my G6. It takes wonderful pictures and I learned a lot about photography with it. But a Classic? nah........

The pace of the advance of technology and the short life span of digital cameras will make it difficlut to classify any of them as a classic. The Digital Rebel was certainly a breakthrough in design and in impact on the industry, much more so than my beloved G6 but is it a classic? Let's meet back here October 12, 2015 and discuss it.

I for one do not consider it a classic, nor ever capable of being one. Having said that I think my G2 is a great camera because it performs exceptionally well for its intended purpose.

I happen to have a Kodak Retina IIIC ("large C") 35mm format and accesory lenses (all German optics) that was built in 1958. It is one of many "classics" from that era. Among other things they were a very limited production as it is the last year that the "folder" line was produced by Kodak. A few years back I had it stripped down and overhauled by a former Kodak repairman, now unfortunately deceased. Today it can take a 35 mm picture that can be blown up to 11 x 14 and still be stunning. I frequent auto racing events and horse shows - its is amazing how many people (admittedly of the older generation) come up to me and ask "Is that a Retina". Things like that define a classic.

Let me put this in the gentlest way possible. People come up to a friend of mine and ask "is that a Pacer?".

Just kidding. Sounds like you have a nice piece. Classic? I don't know enough about film to have any idea.

lol I think that 2nd statement funny. So you telling me that the DSLRs like the Nikon D2hs at 4 mp is not good enough for Pro/semi pro aps? Or there's a huge difference between the Canon G3(4mp) and the G5(5mp)?
I bet comparing between the G3 and the g5 the only difference you'll see is more noise in the shadow ara of the G5. Otherwise the crop factor is very small. According to Canon the difference is 11x14 on the G3 and 11x17 on the G5.
Now the G6 has better optics that does a better job of control Purple fringing. If they could only maintain 7-8 mp (aps size sensor ala Sony's coming R1) with the same G-6 optics and the G series speed, use Mag Alloy construction and not block the optical VF with the lens: that model might be consider a classic!

Hello,

I am not sure about the status of classic for GX cameras... I had a G1 and then the G5, I'm very pleased with it, and no other digital camera in the market is better for me... I would like to continue using it for 40+ years... but what worry me is the lifecycle of the sensor... in my previous G1 after two years, a few dead spots appeared ... I haven't seen any of them in the G5 (so far)... but how long will it take to start appering??

Kind regards,

I think that in the digital age, single cameras are cyled through production and expire too quickly to ever reach classic staus, but *series* of cameras could be considered classic, and in my opion the Gx series definitely goes into the hall of fame.

I think the G1 & G2 will always have a special place in the early history of digital photography. They were head and shoulders above anything else in their day. Subsequent models in the G-series weren't quite as innovative, but were/are still very good cameras.

I think the early ones are classics, and will be regarded as such when the early history of digital photography is written.