Is the G6 a fixed lens camera?

Mike,

Makes pretty good sense to me! Thanks, sometimes it takes an explanation from someone else!

I tend to agree that the lack of DOF is probably the second biggest problem with P&S digital camera's. Luckily technology being what it is, photo editing software allows you to create DOF in the post production process.

Mike

It's interesting to me that shallow DOF, which is essentially a limitation (a flaw, if you will) of the optics, has become a technique or even a feature, by virtue of tradition. Don't get me wrong, I'm also pleased by the effect, but when software developers try to convince us that something they can't fix is a feature, we laugh at them. Now we have cameras that can capture far more sharp detail, but we lament for the days when you could only focus on a small portion of the image.

I'm with dbump. Most of the time a lack of DOF is a good thing. Makes a lot of focusing problems moot. But we'll never convince those old film SLR curmudgeons. Just kiddong, all you OFSC's.

However, I have no problem getting DOF shots with my G6. Maybe not as easily as a REAL camera . Crank the aperture out to 2.0 and get close to the subject and it really isn't a problem. In very bright light sometimes you have to use the built in ND filter to acheive the correct exposure.