Question to G11 owners: Lens Scratch Issue

Hello all,

I'm interested in purchasing a Canon G11. It seems to me as an execellent camera and I was ready to rush to the store and get it until I read about an issue with the automatic lens cover scratching the lens (dpreview). They say that the lens cover blades are too close to the lens and *touch* the lens almost every time they open/close and therefore they cause small scratches on the lens surface that, over time, increase.

It seems to me that it is pretty much inevitable and would hate to get scratches on a $500 camera within its first week of operation.

I would really like to hear the experiences from G11 owners; do you have such scratches?

Thanks for your time!

-Axel

I have the A620, G9, and G11. The lens blade cover area on the A620 and G9 are smaller than those on the G11. I do not have scratches on any of the those lenses. I believe it is because I am VERY careful about not accidentally touching the blades area. The larger surface area of the G11 blades is more susceptible to accidental touching. I caught myself in the beginning actually gripping the camera in a manner that my fingers were on the blades of the G11, but I had not completed the grip and so I moved my fingers. I think placing the camera in and out of a camera bag is the prime problem area, and people do not realize what they are doing at the time. Another problem may be folks are carrying the G11 in a pocket (coat, pants pocket or cargo pocket) and the lens area is unprotected from bumps and other pressure forces. I always try to carry my cameras in a small protective bag, usually to carry on my belt.

Dennis

I've shot over 6000 frames with my G11 and have no lens issues.

Too bad the OP in the dpreview forum doesn't include a link to said article, no problems with my G11

the jimmy wrote in post #10886745
Too bad the OP in the dpreview forum doesn't include a link to said article, no problems with my G11

It's not an article, it's a thread on DPR discussing lens scratch experiences with a G11. I also posted on that thread in the middle of July this year. There were lots of owners without the scratches and several with scratches. I believe the same issues were discussed the year before for G10 lens scratches. The G10 and G11 share the same lens. That's why some folks a concerned about it carrying over from the previous model.

Dennis

This is an issue that might affect a few cameras. Who knows?!?!

BUT, it is certainly not an issue of affecting any significant number of cameras.

This camera is ranked as Amazon's 11th best seller. No camera, on the market for over a year, could perform that well if it had any issue of significance. None.

http://www.amazon.com …rs/photo/ref=pd​_dp_ts_p_1

How can plastic scratch glass? Glass is the harder material.

I've not had a problem of that nature ...and for the first couple of months I had it stored in a jiffy bag in my handbag until I got a case for it!!!