Powershot G10 Review

The PowerShot G10 uses a 14.7 megapixels high definition CCD sensor. Although it’s simplistic to say that more pixels equals a better picture, it certainly doesn’t hurt and it offers you a lot more cropping possibility.

Unlike, say the Canon A590IS model, which is geared to amateurs, the Powershot G10 is very much a prosumer model. The list of features alone make that clear.

Featuring a wide angle lens of 28 m.m. and couples that with a 5x zoom. Optical Image Stabilisation helps you to keep the image sharp even when using the long end of the zoom – important for anyone who can’t hand-hold a camera as steadily as before. The benefit of the image stabliser is that more of your shots should come out sharp.

The lcd monitor is a 3.0-inch Pure Color LCD II screen. That makes it much easier to line up your shots – no more squinting to see what’s on the screen. If you’ve never used a large lcd screen digital camera before then you’ll be astonished at just how much easier it makes life. The Canon Powershot offers a really beautiful display.

The famed Canon Digic 4 processor has been added. Fancy names and acronyms aside, the DIGIC 4 offers faster operation and enhanced image quality – something we all appreciate.

Don’t forget that a digital camera needs some food and a camera that has extremely high resolution is going to need a lot of memory card to store its images. That’s where cards like the sandisk 8gb sdhc secure digital card or the transcend 8gb sdhc card are so useful. An 8gb card will store a useful number of hi-res images and allow you to keep shooting for longer.

The Powershot G10 is truly a stunning example of engineering and design.

For most people it will be a more practical alternative to an SLR. It’s certainly not the smallest digital ‘compact’ on the market, it’s probably the best specified and ergonomically designed cameras available today.