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Summary: Great Quality pictures. Just get it!!
Review: To make it simple. This camera is great!!. I have my new camera for two weeks now. It can be at the same time, simple for my kids and wife to shot a excelent picture and offers the flexiblity usually found in sofisticated 35 mm cameras. The Swivel view finder is very convinient. I looked at reviews for about a month for Nikon, Olympus and Canon before I bought this camera, and I have to say that the G2 offers the best cost - value ratio.
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Summary: 7 th digital cam
Review: All over the best for it's size and weight.
Superb, another crowning achievement by Canon.
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Summary: Terrific Camera
Review: The Cannon G2 is a great camera. It's my first digital and I too researched all the web sites and decided that this served up the best price/performance. I really wanted the Compact Flash Media Format and I sprung for the 1GB IBM Microdrive. I took the camera on my vacation to China and took over 1,000 high resolution pictures on the Microdrive, including some short video clips, without a problem. The camera comes with a filing system as you shoot to keep them organized. What amazed me was the low light capabilities. I could take indoor pictures in restaurants, theaters, museums, etc without flash. I even took some wonderful shots inside a darkened cave that had multi-color illumination. The software that comes with the camera was reasonably easy to figure out and it's easy to import scanned TIFF pictures into the Albums. The printouts on photo paper are incredible. The only disappointment is the low resolution of the video clips ' but I don't think others are any better. Bottom line ' I'm delighted.
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Summary: Great camera wrecked by lousy autofocus.
Review: A great digital camera-- with a major, major problem. The autofocus (...). Its that simple. I've got a Nikon 990 and a Canon Powershot S100, and I've never had the number of poorly focussed images that I've taken with the G2.The G2 has major advantages-- integration with Canon's flash system being notable, and extremely high resolution, especially in Raw mode; but you will go nuts with the focus.
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Summary: Canon G2
Review: I own a Canon D30 and was delighted and disappointed with the EOS-1D specs, having a need for a 6 Mp camera and without one being available from Canon, I elected to get the G2 as a beater and wait until Canon comes out with a 6 Mp EOS. In the mean time, this camera shoots very good pictures (esp in the RAW mode) I use my D30 batteries and charger with it plus have several IBM 1 Gb micro drives to use between cameras as well. With the Canon Wide and Tele lens set you will be able to extend the optical capabilities (the tele does have some barrel effects) Since getting the G2, I take it everywhere and I use my D30 much less - the D30 shines for long range nature shots, extreme wide angle (Sigma 14mm EX), and complex flash master/slave or celesteral time exposures via a Meade LX-90 and EOS adapter. Considering price, quality, and featues you can't beat this camera and the firmware is actually better than the D30 with regard to bugs (I haven't found any, but the D30 has several - nothing that turning the camera on/off won't fix).
If you use the hot shoe and Canon speedlights (I use the 550 and 420) this camera works perfectly however, use a hand held device like an "L" bar or pistol grip to hold onto the camera as the weight of the speedlight makes the camera top heavy and it won't be long before you will drop it.
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Summary: Very good camera, at the right price???
Review: After looking around for a digital camera, I think I have found the right camera. The Canon Powershot G2 is it. I have researched different cameras (Fuji, Canon, Olympus, and Nikon) and chose this one. I am not a camera buff or budding pro. I like good pictures. My wife is a technophobe and she loves how easy it is to use. It provides enough flexibility to alter shutter speeds and f stops to satisfy anyone.
Every camera owner will say theirs is the best, but ultimately, it is a personal comfort decision- and price. This camera fit my budget (...), takes excellent pictures, and easy to use. The pictures produced often depend on the taker and not the camera ( to a certain extent). The camera has all the bells and whistles to satisfy any techno lover, like me.
Criticisms of the camera are limited- heavier than most and zoom limited.
If you enjoy gadgets ( as I do or you wouldn't be reading this), searching for the right fit is just as much fun as buying it.
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Summary: Probably the best "prosumer" digicam out there.
Review: After working with this camera at the store at which I am employed, I have come to the conclusion that all around, this is the best high-end consumer grade digital camera. There are several ways in which this camera comes out on top over the cameras made by its competitors. More than likely, the camera people will compare this to is the Nikon Coolpix 995--at least these are the two cameras most people narrow it down to. Each camera offers things that the other doesn't, but I find the Canon is superior in several ways. 1. The Canon is *far* more user friendly. The controls are laid out in a way that makes them easy to find. SLR users that are converting from film to digital will find the switch to be a little easier with the Canon. One thing I don't like about the Nikon is the way manual control works; hold down this button, move this switch, push down that button while moving that switch, etc etc. Way too complicated for the average consumer. On the Canon it's a breeze. Switch the control to "M" and the 4-way pad on the back up the camera controls aperture and shutter speed. That's it. 2. The Canon uses an anti-reflective coating on the screen. Nikon and Olympus *still* don't do that with their consumer grade cameras. The anti-reflective coating helps heaps when you're out in the sun, where the screens on most other cameras get faded out and are impossible to see. 3. The rechargable battery that comes with the Canon lasts far longer than other camera batteries (i.e. AA's or the rechargables Nikon uses). You could easily get over 200 shots from a single battery, with the LCD screen on. 4. The software package the Canon comes with blows away what Nikon and Olympus give you. Adobe Photoshop--the standard in the graphics industry. 5. The Canon comes with a 32 megabyte card, which is 2x what most manufacturers ship the camera with. 6. Two words -- hot shoe. Right on the camera. Who wants to carry around a bulky flash bracket when you can buy a camera that a standard flash attaches right to? If you've read reviews from computer magazines or from digital camera websites, you'll see that the Canon gets consistently high reviews. In a recent review, the G2 was rated #1 over the Coolpix 995, which the reviewers claimed produced pictures which weren't quite as sharp as the ones from the G2. I've been waiting to buy a digital camera. When I have the means, I am very confident this is the one I'll go with.
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Summary: Canon G2
Review: I have had this camera for the last two month and it is all
that I have expected and more.
Excellent buy.
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Summary: A camera that will grow with you
Review: This is my first Canon camera and now I know what Canon fans have been raving about all these years. This is a well-built, well-designed, and well-executed digital camera. It certainly is intended for a advanced user or "prosumer," but I believe it can also serve as a good camera for a beginner who knows he or she will advance in skill. Most beginners buy a point and shoot camera and then upgrade to something more expensive if they "get into" photography. The G2 can work as a point and shooter. It has a fully automatic setting. And the pictures it takes are extraordinary. At 4 megapixels, they are as good as any amatuer user will ever need given the capability of home printers. As you grow in confidence, and want to experiment with adjustments to shutter speeds, ISO, manual focus, etc., etc., it is all here and organized in a logical and accessible manner. The camera will even take short movies, though I doubt that feature is any more needed than the snapshot feature on digital camcorders. You need to hold this camera to really appreciate how well built it is. So many digital cameras look and feel "cheap" even if they cost multiple hundreds of dollars. The G2 is solid and attractive. I particularly enjoy the innovative LCD screen which flips out and rotates like those on camcorders. It also flips completely over for self-portraits (very convenient with the wireless remote) and can be turned toward the camera and snapped into place to protect the LCD from scratches while transporting. I researched several cameras before I purchased the Canon G2. I don't regret my choice in the slightest. The G2 is more expensive than some, but it is so versatile that I expect I will actually save money because I can't think of a thing I might need as my skills advance that this camera won't provide.
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Summary: Great screen capture capability!
Review: In reading reviews of the Canon G2, I was unsure whether the screen capture software would work with my Mac -- it does and it's fabulous! The first time I set it up, however, I had forgotten that the picture on my computer screen was live, since I had the camera on a tripod focused for a still picture. Then suddenly my cat's paw darted into the computer picture and I literally jumped out of my chair. Later he conveniently settled down on the table right in front of the camera and I was able to take some fabulous close-up photos, as it turned out, with beautiful color, high definition and detail. The ability to work with a large image on the computer screen instead of squinting at the LCD is a God-send for me. Also the screen capture program (USB connection) can download each picture off the camera as it is taken, so that you don't need to fill up a memory card. The number of pictures you can take is in this mode can be in the thousands, since it is limited only by your computer's hard disk memory. Important: I found selecting the white balance option for the screen capture in this mode essential. Color and sharpness depended a lot on being sure to set this properly to fluorescent, tungstun, sunlight, etc., according to the actual light conditions.
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