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Summary: Best of the Best
Review: best camera ever...from the image quality, color, function, I can say almost everything. This camera has a cool stitch pictures feature, to find out more just log on to canon's website. I had an olympus digital camera before and it was nothing compared to this. For those of you who already bought this camera, I suggest you buy a Hi-Ti dye-sub Photo Printer.
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Summary: Canon G3? Incredible camera!!
Review: I did extensive research comparing different 4 and 5 Megapixel cameras. A couple of online camera review sites were extremely helpful, as they provided complete exhaustive reviews of nearly every camera made, plus provided a great number of high resolution sample images to compare amongst the models. Following my research, I decided on the G3. In a word, "awesome" is how I would describe this camera. I won't go into the details here, as the online sites (stevesdigicams, dpreviews) go into great depth in their reviews, but I am very pleased with the features, the speed, the picture quality, the flexibility, the automation, and the functional conveniences this camera offers. With the automatic settings, I really haven't taken a bad picture yet. And with the panoramic "stitch" mode, it guides you through stitching together multiple pictures to build a seamless panoramic image. I am absolutely in awe of this camera, Canon put enormous quality into the G3. Don't walk, run and buy this camera if you have the budget, I guarantee you will not be disappointed.
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Summary: You'll take more pics... that's what its about
Review: I don't write many reviews but I'm compelled to do so with this camera. First and foremost, it will take better pic's than most film camera's. Save them on computer and print out just the ones who want. Duplicates are a no brainer and cheap. No more wasted time and money developing rolls of pic's for just a couple of keepers. Crop and enlarge the best at practically no extra cost or time. The technology is finally here folks, to make your photo life easier...a great new use for that underutilized computer.A digital camera will stay at home if its a hassle to use. Poor quality pics, short battery life, slow time consuming uploads and printing will ruin the digital camera experience and keep you buying film. This camera has none of these flaws and will be something you'll use all the time. My wife shuns all new technology and compained when I brought this home, but now she's forever asking for the digital camera. And I let my kids shoot as many pics as they want, let them review them on the camera and just print the good ones (which are not many). Get the Canon 850 printer and an EX flash. In short, I have a new SLR with an expensive lens and several film point and shoots. I haven't used any of them since I got the G3. Unless your a professional, now you will need only one camera...this one.
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Summary: Excellent camera
Review: I spent a lot of time comparing different cameras, and I realized that there is not such thing as the best digital camera. You can always spend more money to get a better one. However, for a $600-$800 budget, I think this camera is an excellent choice. It has a beautiful design, lots of features, very easy to use, very configurable and customizable, and the battery duration is amazing!!! Also, the display is "hinged" and it can be placed in a myriad of positions, or to protect it against any damage. Excellent idea! One bad thing is that it comes with a pitiful 32mb compactflash card, and for most purposes, it is not enough. However, it seems that this is the general rule for most digital cameras. Another good thing is that this camera seems to introduce much less noise in dark places than others I've seen.
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Summary: Cannon! you did it again!
Review: I have owned this camera for a short time and wouldn't give it up for anything. It surpasses my greatest expectations in a 4mp camera.
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Summary: powerful product
Review: Bought this product about a month ago and have used it in a variety of situations. In general it is easy to use and well laid out. For ``cool factor'' buffs it looks and feels like a small plastic brick brick and doesn't have any wow factor. It makes up for this by being extremely easy to use with well laid out controls that can be learned quickly.
The G3 has most if not all of the features that you would want from a semi-pro/pro SLR with a good range of manual options for those who know something about photography. In the hands of someone who doesn't, it will yield good results on idiot program/auto mode. My wife, who has never used a camera before, picked it up and soon got the hang of the fact that if you don't like what you have created you just delete and try again. The photos she took are better than the results I got from my Nikon SLR and range of lenses! This is a big plus for those who a shifting to digital and the G3's large mobile screen helps with this. Negative points:
The included memory card is too small. Go out and get a 256meg card, it's worth the expense.
It is made of plastic. For those who are used to brass cameras that can be dropped, picking up a camera like the G3 is an unnerving experience. This is by no means unique to this model, I'm sure. The zoom lens unit feels fragile and it is worth buying a good camera bag if you are going put to carry it round a lot.
This is not a handbag camera. While light, it will not easily go in small handbags or pockets.
The function lever - the one which switches between capture and view mode feels fragile.
Flash - as with all built-in flashes in small cameras, you get overilluminated main subjects with depth being lost. The G3 has a shoe which will take other powerful (and expensive) Canon flashes that will allow bounce and reflected flash photography.
The strap is horrible and gets in the way of parts of the camera you need access to. If you can afford this camera, you can afford to get a better strap elsewhere - a very minor quibble. Good points:
The functionality on this camera is mind-blowing. Canon have packed a lot in here and the options and controls are easy to use and logically laid out. Learning how to use it will not take very long.
The image quality is excellent. Messing around with images in Photoshop (a supplied software package) and printing them on a good printer, yielded excellent results. Unless you are making posters, a G3 is more than good enough. Range of functions - as indicated above - it has something for everyone: point and shoot power plus advanced functions for those who are serious about photography. Please note that this is the first digital camera I have owned or used. A lot of my opinions are more relevant for those who are switching from film. I did extensive research before chosing the G3 but there's nothing like picking one up and playing with it first...
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Summary: Best camera I've used
Review: This is by far the finest camera in its price and category I have ever used. It is also one of the few electronic items that works right out of the box. The macro works great for medical photographs and the auto mode is terrific for point and shoot.
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Summary: This camera is closest to perfect than any other digicam.
Review: This camera is closest to perfect than any other digicam that is 4-5 Megapixel. Beats that Sony F717; its archrival. I'm glad Canon decided to keep the 4Mp resolution and improved upon it with new technology; I can't fit all that resolution(4Mp=2272x 1704 resol.) in my 19in flat monitor(1200x1024 resol.) anyways. Please go to read dpreview.com and you'll get the complete story. My story is based on personal usage.
Yes there is a corner lens barrel distortion(I don't like it too but no harm done since I always use the camea LCD screen to see exactly what I'm going to get) in the viewfinder when you don't zoom(when you zoom the lens distortion goes away), Canon knows this and engineered it that way to minimize the parallax phenomenon; that is what you see in the viewfinder perimeter is not almost exactly what you will get when you shoot the picture. Moving the viewfinder elsewhere on the camera will remove the lens distortion but increase the parallax phenomenon. The distortion is not a flaw. As with taking digital pictures, I notice other people including myself have errors on their compactflash which results in certain shots being partially taken or lost- this is an issue that seems to effect compactflash and other digicam brand.I've haven't heard about a diagnos or fix for this. In terms of the shots taken, this camera is INSANELY GREAT!. The pictures are fabulous and their is a (short)learning curve to it; there are tons of features I haven't even gotten to. In terms of the important accessories,I got myself an the extra litium battery. Based on my used, 1 full charge was enough for at least 255 shots. I also got myself a 512MB Viking compact flash(enough for 255 shots at full 4Mp resolution and max picture quality) and a used $250 3lb subnotebook with USB connection and tons of hard drive space for long trips so I can verify what I've taken and that subnotebook also saves me from having to buy extra compactflash. The compact flash is delicate and I hate to swap it in fear on the connetions(camera and CF) bending(can lead to CF erros) or losing it. Anyways, Canon has improved upon the G2 with this G3. It's a winner. I've been pleased with the picture quality and durability in snow, car, boat and wind. My only suggestion is to get a lens protector to help protect the shooting lens(the lens coating will wear out after so many clean wipes) and I'm getting the those ( 52 mm adapter and UV lens filter )at lensmateonline.com. They got the best lens adapter for the G3-better than Canon's. That's what I did and hopes this helps.
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Summary: Canon G3 Review/Response/Recommendation
Review: The camera's a work of art/science -- that's understood. It takes great pictures, operates quickly, and feels solid. To address two previous somewhat negative reviews:
(1) Yes, the lens barrel does obstruct part of the lower left corner in the lens viewfinder; however, the LCD viewfinder is rather stunning and I find myself rarely using the lens viewfinder.
(2) There are, actually, several differences between the G2 and G3, such as differences in Continuous Shooting, the Optical Lens, the Control Layout, Playback Zoom, Image Processing, and so on. ...
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Summary: Beware! Thanks for nothing Amazon!!!
Review: You see, I can't rank the product since the merchant that Amazon is collaborating with (J and R camera ...) to bring us consumers better choices never sent me the product.
Although you may think you're dealing with Amazon, you're dealing with some second rate store that you've never heard of. After charging my card for the camera and for expedited shipping, 5 business days later, they still hadn't shipped the product. I called them twice and both times they said it is "about to ship". One of the calls was on a Saturday and when I pressed the guy a bit, he said, "actually we don't ship on saturdays". So why lie about it? So I finally gave them a deadline which they said they could meet. Although they accepted that they will ship on Mon - 6 Jan, they still didn't ship it. They said it is in stock, but they are "too busy". They weren't busy enough to charge the credit card, though! Although I tried contacting Amazon to see if they can do anything, the replies I got were inept as if they hadn't taken time to read the complaint. I cancelled the order. Hope to get my refund in a timely manner. Thanks for nothing, Amazon!
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