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Reviewed by UK Guest, 14th Jun 2007. |
| Review Summary: A Very Good Compact to Compliment Your dSLR |
Overall Score: 5/5
 
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Review: Th Canon PowerShot G7 camera replaced my Lumix FX01 which was a superb digital compact but suffered from being only a point and shoot compact.
I have had the G7 for about a month now and can honestly say it is a superb bit of kit. It is not a dSLR - I have a 30D and 1D MkIIN for that side of things - but as a high end compact I cannot really fault it. It can be used as a point and shoot but has the potential to be much much more.
IQ is very good, the IS and lens range does make it very versitile, the video is class leading and that all metal body just oozes class. The lack of RAW is not an issue for me. If I want RAW files then I use my dSLR's which are more suited to the job of captureing RAW images. They have bigger sensors and better lenses and argueably are more up to exploiting the RAW format. 10 megapixel fine jpgs are pretty good quality.
If there was one gripe, that would be the lens being only the 35mm equiv rather than 28mm equiv at the wide end of the zoom range.
If The G7 is your only digital camera then it really is all you will need for general photographic needs - if it is to compliment your dSLR, then remember its not a dSLR and so is different and you use it differently as such. For me it allows me the option of capturing very high quality images in a smaller, much more discreet package that doesn't cost the £3k of a Leica M8.
No one camera can have every feature you need and be strong in every area you use it in. The 1D series of Canon EOS dSLR's is argueably the daddy of digital SLR cameras but their size makes them very impractical for certain situations - the point I am making is that for the what it is the G7 a class leader.
Its not pocket size but is is much easier to carry around than a dSLR. The Canon G7 is a superb camera that when looked as a complete package has few peers in this sector of the market. It gets a 9/10 from me. |
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5 |
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5 |
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Yes |
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