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Canon has taken something of a risk by reducing the sensor resolution of the PowerShot G11, but it has paid off handsomely. The G11 all of has the build quality, features and performance for which the G-series is rightly renowned, and the image quality is as good as a small-sensor compact is ever likely to get. Restored to its rightful place, the G11 is one of the two or three best compacts currently available. Read full review

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By Cliff Smith
Reviewed 10 December 2009
Updated 26 May 2011

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Canon PowerShot G11 details

Value: 8/10
Image Quality: 9/10
Build Quality: 10/10
Overall: 9/10

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£450.00

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Canon

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Caleb9ce

11:34 PM on 10 December, 2009

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The video resolution (60x480) on page 3 is surely a typo.

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11:46 PM on 10 December, 2009

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Nice review. I've been really quite tempted with one of these as a pocket point and shoot, however I was shocked to see no HD video recording (720p at least, surely?!) and the absolute killer - no use of the optical zoom whilst recording. These are pretty basic features that should be included in a camera of this price range and capability.

I know the zoom noise would be picked up by the mic when recording, but that's hardly a reason for not including the feature. Apart from those strange omissions, I love all the manual controls and it looks like the first 'compact' that can produce images that i'd be happy with. Great product.

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12:36 AM on 11 December, 2009

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Pages 6 & 7 are the same for me - the shots of the cathedral.

Tension mounts, praying the harbour is used again, okay, I quite like the bus station newsagents.

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9:18 AM on 11 December, 2009

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Cliff, you have forgotten to mention the build quality has taken a nosedive since the G10. The top plate and the whole rear of the camera is now plastic fantastic, and has a cheap to the touch smooth finish, unlike the G10's magnesium build. I've handled both at the same time and there is a noticeable difference.

What Canon giveth with one hand...

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9:27 AM on 11 December, 2009

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Since when do megapixels equal power?!

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10:07 AM on 11 December, 2009

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Such a shame that it still only has 640x480 video!

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JayWerfalli

10:44 AM on 11 December, 2009

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@Caleb - typo fixed!

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11:21 AM on 11 December, 2009

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When you compare the exeter cathedral window shots side by side, it seems that the G10 shows a lot more detail. Although the lighting conditions are clearly different, the G10 does seem to pick up the texture of the stone a lot better and the wire is a LOT clearer. So, reducing pixels may be good for noise but not for detail!

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11:52 AM on 11 December, 2009

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The so-called 'barrel distortion' exhibited by the concrete blockwork picture is surely just true geometric perspective. Straight edge features going off to vanishing points are only straight to a first approximation. The picture looks just about exactly true for me.

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1:52 PM on 11 December, 2009

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Hi all - extra pics added!

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