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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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.
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.
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!
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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