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Canon PowerShot G10 Review

Author Cliff Smith
Published 12th Dec 2008
Manufacturer Canon
Price £295.65 (Exc VAT)
as reviewed £340.00 (Inc VAT)
Latest Price
Build Quality Score 10 for Build Quality
Features Score 10 for Features
Image Quality Score 9 for Image Quality
Value Score 7 for Value
Overall Score 9 for Overall
Canon PowerShot G10
award recommended

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A range of general test shots are shown over the next two pages. In some cases, the full size image has been reduced for bandwidth purposes, and a crop taken from the original full resolution image has been placed below it to show the overall image quality. Some other pictures may be clicked to view the original full-size image.





Here's the usual test shot of the west window of Exeter cathedral to compare detail and sharpness with other cameras. See below for a full-res crop. Unfortunately we can't provide a full-sized version to download since the file size is too big for our miserly bandwidth allocation.





The level of detail is stunning, possibly the best from any compact camera I've tested.





The lens does produce some barrel distortion at wide angle, but it's not too apalling.





Centre sharpness is superb, absolutely pin sharp.





Corner sharpness is also good, but there is visible chromatic aberration.





Dynamic range could be better. While there is svisible shadow detail, the highlights have been burned out. This was taken with the i-Contrast feature turned off.





This is the same shot with the i-Contrast turned on; shadow detail is improved, but the highlights are still blown.



 

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Comment filey said on 13th December 2008

@Spider

I couldn't agree more with your opinion on the iso noise, the LX3 is far superior, the car picture difference is like night and day. It's the sunn... more

Comment Cliff Smith said on 15th December 2008

Who's Clive?

There was no G4 because the word "four" in both Mandarin Chinese and Japanese sounds very much like the word for "death" and is... more

Comment rhodopsin said on 4th January 2009

If you can afford the Canon PowerShot G10 then go for it. It's a stunning little compact camera. I was going to buy the Canon PowerShot G9 in 2008, but my first impression was... more

Comment Michael Digital said on 4th July 2009

I've owned my G10 for a few weeks, but I'm still amazed at the qualty of the images it produces. I have printed iso 200 images at 13" x 19" and the prints are a... more

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