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The Canon G12 has *real competition* at last!
"Bruce" wrote in message ... Nikon has announced the Coolpix 7000, a 10.1 MP competitor for the Canon PowerShot G12: http://www.dpreview.com/news/1009/10...nikonp7000.asp Specs here in .pdf format: http://press.nikonusa.com/COOLPIX_P7000_Sell_Sheet.pdf Looks good! It does look good, and it's obviously designed from the get-go to be *specifically* a G11/G12 competitor. I just wonder if it isn't too little too late, and also I wonder whether Nikon will be able to bring it to market at the G12's price point, which I assume will be $499 again. It's heartening to see that Nikon is following Canon's lead in getting out of the silly megapixel race in high-end compact cameras, and back to a more reasonable 10 MP. |
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The Canon G12 has *real competition* at last!
On 2010-09-09 08:43:07 -0700, "Neil Harrington" said:
"Bruce" wrote in message ... Nikon has announced the Coolpix 7000, a 10.1 MP competitor for the Canon PowerShot G12: http://www.dpreview.com/news/1009/10...nikonp7000.asp Specs here in .pdf format: http://press.nikonusa.com/COOLPIX_P7000_Sell_Sheet.pdf Looks good! It does look good, and it's obviously designed from the get-go to be *specifically* a G11/G12 competitor. I just wonder if it isn't too little too late, and also I wonder whether Nikon will be able to bring it to market at the G12's price point, which I assume will be $499 again. It's heartening to see that Nikon is following Canon's lead in getting out of the silly megapixel race in high-end compact cameras, and back to a more reasonable 10 MP. Both cameras are just too big for my test. If I want to carry a camera around that does not fit in my pocket, it will be a DSLR. -- Waddling Eagle World Famous Flight Instructor |
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The Canon G12 has *real competition* at last!
"C J Campbell" wrote in message news:2010090918334675249-christophercampbellremovethis@hotmailcom... On 2010-09-09 08:43:07 -0700, "Neil Harrington" said: "Bruce" wrote in message ... Nikon has announced the Coolpix 7000, a 10.1 MP competitor for the Canon PowerShot G12: http://www.dpreview.com/news/1009/10...nikonp7000.asp Specs here in .pdf format: http://press.nikonusa.com/COOLPIX_P7000_Sell_Sheet.pdf Looks good! It does look good, and it's obviously designed from the get-go to be *specifically* a G11/G12 competitor. I just wonder if it isn't too little too late, and also I wonder whether Nikon will be able to bring it to market at the G12's price point, which I assume will be $499 again. It's heartening to see that Nikon is following Canon's lead in getting out of the silly megapixel race in high-end compact cameras, and back to a more reasonable 10 MP. Both cameras are just too big for my test. If I want to carry a camera around that does not fit in my pocket, it will be a DSLR. I agree, they are sure not pocket-sized. But I really like the "retro" rangefinder style, and I love my new G11. Added to my gaggle of pocket-sized cameras just before I bought the G11 is its baby brother, the S90. I really like that a lot too, though I must say I'm still not convinced that abandoning the optical viewfinder was a good idea. But then they're all like that now, or almost all. Canon seems to have been the last holdout, and it looks like the Elph SD1200s remaining in stock will be the very last with that feature. I'm tempted to buy one just for that reason. |
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The Canon G12 has *real competition* at last!
"Neil Harrington" wrote in message
... "C J Campbell" wrote in message news:2010090918334675249-christophercampbellremovethis@hotmailcom... On 2010-09-09 08:43:07 -0700, "Neil Harrington" said: "Bruce" wrote in message ... Nikon has announced the Coolpix 7000, a 10.1 MP competitor for the Canon PowerShot G12: http://www.dpreview.com/news/1009/10...nikonp7000.asp Specs here in .pdf format: http://press.nikonusa.com/COOLPIX_P7000_Sell_Sheet.pdf Looks good! It does look good, and it's obviously designed from the get-go to be *specifically* a G11/G12 competitor. I just wonder if it isn't too little too late, and also I wonder whether Nikon will be able to bring it to market at the G12's price point, which I assume will be $499 again. It's heartening to see that Nikon is following Canon's lead in getting out of the silly megapixel race in high-end compact cameras, and back to a more reasonable 10 MP. Both cameras are just too big for my test. If I want to carry a camera around that does not fit in my pocket, it will be a DSLR. I agree, they are sure not pocket-sized. But I really like the "retro" rangefinder style, and I love my new G11. Added to my gaggle of pocket-sized cameras just before I bought the G11 is its baby brother, the S90. I really like that a lot too, though I must say I'm still not convinced that abandoning the optical viewfinder was a good idea. But then they're all like that now, or almost all. Canon seems to have been the last holdout, and it looks like the Elph SD1200s remaining in stock will be the very last with that feature. I'm tempted to buy one just for that reason. Ken Rockwell seems to prefer the S90. http://www.kenrockwell.com/canon/compacts/g11.htm#comp -- Peter |
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The Canon G12 has *real competition* at last!
"Peter" wrote in message ... "Neil Harrington" wrote in message ... "C J Campbell" wrote in message news:2010090918334675249-christophercampbellremovethis@hotmailcom... On 2010-09-09 08:43:07 -0700, "Neil Harrington" said: "Bruce" wrote in message ... Nikon has announced the Coolpix 7000, a 10.1 MP competitor for the Canon PowerShot G12: http://www.dpreview.com/news/1009/10...nikonp7000.asp Specs here in .pdf format: http://press.nikonusa.com/COOLPIX_P7000_Sell_Sheet.pdf Looks good! It does look good, and it's obviously designed from the get-go to be *specifically* a G11/G12 competitor. I just wonder if it isn't too little too late, and also I wonder whether Nikon will be able to bring it to market at the G12's price point, which I assume will be $499 again. It's heartening to see that Nikon is following Canon's lead in getting out of the silly megapixel race in high-end compact cameras, and back to a more reasonable 10 MP. Both cameras are just too big for my test. If I want to carry a camera around that does not fit in my pocket, it will be a DSLR. I agree, they are sure not pocket-sized. But I really like the "retro" rangefinder style, and I love my new G11. Added to my gaggle of pocket-sized cameras just before I bought the G11 is its baby brother, the S90. I really like that a lot too, though I must say I'm still not convinced that abandoning the optical viewfinder was a good idea. But then they're all like that now, or almost all. Canon seems to have been the last holdout, and it looks like the Elph SD1200s remaining in stock will be the very last with that feature. I'm tempted to buy one just for that reason. Ken Rockwell seems to prefer the S90. http://www.kenrockwell.com/canon/compacts/g11.htm#comp Yes, I saw that, and it was one of the reasons I bought the S90. Then just a few days later I saw the price of the G11 down to $399 on Amazon, and thought I'd better grab one before they were gone. That was just $33 more than I paid for the S90, and the G11 is certainly a lot more camera. One thing I really like about the S90, though, is the control ring around the lens that (at default) allows you to instantly click to the traditional FFL focal lengths of 28, 35, 50, 85 or 105mm (equiv.). That is a great feature, so much quicker than the usual motorized zoom (though the S90 has that too of course) and it's nice to have the f.l. identified on the monitor. |
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