Canon Powershot G11 and S90

[MHC]

outlook of G11, also has a comparison with G10, E-P1 and DP1. Outlook only.

http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/review/pview/20090824_310026.html

 

[nostatic]

outlook of G11, also has a comparison with G10, E-P1 and DP1. Outlook only.

http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/review/pview/20090824_310026.html

If only it had a bigger sensor - the body is larger than the E-P1.

I do like all the manual dials though - looks like a very nice camera to use. And no lens cap, along with a relatively flat retracted lens...very nice.

 

[MHC]

some hands-on video of S90

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WH_PflSHxA&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TwQVzDdqP8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TwQVzDdqP8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssGV4q0lCN0

 

[MHC]

Ken Rockwell's hands on review of S90

http://www.kenrockwell.com/canon/s90.htm

 

[mark1958]

I am curious how it will compare to the Panasonic LX-3/Leica DLUX4. The G11 has a better zoom range but the LX-3 has the faster and wider angle lens with less zoom. The G10 image quality was a bit better at the low isos (perhaps due to the higher resolution) but not so at the higher isos. It will be interesting to see how they compare now that the sensor is 10megapixel (which I applaud).

I really used to hate the fact that the LX-3 did not have a viewfinder but I have gotten more used to it over time.

 

[Lars]

Interesting to note: While the S90 has a stop brighter lens on the wide end, the G11 has quite an advantage on the long end where it matters more. f/4.5 at 140 mm likely means close to f/4.0 at 105mm where the S/90 is f.4.9.

 

[Jorgen Udvang]

Interesting to note: While the S90 has a stop brighter lens on the wide end, the G11 has quite an advantage on the long end where it matters more. f/4.5 at 140 mm likely means close to f/4.0 at 105mm where the S/90 is f.4.9.

Good point.

The G11 reminds me a lot of the Olympus 7070, a camera that I really liked.

 

[kit laughlin]

Richard does have a grip for the S90; see here:

http://www.kleptography.com/rf/#camera_s90

I am really enjoying the S90 (minus grip, but with sticky-rubber stuff to hold RH fingers in place); it has the best thought-out UI I have ever used in a small camera, so far.

 

[neilvan]

Had the S90, took it back after a day. The barrel distortion at full wide was way too much considering the cost of this camera. Nice design though, the colour was good and the lens was fairly sharp for what it is...

I ended getting another LX3 for my pocket camera.

 

[kit laughlin]

Neil, that may have been premature, if I can offer comment: the supplied DPP software corrects that distortion extremely well, as it does for the G11, too. cheers, kl

 

[neilvan]

Neil, that may have been premature, if I can offer comment: the supplied DPP corrects that distortion extremely well. cheers, kl

Thanks but it didn't at all for me. The buildings in the photos I had taken still looked like flacid penises. Far beyond anything I have seen in ANY camera I have owned before, it could very well have been a defective camera, who knows...