A review of the Powershot G10

Almost 15 million pixels go into the CCD of the Powershot G10 CCD. And those pixels give you an outstanding image quality, plus an amazing choice of cropping options with the final image.

The Canon A590IS model is more geared to amateurs whereas, the Powershot G10 is very much a prosumer model. The list of features alone make that clear.

With a 28 m.m. wide-angle lens and couples that with a 5x zoom. Optical Image Stabilisation helps you to keep the image sharp even when using the long end of the zoom – important in the event that you can’t hand-hold a camera as steadily as you used to. The benefit of the image stabliser is that more of your shots should come out sharp.

The lcd screen is a 3.0-inch Pure Color LCD II screen. That makes it much easier to line up your shots – you won’t need to squint anymore to see what’s on the screen. If you’ve never used a large L.C.D. monitor digital camera before then you’ll be astonished at just how much easier it makes life. The Canon Powershot offers a really beautiful display.

The famed Canon Digic 4 processor has been added. The DIGIC 4 offers faster operation and enhanced image quality – something that everyone will make use of.

Don’t forget that a camera is going to need some food and a camera that has extremely high resolution is going to need a lot of memory card to store its images. You can find a selection of cheap cards at places like www.digitalcamerafood.co.uk

That’s where cards like the sandisk 8gb sdhc secure digital card or the transcend 8gb sdhc card are so useful. An 8gb card will store a useful number of hi-res images and allow you to keep shooting for longer.

The Canon Powershot G10 is a stunning example of engineering and design.

For most people it will be a more practical and a better alternative to an SLR. It’s certainly not the smallest digital ‘compact’ on the market, it’s probably the best specified and well designed cameras available today.