Canon Powershot G10
Are you looking for the grandpappy of digital SLRs? Can you handle professional level features? Then you are probably looking for the Canon PowerShot G10. Advanced amateur photographers have always loved the G series from Canon and you will not be disappointed with this third generation baby. She offers you 14.7 megapixels, a 28mm wide-angle lens, red-eye correction, and 5.0x optical zoom.
Canon's Digic 4 Image Processor improves your images in several ways. Brilliant color, smooth gradations, and sharp focus are kept in check. Processing speeds are accelerated to enable continuous shooting. Not only that, but the Digic 4 even lets you shoot high definition movies. Face detection is adjusted for premium quality prints. The technology will find the faces within the scene to correct focus, exposure, flash and white balance. You can even track certain faces in the crowd if you need to. Have you already started to depress the shutter button and someone has moved at the last minute? Don't worry the Servo AF will save you.
The motion detection technology found on the Canons work not only to catch facial movement, but other movement as well. It will also catch camera shake, changes between each frame, and changes in brightness. With all of this packed into this camera, you don't really need to worry about blurred pictures anymore. You can view everything you shoot on the three-inch LCD screen that offers you true color in 460,000 dots.
The G10 comes with a focal length of 6.1-30.5mm, which is equivalent to a 35mm film camera's 28-104mm lens. You can shoot from within two feet all the way down to within one inch. This encompasses a phenomenal range! You can even reach a digital 20x zoom. The aperture settings are from f2.8 on the wide angle to f4.5 on the telephoto lens. Shutter speed is 15-1/4000 second, and is settable in Tv and M modes.
Exposure controls are also pretty awesome on the G10. The ISO sensitivity is 80 through 1600 and can actually be set on automatic so the camera can figure it out for you if you need it to. Light metering methods are adjustable and can be chosen from Evaluative, center-weighted or spot. When you use the spot, the metering frame is fixed to the center and when you use Evaluative, the control uses facial brightness from the AF face detection. There are different methods to control the exposure. These include program, shutter speed priority, aperture-priority, I-Contrast, manual, and auto ISO shift. All of these offer you a wide range of adjustments to aid you in perfect image making.
When you are in search of more help, other features are still yet available. They include shooting modes that you can choose from, including a Special Scene feature where you just tell the camera what type of scene you have in front of you, and it will figure out all the proper settings so you can have artwork for your walls. The Canon PowerShot G10 can be accessorized with multiple lenses, flashes, and lens filters to give you even more of a professional look.