The Canon PowerShot G10 evolved from the well-regarded G9. But, that's like saying humans evolved from apes. The difference is still remar
kable. Check out this digital range finder-style camera and you'll find one serious photographic gorilla.
Resolution has been upped to a whopping 14.7 megapixels. True, for some purposes anything over 6-8MP is a waste. But that's a technical point and there are two points to make about it.
One is that consumers actually want the larger res. Second, aside from the "bigger is better" mentality, it's still true that the more information in the chip, the more information you get out of it.
Make an enlargement of a small section of a print. Or, just create larger than normal prints (like, say, 20 x 24). In both scenarios, that extra pixel count does help. The chip has to be "low noise," of course. Rest assure that Canon really delivers here with its new Digic IV processor.
The PowerShot G10 also houses an impressive high-speed Servo AF (autofocus). Frame a static shot and it won't matter much. An extra split second to focus on a flower won't bother anyone. But for sports shots it's a must. Canon does a stellar job here, too. Lags between shots are minimal. A 1.3 second startup is barely noticeable. Bright light time between shots is under half a second (increasing only to 0.8 sec for low-light scenarios).
Sometimes you have to make rapid shots. The times are a littler longer for the Canon G10 than the top of the class. But not by much. Two shots back to back have only a 2.2 second delay. Using flash bumps that up to 2.9 sec — slower than a high-end SLR such as, say the EOS XSi, but still very good for a "prosumer" camera.
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