| My friend needed a good digicam and asked me | | | | shooting mode, movie mode, etc. |
| to help him buy one. So, first, I went about | | | | |
| listing all the factors that I consider | | | | An optical zoom is very important as it helps |
| important before deciding which camera to | | | | you improve the camera's focus, just by |
| buy. And finally settled on a Canon G7, as | | | | manipulating the lens. Also, you can magnify |
| the ideal buy. | | | | a photo using digital zoom. The 6X optical |
| | | | zoom of the Canon G7 makes for crisper, |
| While build and design make a first | | | | clearer close-ups, without too much effort. |
| impression, and are important considerations, | | | | The lens is equipped with SR coating, Canon's |
| I also look at how portable a camera is, as | | | | new technology. This helps eliminate |
| you don't want to have to lug around a heavy | | | | ghosting. |
| package wherever you go. The camera weighs | | | | |
| just 320 grams -- truly pocket-sized. Yet, | | | | Don't you like photos which you can make |
| it's not a fragile device, and has good heft, | | | | enlarged prints of? The 10 mega pixel sensor |
| which makes it comfortable to handle, and | | | | of the G7 enables you to do this. |
| use. | | | | |
| | | | The G7 has a 2.5 inch LCD screen and |
| The solid-metal and plastic build make the G7 | | | | widescreen viewing. This allows you to see |
| a stylish camera. | | | | how good your photo is before you leave the |
| | | | scene. |
| A camera buyer is concerned about the quality | | | | |
| of pictures it takes. The G7 has a sharp lens | | | | You can do all this with any LCD, but the LCD |
| and good focal range, with noise reduction | | | | should be bright enough to see, even in |
| effective up to ISO 400. This insures | | | | bright sunlight. You should be able to reduce |
| excellent photos. | | | | brightness to minimum, in the night. You can |
| | | | do all of this with a G7. |
| The G7 has good auto-focus speed, so an | | | | |
| amateur photographer (like me) never has to | | | | The G7 has a DIGIC III Image Processor, along |
| worry about the sharpness of the pictures. | | | | with Face Detection Technology; this |
| The aperture speed is good, too. | | | | guarantees better pixel count and clearer |
| | | | images. Processing and saving speed are also |
| And because there's good noise reduction, you | | | | enhanced by it. Best of all, it doesn't use |
| can hold the G7 at waist height and hope to | | | | too much battery power. |
| take good pictures. You don't need to worry | | | | |
| about insufficient light, either. | | | | My only complaint about this digicam is that |
| | | | it doesn't have raw mode. The camera |
| The other features of the G7 make impressive | | | | processes the pictures in 8-bit JPG format. |
| reading: an optical viewfinder, a large zoom | | | | |
| with a good range, audio recording, image | | | | This camera cost my friend more than most |
| stabilization, optional lens adapters, a wide | | | | digicams. But this is more than a digicam; |
| range of parameters for image color and | | | | it's almost a substitute for a DSLR. That |
| sharpness, a good built-in flash, continuous | | | | means it's great value for money. |