Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/19

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Subject: [Leica] powershot g11 -- like-a leica?
From: s.dimitrov at charter.net (Slobodan Dimitrov)
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:08:57 -0700
References: <9F07836ED74F1C42AA69DFBAF8A1E2F11FC6F2D798@MBX1.asc.local> <p06230902c6b1dcffbc08@[10.1.16.145]>

I guess they finally clued in after the PowerShot SD990 IS  
disappointing stumble at the gate.
S.d.


On Aug 19, 2009, at 9:49 AM, Henning Wulff wrote:

> The new S90 has even more appeal for me. It uses the same 10Mp  
> sensor as the G11, also shoots raw, and has a 28-105 lens starting  
> at f/2. It has a reasonable range of manual controls nicely laid  
> out and it's slim enough to easily slip into a pocket.
>
>
>
> At 11:41 AM -0400 8/19/09, Kyle Cassidy wrote:
>> Digital Preview just reviewed the new Canon Powershot G11 with  
>> praise that sounds very ... leica-like. I've been searching for  
>> something compact with decent image quality and manual controls --  
>> I was excited by the R-D1 but it seems to have vanished as quickly  
>> as it arrived, the DMC-L1 seems ... like an SLR ... anyway, an  
>> excerpt from the G11 review:
>>
>> Stephen Munday, Senior Operations Director, Editorial, Getty  
>> Images, comments:  "The quality of images delivered by the  
>> PowerShot G series are so good that we use G10 images within our  
>> editorial library, and our photographers using the G series models  
>> do so because of the image quality and flexibility they provide."
>>
>> He continues, "The unpredictable nature of news photojournalism  
>> requires our photographers to get shots in all kinds of  
>> situations, and the size of the G10 allows them to do that without  
>> drawing too much attention to themselves. The low-light  
>> capabilities of the new G11 will be of even greater help in that  
>> respect, as it will allow our photographers to shoot high quality  
>> images without flash in even more situations."
>>
>> Rest of the review here:
>>
>> http://www.dpreview.com/news/0908/09081908canong11.asp?from=rss
>>
> -- 
>
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In reply to: Message from kcassidy at asc.upenn.edu (Kyle Cassidy) ([Leica] powershot g11 -- like-a leica?)
Message from henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff) ([Leica] powershot g11 -- like-a leica?)