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Posts: 8,666 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Dickinson, Texas Real First Name: Keith Camera: Sony A900/A100/NEX-7 Can Others Edit My Photos: Yes iTrader Rating: 5 LIKES Received: 386 LIKES Given: 563 |
03-14-2012, 07:57 AM
Canon G1X Field Report Quote: |
Originally Posted by Reichmann Overall I was very pleased with image quality from the new G. Because of the use of a large sensor IQ is better than any other fixed zoom lens compact that I'm familar with. Noise is essentially non-existant except in the deepest shadows up to around ISO 800, and ISO 1600 is quite usable even for large prints, if properly exposed.
Shooting in raw and processing in Lightroom 4 I saw little to disappoint. | His sidebar comments on Canon are interesting too: Quote: |
Originally Posted by Reichmann I know that this is going to get me into trouble (so what else is new?), but it needs to be said. Over the past few years Canon has increasingly become the Toyota of the camera industry. By this I mean – the biggest, but also the most conservative. Like Toyota, Canon makes quality products and it competes successfully in almost every segment that it chooses to. But, like Toyota its products usually fail to excite. |
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