Genius G-Shot G 512

Advantages: Great pictures, easy to use for newbies, versatile
Disadvantages: Lens barrel partialy blocks viewfinder

...I knew I wanted one of these the first time I saw one over 12 months ago. This is because the Powershot G cameras have a pedigree IMHO that no other camera can come close to. All the models in the G range have been outstanding and considered by many to be the benchmark in their class. The camera is very well speced for the £399 I paid for it, yes £399 (was > £600 a year ago). It has a nice bright F2.0 lens, a good 4x optical (good, no quality loss), digital (bad, quality lost dependent on how much greater than optical), controls over shutter/aperture, full manual (scary), good array of scene modes, stitch assist (panoramic) and movie (with sound max 3 min). The camera has been great producing natural colours and together with my Canon i965 produces wonderful prints that people would have great difficulty telling apart from a picture... Read review

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Advantages: Inexpensive, small, nice software
Disadvantages: Poor user manual

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Advantages: Nice quality, compact, simple to use
Disadvantages: battery life

...also has video feature which doesn't record sound which was a bit of a dissapointment but then again i bought it to take pictures and not to record videos. Another dissapointment was changing the batterys after one to two days of use. The main problem with this is the battery indicator goes to half level and there is no further warning, the camera just shuts down. I would recommend using rechargeable batteries, always keeping one set fully charged. These can be purchased from B&Q for approx £10. The camera takes 2 x AA batteries. You can get your pictures developed from most photo processing places but only if you have a memory card. Processing costs around £5 for 50 pictures with the added options of choosing which pictures you have developed and also have them edited to your taste e.g zoom, cropping, black and white etc For those who... Read review

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