Advantages: Compact,full of features. Disadvantages: Propiratory battery
...versatility of an SLR. The Canon G3 fills the bill admirably and it is one of the most feature packed cameras for its size and price on the market.
The camera is fitted with an f2.0 30-140mm zoom lens which can be expanded by digital zoom. It is fitted with a 4.0m pixel ccd which is capable of high resolution sufficient to produce A4 size prints without any trouble at all. The supplied 32m compact flash card will give 27 of this type of shot.
The ... ...li-ion battery is unique to Canon but it lasted me for over 400 shots before a recharge. Canon claim about 300 charge cycles. If you are going away for long periods and dont want to take a charger, you will need to buy a spare battery which cost anywhere between £30-£50 each. I would have prefered AA batteries which are cheaper and easier to obtain.
2) The lens barrel can be seen in the optical viewfinder in wide angle mode. This can be a litte ...
STUARTSTIRLING 16.06.2003
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Advantages: Battery life, versatility, quality of photographs, ease of use Disadvantages: Size, and size of initial flash card.
This camera has converted me to digital photography. It is brilliant in so many ways.
The battery life is brilliant, although it would be good if you could buy back up AA batteries in case the big one went flat although this has only happened to me once in about two years of using it.
The quality of photographs are very impressive and I have printed photographs out at my local photo printers and they have been of an incredible standard, much better ... ...also a variety of modes and you can use an external flash for even better pictures in dark surroundings.
The existing flash is also pretty good.
I have also enjoyed playing around with fstops and shutter speeds to create differing effects.
If you are looking for a digital camera with flexibility, ease of use and high quality photographs this has to be within your top 3. ...
JustinW 14.11.2004
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Advantages: Excellent features, great colors, excellent flash, sweet lens. Disadvantages: No stabilazation
...with his D70, and my pics look better overall. The swivel LCD is wonderful. If it were 2.5" & 200k res, it would be perfect.
The f2.0 lens is very light efficient, and true to form.
If Canon would add stabilization to this camera, I might start to quiver. ...
dno36 03.09.2007
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Advantages: Great pictures, easy to use for newbies, versatile Disadvantages: Lens barrel partialy blocks viewfinder
...colours and together with my Canon i965 produces wonderful prints that people would have great difficulty telling apart from a picture taken using an expensive SLR.
The accessories I'd recommend to any owner are the Canon lens adaptor (to use a UV filter for protection and a lens cap or a wide/tele lens) and an extra battery, both can be bought for about £15 each. Some more memory wouldn't be a bad idea too, 512MB Compact Flash card is around £80 ...
sir_opinion 22.11.2003 (26.11.2003)
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Advantages: Clear photo's and automated so easy for a beginner Disadvantages: Mine came without a carry bag, so I had to buy separately
This is now an updadted op. The camera has been used extensively and so i can tell you some more about it. I can also rectify some of my ciao opinion writing errors by adding in prices etc. Because this was one of my first ops I wasn't sure of what to put but I guess I have learned my lessons. I have never owned a digital camera before, but with the prices coming down I decided to take the plunge. I am not a professional but I do like to snap away ... ...little artistic! I bought What Camera, a magazine that gives reviews (i didn't know about Ciao then). From what I read I decided on the G3. But to maximise my value for money I actually purchased the camera from eBay. The camera cost me £395 plus £15 postage from Hong Kong. I guess this was about £100 saving on the best I could find in the UK. It is full English specification and with an English user guide. It only took ten days to turn up and I ...
bobbybroom 16.07.2003 (17.10.2003)
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Advantages: Easy for the beginner Disadvantages: Lens cap falls off just as easy.
...magazines before deciding on the Canon G3 as I needed a new camera for my daughters wedding. I had heard so many horror stories of wedding photographers that I decided that I needed my own back up - a digital camera that I could not only use myself but also be easy enough for someone else to take pictures when I was part of the subject.
>Overview:
The Canon G3 is a superb camera that is easy to handle with simple to use and quick to understand ... ...for themselves. The Canon G3 has a superb image quality, delivered by the excellent ultra fast 4 x optical zoom lens. With a and a high performance DiGic processor it also has a 4mega pixel CCD. The features include the following:
4mega pixel CCD
4x OPTICAL zoom lens
High Performance DiGic processor
Direct Print
Excellent flash
The fast optical zoom lens (f2.0 30-140mm) gives great close-ups as well as excellent all round performance. The use ...
rickardo 22.10.2003 (21.08.2004)
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: somewhat helpful Review of Canon PowerShot G3
Advantages: ease of use - well built - multiple functions Disadvantages: lens has a plasticky feel
this is a great camera.
it has all the automated functions to use as a point-and-shoot for beginners, always doing a great job of automatically choosing the best exposure and aperture.
It also gives the more expert user all the flexibility needed to manually override all or part of the settings.
The LCD menus are very user-friendly.
Picture quality is excellent.
The manual is excellent, and fully describes all the functionalities.
The downside ... ...does not give an impression of solidity and should be handled with care.
Another negative: the lens cap is of poor qality and keeps falling off, a shame for a product in this price range.
Get yourself a bigger Flashcard than the 32MB provided - the picture quality is so good that you'll want to shoot photos in high resolution ...
vittross 25.04.2003
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Advantages: It does all I want - and more Disadvantages: Perhaps a little slow to focus on low light.
...and the auto-stitch for panoramics
Shoot most of my pix on the max resolution setting (using a tripod) and print-out to a Canon i9100. Results are stunning. Canon claim output to A3 size if I remember correctly, but I wouldn't quite push it this far. A4 is very good. ...
adriancherry 16.02.2004
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Battery for Canon PowerShot G3 (Li-Ion)match (compatible) for follow types:Canon PowerShot ... more
G3Productdetails:CE - tested virginLi-Ion - Lithium Ion battery 7,4 Vwith overcharging and overheating protectioneasy to use, 100% accurately fittingno memory effect (anytime load, without damaging the battery)brand-new premium brand cells equippedsuper long lifecorresponds to highest safety standardsyour previous charger, you can use to continue naturallyreplaces: BP-5111A foreign manufacturers qualityContent of one package:Battery for Canon PowerShot G3 (Li-Ion)
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Battery for Canon PowerShot G3 (Li-Ion)match (compatible) for follow types:Canon PowerShot ... more
G3Productdetails:CE - tested virginLi-Ion - Lithium Ion battery 7,4 Vwith overcharging and overheating protectioneasy to use, 100% accurately fittingno memory effect (anytime load, without damaging the battery)brand-new premium brand cells equippedsuper long lifecorresponds to highest safety standardsyour previous charger, you can use to continue naturallyreplaces: BP-5111A foreign manufacturers qualityContent of one package:Battery for Canon PowerShot G3 (Li-Ion)
Postage & Packaging:£2.95 Availability:Usually dispatched within 4-5 business days...
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