G6 Or Not G2 ... NOT

Advantages: Smaller by a long shot compared to the G6
Disadvantages: Bad software and unintuitive installation.

...shuffling around on my desk I managed to fit it on ... and by that I mean that about half of it was hanging off the edge of the desk. I would tell you about the installation but after 2 days I had just had enough and took it back for a smaller model ... the G2 " Aaaahhhhhh this is a lot better " I thought to myself as I placed the G2 next to my mouse-mat while simultaneously getting ready to start the installation. After installing the G6 I kinda new what to expect but that didn't mean that I was happy about it. To be honest the drivers for this GT are somewhat lacking in, well, everything. I wish I could tell you that it installed easily but I would be lying and it wasn't until the fourth attempt that I even managed to get my system to recognise that it existed at all. If that wasn't bad enough the other software that comes with it is just...

gabrielangeles 10.11.2002 · Read review
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Contax G2 by Mark Packer

Advantages: Lenses, Build, Feel
Disadvantages: Viewfinder, Flash, Auto focus, noise

...I was excited about this camera. I wanted a light system that I could take anywere and I had read many good things about the lenses and build quality. I sold by Nikon N90s and most of my lenses to buy the G2 with 45mm and flash. I also purchased the 28mm and the 90mm and got a $700 rebate from Contax. Great deal! I wanted to love this camera- I really did. And there was much to love- superb lenses. fantistic build, great feel. But after using it for about two years, there were two things I could not get used to. The viewfinder was terrible- small and dark. I expected more for a camera the size of the G2- perhaps the view similar to a Leica M. It was more like the view that a point and shoot would have. The second problem was the flash. I was used to the wonerful fill flash Nikon produces, so the limits of the TLA 200 were...

markapacker 03.12.2006 · Read review
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Power Shot G2 pro camera, realistic price

Advantages: Easy to use, robust
Disadvantages: Might not be easy to find on sale

...I love the Canon Power Shot G2 camera that I use in my working life as a journalist/photographer. It is robust and strong, and is ideal for the busy professional who needs to take quality images quickly. There are many features on this camera, macro feature and everything else you would expect from a camera of this type. However, there is something you will not find, a digital zoom. The zoom on the Canon is an optical zoom and this means that the quality of photographs is always sharp and always crisp. Many people have been severely disappointed when they have taken a new digital camera out of the box and found out that the so-called digital zoom returns sub-standard images. As I say, this is not the case with the Canon Power Shot G2. The image screen shows you exactly what the image will be and the screen can be put...

Martinscholes 20.08.2004 (07.10.2004) · Read review
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You may say G2

Advantages: Image quality, camera features, lens quality
Disadvantages: Heavier & bigger than some, price

...The G2 is in my view a huge step up from any other camera I have ever owned. I have been a keen but truly amateur photogrpaher for a long time. Previously I owned a Canon AF1 and then my first digital an early HP model. I am not going back. So why do I think the G2 is great? Well here goes a short list of what I like (if you want the featuress it offers - visit the Canon website):- - the image quality is stunning - well balanced in almost all lighting conditions - the zoom is flexible enough for most shots - supported by 6cm close ups (think a rose) and multishot panoramic capability (think 360 degree shot) - the colour LCD is great and can be twisted so you can see to snap yourself if noone else is at the Grand canyon when you get there (some chance) - it does not east batteries with every shot but has it's own...

ciaotoday 04.05.2003 · Read review
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Zoom Zoom Zoom......

Advantages: Professionally laid out online surveys. Product testing.
Disadvantages: Some awful incentive gifts

...~~ UPDATED FEBRUARY 2006 ~~ I joined up with ZoomPanel through ipoints in December 2003. Quite frankly, I was most unimpressed with them at first. Despite promising the potential to earn rewards and cash through ZoomPoints, the first 10 or 11 surveys they offered me only qualified me for entry into a sweepstake or prize draw. I'm afraid that I very swiftly pull the plug on any survey company only offering entries into prize draws, as in over 2 years of survey work, I have yet to win anything from any survey company prize draw or raffle. I fail to see why I should spend my valuable time completing a survey for which I get little or no reward, when you can bet your bottom dollar the company hosting it is being handsomely rewarded. However, I am most glad that I gave them the benefit of the doubt, as ZoomPanel have proved to be a good...

Bollinger28 13.09.2004 (04.02.2006) · Read review
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Canon G2 a serious camera for the amateur

Advantages: Image quality, good build quality
Disadvantages: a little pricey

...I own the black special edition G2 which was purchased in the US so paid a little less than the UK prices. It is the fourth digital camera I have owned in 6 years and by far the best, the previous ones being Sanyo and Agfa. The primary feature of any digital camera has to be picture quality, this camera certainly delivers this. With the picture quality covered the next thing for me personally is the build quality, everything about the Canon feels quality. Despite not being one which you can slip in your pocket the size is much less than some 35mm cameras. It is packed with features from in-camera assistance in creating panorama images which can be "stitched" together with the supplied software to manual overide on the shutter speed and exposure settings. (this is very useful for night shots where lights usually cause awful...

yorkshireman 11.09.2003 · Read review
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Come fly with me on Zoom.

Advantages: Low cost airline with Premium seating available.
Disadvantages: Only fly from a few airports in UK

...********************************** Firstly we were able to choose our seat, you can do this in Economy at a charge of £15 return. The seat pitch was 36ins. instead of 32ins, may be not a lot of difference but it was very roomy, inside passengers can squeeze past, useful if the other person is asleep. The seats were leather and quite comfortable and when tilted back you still had room . Both have a hot meal and a snack served, but Premium also has complimentary alcoholic drinks, and Economy has to pay - £3.00 each drink, plus we were given a bottle of water at the start of the flight. Increased baggage allowance from 20Kg to 30kg, an important factor for us as we were to be away for over 2 weeks and needed evening wear for the cruise. If you are over the allowance there is a charge of £10 per kilo! Zoom carry free of charge baby buggies, wheel chairs etc. Complimentary headsets...

jo145 12.08.2008 · Read review
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False claims about the G2 and WindowsNT

Advantages: Cheap
Disadvantages: Doesn't work properly on WindowsNT

...I bought the G2 because I was looking for a cheap graphics tablet to use for editing family photos, and dabbling with a bit of PC-Art. I didn't expect much from it, but I would rather have liked it if the claims about its compatability with WindowsNT were justified... The main attraction to the G2 for me was that it is available with a serial port connection. This meant that I could use it with WindowsNT 4.0 - which is my preferred operating system. WindowsNT does not support the new USB interface, so a lot of other graphics tablets are incompatible. However, I was to be disappointed by i) the poor quality driver, and ii) the lack of interest from Nisis' technical support team. The driver software is flaky, to say the least. Within minutes of installing it, WindowsNT threw up the 'blue screen of death' - resulting in...

Longshanx 01.10.2001 · Read review
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first impressions of the new SN41G2 V2.0.

Advantages: Beautiful, small, rock solid, fast, quality construction, full of features, right there with the big boys on performance.
Disadvantages: none really. once hooked with a Shuttle then there is no going back.

...These are my first impressions of the new SN41G2 V2.0. I had the Shuttle SN41G2 V1.0 Black Special Edition since last june. I loved is so much but it had some annoyances. Last week I managed to short circuit the motherboard which rendered the AGP and PCI slots useless, but strangely enough everything still works including the built-in graphics and I have been using it till this morning. I ordered the new SN41G2 V2.0 and got it this morning. I have to say that the first impression was that the silver colour looks much better that the old SN41G2. It looks more whiter if that makes sense. Under the hood there are many nice changes: - Officially supports DDR400 [400MHz FSB]. - Comes with the SilentX 250W PC40 PSU instead of the old Enhance 200W PSU. - The cables are sooooo neatly routed through the case. in the the old SN41G2...

tarique 29.04.2004 · Read review
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Review of Shuttle SN 41G2

Zoom zoom

Advantages: ?
Disadvantages: good light camera

...to take good general photo's I like the facility of a zoom lens to take pictures of things that are a distance away from me or to magnify small items just in front of me .I like to take flower pictures for identification but I did not need or want a professional camera with the facilities to take different lens. My Husband does a lot of insect photography and although my camera can take a pretty fair picture of a butterfly its not quite good enough for him OK so I am going to take a picture switch it on at the top of the camera then compose the picture; hey I have a huge 2.5-inch, TFT colour LCD monitor it takes up most of the back panel. I found this useful at the V festival I wanted to take a picture of the bands and I had a head in front of me I held my camera high and could still see what I was taking a photo of. There is also...

mumsymary 18.09.2006 · Read review
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