Review on Highly-rated Canon Powershot G10 14.7MP Digital Camera with 5x Wide Angle Optical Image Stabilized Zoom – A Photographer's Essential by Katie Payne

summary: good in daylight, lousy in available light i spent about half a year with my g10. I have a Canon DSLR (1DS), SD790IS and a Leica D-Lux 4 (aka Panasonic Lumix LX3). The lx3/dlux4 is its main competitor and I've spent some time with micro quads (EP1, GF1) so I feel pretty good about this plus a very useful zoom range (28mm to 140mm in 35mm terms). LX3/DLux4 are 24-60+ awesome controllers. I love the EV compensation disc and the ISO disc. works well with gloves and one hand. You can pull it out of your pocket and turn it on with a quick swipe, and the camera is ready before you even take a picture. The LX3/Dlux4 is very difficult to operate with one hand or when wearing gloves. + @ ISO 80, 14 megapixels is very useful + Wide range of peripherals available (waterproof case is pretty cool) Cons - terrible ISO noise above 200. In fact, in ISO HI the camera avoids going above 200, even though the shutter speed is between 0.5 and 1 second! LX3/Dlux4 is decent at 800-1600, especially in black and white. It's a very slow lens. starts at f/2.8. You can't shoot handheld indoors without a flash. Unlike the LX3/Dlux4 which allows me to shoot at f/2.0 - significantly larger and heavier than the LX3/Dlux4 - a wider 24mm lens would have been useful. (The one-handed operation is great for driving and it had a versatile zoom range. I had to use my 16-35 for wider shots though) and it rocked for that purpose except when it got dark. it wasn't very discreet either (not very pocketable), from what I know now I'd go for the Panasonic GF1 with the kit zoom and 20mm f/1.7. The GF1 (and EP1/EP2) outperforms the LX3 with high ISO performance. , G11 and G10 are far away and they are much more compact than a DSLR. The lx3/dlux4 is still great for shooting indoors or outdoors. If you're shooting static subjects in bright light, however, the g10 is hard to beat.