It’s an excellent choice if you need something a little more mobile than an SLR
While remaining impartial to the other great compacts out there at the moment, it’s almost impossible not to notice the fierce competition between this new PowerShot G10 and the Panasonic LX3. In this case, Canon wins the day when it comes to usability, but Panasonic has produced a camera capable of taking sharper photos and HD video.
Canon’s on screen interface is a model for other manufacturers to follow when it comes to clarity and ease-of-use, though it is trailing a little behind the competition by not including a contextual help system. The G10 has the very latest version of the DIGIC 4 chip, which keeps it ticking over quickly.
Pluses
- Stabilized 28 mm wide angle lens
- Well thougt-out design and interface
- Great image quality up to 400 ISO
- Excellent 3” LCD screen
- Superb manufacturating
Minuses
- Noise management could be better above 400 ISO
- Burst mode disappointing
- No HD video and no HDMI output
- Viewfinder imprecise
- A little bulky
Full review: Tom’s Guide
