Canon G1

Great image quality, resolution, sharpness, on-par or better than the 990 Good colours, stronger and more accurate than most, slightly cool skintones ISO 50 produces less noise than the 3 megapixel competition Exellent strong blues (something digicams...

Very slow startup time Visible chromatic aberrations Average macro performance (needs close-up lens accessory to really shine) Tendancy to over-expose dark scenes Pale skintones when using onboard flash Barrel distortion at wide angle No flexible...

Here's my rating of the Canon Powershot G1: (3 megapixel compact prosumer)

The first thing I did was what most photographers do: shoot first, ask questions later. I eventually opened the instruction manual and in about 10 minutes, I'd figured out just what I wanted to know