Canon PowerShot G12 Review for Black Friday Sale 2010

Best compact digital camera for Black Friday 2010, the Canon PowerShot G12 is designed to offer superior performance, meeting the needs of both professionals and advanced amateurs. In addition, we added the new Canon HS System, recording 720p HD video and the IS hybrid, to get to capture photos and videos for maximum image quality, while the Front Dial provides improved handling and a Fast manual control. The PowerShot G12 is also compatible with a new lens filter adapter option, which moves together with the lens when the zoom is used to provide complete coverage over the entire zoom range.

The HS System: Canon maximum image quality, even in low light
The PowerShot G12 is the first G-series model incorporates the Canon HS System, based on a powerful combination of a highly sensitive CCD sensor, 10.0 megapixels and DIGIC 4 processor high performance, designed to provide quality spectacular picture in all lighting conditions including low light scenes.

The inclusion of the HS System enables shooting with high ISO sensitivity and excellent image quality, so that photographers can capture exceptional images in all conditions. The expanded ISO range allows users to shoot scenes lit worse without using a flash or a tripod and capture correctly exposed photos using only ambient light. In those situations where flash is necessary to use a higher ISO will allow users to extend their effective range and illuminate the subject more effectively. The higher ISO sensitivities allow users to capture subjects in motion, leaving little chance of blur caused by motion.

The dedicated ISO dial allows precise control of ISO sensitivity level, with possible adjustments of 1 / 3 point. In addition, a new level of ISO Auto setting allows users to configure in advance the maximum ISO setting who wish to use when capturing and specify how the camera selects the ISO sensitivity to get the best balance between image quality and shutter speed.

In places with very low light, Low Light mode can be used to extend the ISO range up to 12,800, allowing users to control the ISO sensitivity and white balance and so accurately capture the mood of the scenes with little light. Users can also capture fast action, with the ability to perform continuous shooting at speeds of up to 4.2 frames per second.

A genuine Canon lens with IS Hybrid
The PowerShot G12 has a 5x wide optical zoom lens of 28 mm, which allows users to capture breathtaking landscapes from close to distant subjects. This goal, which benefits the broad legacy of Canon lens design has been developed using the same processes and quality requirements as those used in the manufacture of the range of Canon EF lenses, which ensures a crisp, detailed photos, while maintaining a compact size, with the goal being retracted into the camera body when not in use.

To compensate for camera shake and photographers to capture scenes in low light, the optical Image Stabilizer The PowerShot G12 enables shooting at shutter speeds approximately four stops slower than would be necessary to capture a sharp image. The PowerShot G12 also has a built-Hybrid technology IS Canon to increase the effectiveness of optical Image Stabilizer when capture macro shots. The PowerShot G12 can focus as close as 1 cm from the subject, so any lateral movement of the photographer could adversely affect image quality, making it difficult to capture subjects in focus when not using a tripod. The Hybrid IS compensates for any unwanted angular displacement, two types of camera shake that can be seen even more with increasing the size of the captured image.

Flexibility and versatility
PureColor II LCD screen VA variable angle and high resolution of 7.0 cm (2.8 “), the PowerShot G12 enables capture and reproduce images in a flexible manner. The ability to rotate and move the screen in different directions resulting in a simple way to frame from different angles, camera at ground level, for example, or over the heads of a group of people. Moreover, to facilitate photographic styles, the PowerShot G12 also has an optical viewfinder with diopter adjustment, so that users can adapt the display to your specific vision. Once captured the image, photographers can also use the new RGB histogram built during playback, allowing them to instantly check the exposure of the image in detail.

Take complete control
Besides offering full manual control and a range of semiautomatic modes, the addition of a Front Dial allows quick and easy access to settings while shooting. Users will be able to prioritize the Front Dial or Dial Multi-Control to control the camera or use both in combination. For example, the Front Dial can be set so as to control the aperture in Av mode while the Multi-Control Dial controls the white balance or the format of the captured images, or used independently, with the Multi-Dial subsequent control off to prevent accidentally changing settings.

For advanced amateurs and professionals, the PowerShot G12 can also capture images in uncompressed RAW format, so it comes bundled with Digital Photo Professional (DPP), which enables you to edit after they have been captured. By sharing the same editing environment that EOS system cameras, the PowerShot G12 is ideally suited to the current workflow of photographers.

Electronic level and photos in several formats
The PowerShot G12 also features a new electronic level to help capture the scenes with the horizon is level. From the information provided by the acceleration sensor of the camera, a display indicator allows users to check whether the camera is level both horizontally and vertically, thus ensuring vertical or horizontal photos well level. The ability to capture images in the format 3:2, 4:3, 1:1, 16:9 and 4:5 allows photographers to select the most appropriate format for each subject and for the subsequent use of the image, which makes it possible to choose the composition and performance of the image you want from the moment that captures the photo without having to resort to further editing.

Amazing photos, amazing high-definition video with stereo sound
For the first time in the G series models, the PowerShot G12 offers movies in HD 720p (24fps) with stereo sound. Video recordings have the effect Thumbnail, which allows you to add a new dimension to the videos to play with a range of recording speeds slower to get stunning video at intervals that seem like a scale model. An integrated HDMI port, compatible with CEC, simplifies the viewing of pictures and videos on a compatible HDTV, with remote control.

To capture scenes as we see
To overcome the limitations of conventional cameras, the PowerShot G12 features a new shooting mode High Dynamic Range (HDR) *, allowing you to capture high contrast scenes more like the eye of the user. The PowerShot G12, mounted on a tripod, captures three different exposures of the same scene before analyzing and combining all three shots in the camera, ultimately creating a single image. The final image will show both the highlights and the shadow detail, with a result that is closer to the photographer’s vision.

The PowerShot G12, as part of processing i-Contrast, to control the amount of dynamic range correction is applied in the chamber to remove the highlights washed and loss of shadow detail in the final. For photographers to illuminate shadowed areas of the image, we have included the correction of Shadows to illuminate dark areas and reveal hidden details in those areas.

To track moving subjects or to help get a creative writing, the new Tracking AF mode has been added to the PowerShot G12. This new mode offers photographers the ability to select subjects from the center of the scene and follow them if they move or if you recompose the scene.

More options
Canon PowerShot G12 is compatible with a wide range of accessories that will expand the creative possibilities, and provide better results in certain shooting situations. The new lens filter adapter FA-DC58B is attached directly to the lens barrel ring to facilitate assembly of the Canon 58-mm filters, such as the Circular Polarizer filter, the neutral density, the Protector and the UV. The FA-DC58B has been designed to move along with the lens when the zoom moves, which avoids vignetting on focal maximum angle zoom and filter provides coverage over the entire range of optical zoom objective.

The shoe of the camera is compatible with all lenses Speedlite EX series Canon **, which will enable photographers to increase flash power available, and the use of an external flash using a connection cable lug (OC-E3) for more creative lighting away from the camera or to experiment with different lighting techniques. An optional waterproof case provides protection up to depths of 40 meters, so that users can record their underwater experience with stunning detail.

While the PowerShot G12 delivers the extraordinary freedom and flexibility of manual control, users can also get exceptional image quality with Intelligent Auto Mode (Smart Car). This mode, which automatically detects the type of scene and selects the optimal settings between 28 variables, using the technology Scene Detection to provide the best results in all conditions, so that photographers can capture excellent pictures instantly.

Designed for photographers who demand exceptional quality in all circumstances, the PowerShot G12 offers a unique combination of high image quality level and excellent flexibility and handling. Powerful in itself, the new Powershot G12 is also an extraordinary complement to a digital SLR model larger. In short, is the perfect compact camera for professionals and serious amateurs, providing extraordinary quality with a small body and very portable.

Share your stories on CANON iMAGE GATEWAY
The owners of a PowerShot G12 can register at CANON iMAGE GATEWAY, an online portal to share photos and video. Users can enjoy a personal storage capacity of 2 GB, which is enough space for hundreds of high quality images. You can also view images from a mobile phone to make it even easier to access for family and friends pictures, wherever they are. .