Get the G9 used($300ish), better then both the G10 and the 11 and it has built in intervelometer! Though the G11's noise control is better then G9. G10 had horrible noise issues due to too many pixels....
John On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 12:01 AM, John Robinson <[email protected]>wrote: > Your right Jonathan, I should have never doubted you. I believe I'll take > the day off tomorrow for penitence. > > I still want to know WHY the price of the G10 is going through the roof? > My used Canon was worth $50.00 and I had paid over $400.00 for it, these > G10s are SELLING for close to $500.00 on eBay as used and going for over > $900.00 new. Why? > > John > > By the way, I still don't doubt you, I am doing a research paper on peoples > answers to tough questions so you are helping tremendously. > > > > > On Jun 27, 2010, at 11:51 PM, Jonathan Fletcher wrote: > > > On Jun 27, 2010, at 10:44 PM, John Robinson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> See, you know what you are talking about! > > > > I'm shocked! I say SHOCKED that you would even consider otherwise! > > > > ::-) > > > >> I just can't figure out if the G11 is so much better why the new G10's > are close to $1,000.00 and used ones are bringing close to $500.00? Why do > they not buy the G11? > > > > Some people still think more megapixels means more better. Problem is > that there are other things to consider, too. > > > >> > >> I also am so dumb at this I need you to explain. IF the the sensor is > about the same size but the fewer pixels allow more light then why not choke > it down to 2 or 3 on the mp? > > > > John, I never thought of you as speechless! > > > > Well, to a certain extent more megapixels means greater POTENTIAL > quality. But when you have a really tiny sensor and cram so many pixels onto > it you have to give up something. In this case the G10 can't shoot for beans > in low light. (Believe me, I've tried.) Canon answered the bevy of > complaints about the G10 with bigger pixels. A bigger sensor definitely > WOULD have put it closer to their pro SLRs, so they went with bigger, but > fewer, pixels. Still, the G11 still cannot compete with the awesome > light-catchers in the pro SLR offerings of Canons and Nikons of the world. > But it's not designed for that. > > > > Tradeoffs have existed in photography since before Kodak started making > cameras that took that new-fangled film-on-a-roll, or the first guy who > re-spooled 35mm movie film to put in a still camera. Do you want to carry > around an IMAX camera or a Flip Mino (or better yet an iPhone!). > > > > The answer is, as always, "It depends." > > > > ::-) > > > > > > -- > > Jonathan Fletcher > > FileMaker 9 & 10 Certified Developer > > > > Fletcher Data Consulting > > [email protected] > > http://www.fletcherdata.com > > 502-509-7137 > > > > > > Kentuckiana's Only FileMaker Users Group: > > Listserv signup: http://fmpug.com/mailman/listinfo/louisville_fmpug.com > > Blog: http://kyfmp.com > > Next meeting: > > 7/15/10 1:00 pm > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > MacGroup mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > > -- U-2 & SR-71 web page http://www.blackbirds.net Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety -Benjamin Franklin Read the Constitution - It's Interesting! http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.overview.html Blog: http://johnsstone.tumblr.com/
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