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October 2009
(84%)
97 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(88%)
48 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Very good photo quality
About a full stop advantage over most of the competition in low light
Nice 5X zoom lens with 28 140 mm range (though a faster aperture range would've been nice)
Optical image stabilization
Well built
Rangefinderstyle body...
The PowerShot G11 is a very flexible compact with many power features normally associated with SLRs
As well as the ability to shoot in RAW and take quality lowlight shots without flash
The G11 is fast and intuitive
With generally unflappable metering...
Excellent image quality
Good AF and shutter performance
Excellent ISO performance
RAW shooting option
Canon recognizes that more pixels doesn't necessarily mean better image quality
Fast to focus and operate
PowerShot G-series camera design is a classic of simplicity and functionality
Vari-angle LCD is back!
Very nice design
Very good low light performance
Very good image quality
Great flipout LCD screen
Swivel screen for easy shooting from odd angles
Very solid construction
Good grip
ISO and EV Compensation are on mechanical dials
Easy to see and use
But stiff enough that they don't change accidentally
Good wide-angle lens
Excellent Optical Im...
Solid build
Quality images
Unique features
Optical viewfinder
Articulated LCD
Very good photo quality for its class.
Very good picture quality
Wide-angle 5x zoom
Quality adjustable LCD screen
Great flip-out LCD screen
Very good low light performance.
Very good all-round image quality (albeit without the G10's excellent low ISO resolution)
Generally good high-ISO performance for a compact camera
Surprisingly good high ISO raw output
Flexible lens range with effective image stabilization
Very li...
5x zoom with 28mm wide and 1cm macro
Flash hotshoe
RAW files and high ISOs
Great quality 2.8in / 460k articulated screen
Good controls
Build and ergonomics.
Timeless design
Variangle LCD one of the best of its type
The editors didn't like
Some useful features from the G10 are gone
Remote capture
Auto ISO Shift
Voice recording
Continuous shooting mode won't win any awards for speed
Movie mode is just VGA
With no use of optical zoom
Ergonomics aren't great
Cluttered buttons o...
Earlier G series PowerShots were real objects of desire
But the PowerShotG11 is unlikely to elicit many lustful glances
The swivelling LCD housing means it’s quite a fat and awkward camera
And while Beth Ditto fans may disagree
Portly doesn&r...
Inaccurate viewfinder
Large
Heavy compared to most compacts
Expensive
Wish they had put a bigger sized chip in the G11 to improve low-light shooting further
No HD video mode.
Lost some nice features from the G10
Rear buttons too easy to accidentally push
Design is a little bulky
Body is not sealed
Zoom is slow to start
Some buttons are too easily pressed when shooting in vertical mode
Inaccurate optical viewfinder
The LCD image is a little more vibrant than what you'll see on a color-corrected mo...
No HD video
Optical viewfinder
Shot-to-shot performance still a little sluggish
No HD video.
Slow at only 1.1 fps
Distorted viewfinder
Lost some nice features from the G10.
Rather slow lens (in terms of aperture) by traditional G series standards
Movies limited to VGA resolution
High ISO images lose saturation and detail (and offer no control over noise reduction)
Focus prone to hunting (and focus failure) in low light at...
Swivel screen for easy shooting from odd angles, Very solid construction, Good grip, ISO and EV Compensation are on mechanical dials, easy to see and use, but stiff enough that they don't change accidentally, Good wide-angle lens, Excellent Optical Im...
Design is a little bulky, Body is not sealed, Zoom is slow to start, Some buttons are too easily pressed when shooting in vertical mode, Inaccurate optical viewfinder, The LCD image is a little more vibrant than what you'll see on a color-corrected mo...
Camera enthusiasts get more of what they expect from the Canon G-series with the Canon G11: High image quality, good lens quality, and a swiveling LCD screen. We still don't have the f/2.0 lens back, but instead we have a 5x zoom that starts at a usef...
The Canon PowerShot G11 is a powerful camera that includes a lot of features. In many ways, it is more of an SLR camera than a point and shoot, as it includes the wider ISO range and more comprehensive manual controls that SLRs offer. And it puts th...
5x zoom with 28mm wide and 1cm macro, Flash hotshoe, RAW files and high ISOs, Great quality 2.8in / 460k articulated screen, Good controls, build and ergonomics.
Slow burst shooting – just 1.1fps at full res, No HD movies or zooming when filming, Noise better than G10, but beaten by M4/3, Older G10 delivers more detail at 80 ISO.
The PowerShot G11 continues Canon’s strategy for recent G-series models by essentially taking the previous version, adding a handful of new features and reinstating some from earlier classics. In the former camp, the G11 now features scene detection...
Excellent image quality, Good AF and shutter performance, Excellent ISO performance, RAW shooting option,
Inaccurate viewfinder, Large, heavy compared to most compacts, Expensive,
When Canon brought out the successor to the G10 and dropped resolution from 14.7 to 10 megapixels, some eyebrows may have been raised. The trend in compact digitals has been to keep bumping up resolution (while not necessarily keeping pace with physica...
The PowerShot G11 is a very flexible compact with many power features normally associated with SLRs, As well as the ability to shoot in RAW and take quality lowlight shots without flash, the G11 is fast and intuitive, with generally unflappable metering...
Earlier G series PowerShots were real objects of desire, but the PowerShotG11 is unlikely to elicit many lustful glances, The swivelling LCD housing means it’s quite a fat and awkward camera, and while Beth Ditto fans may disagree, portly doesn&r...
For G series obsessives, or well-heeled owners of Canon SLRs seeking a backup camera, the G11 makes sense.There’s certainly a lot to like about this camera, but its relatively high price, combined with some design and usability niggles, mean that le...
Priced exactly the same as its still current predecessor in the G10, the G11 offers the advantage of a flexible LCD screen plus higher ISO options. If neither is particularly important and a higher resolution will serve better, then the older G10 is ...
Timeless design, excellent image quality, variangle LCD one of the best of its type
Viewfinder too small, crowded backplate, soft shutter release
In the world of advanced compacts, the G series from Canon has long been regarded as one of the best. While the models aren't always as small as some other advanced compacts on the market, the sturdy design and advanced feature-set mean that they are...
Abstract: Canon PowerShot G11 Hands-On and Compared First – Where It Fits In Designing cameras entails a series of compromises, as of course does buying cameras. When a company such as Canon sets out to make a new camera they need to balance a series of variab...
Abstract: Canon this week announced an addition to their very popular G series line – the Canon PowerShot G11.The PowerShot G11 features a list of specifications that a mid to higher level photographer looking for a compact camera will want to consider. It has ...
Abstract: It's fat. It's $500. It takes fantastic photographs. The G11 is Canon's top-of-the-line point-and-shoot. It occupies a sorta strange spot, towering over the average point-and-shoot in basically every metric—image quality, size, weight an...
