Canon PowerShot G12 review
Design
Canon PowerShot G12 review - Design
An interesting observation with the design of the G12 is that, despite the few changes made ‘under the hood' of the compact, the body remains identical in size and weight. This isn't to say, however, that the body hasn't been tweaked in some way. The front of the camera now houses a small control wheel akin to a DSLR, offering control over shutter and aperture settings.
Outside of the addition of the front control wheel, much remains as before, and this is definitely a good thing. The G12's top plate houses a trio of control wheels that have a pleasingly retro and manual feel to them - to the left sits an exposure compensation dial, while to the right is a larger dial to control ISO setting and a smaller mode dial set within the ISO dial.
On the rear of the camera sits the vari-angle LCD screen attached by a hinge on the cameras left. The screen can be pulled away from the camera about 180° on a vertical axis and then rotated around 270° around a horizontal axis.
The G12's rear also houses the previous configuration of control d-pad, command dial around the d-pads edge and a host of other control buttons. An optical viewfinder also sits on the cameras rear with a useful dioptre adjustment housed to the side of the viewfinder.
The front of the camera houses the adapter ring seen on previous models. This allows for a range of extensions to be fitted, including a 1.4x tele-converter and a filter adapter, which can extend the functionality of the G12 even more so.
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April 27 01:49
Garry Bailey
Capital letters is not called for it means you are shouting. There is no reason why a Compact camera can’t achieve a score of 19 for image quality it may not have many functions but image quality surpasses its self and of many more expensive cameras. Compacts and SLR mix in the high scores out of 100 points system. Compacts cameras costing £100 and SLR costing many £100s can have the same score.
August 08 13:03
Alex
I bought a G11 last year and agree that it is a superb camera. Last week I passed it on to my daughter who is in love with it. Guess I will wait for the new G series, although I am rather tempted to purchase the G12 for myself.
August 24 01:41
Paula
My new G12 takes exceptionally sharp images but violets shot in my garden became indigo and lemon does not exist. Anyone else have this happen? Help!
October 18 14:42
Luke
"Could maybe OF done with a few more upgrades"????? WTF? Could maybe HAVE done with a few more upgrades. Jaysus. And you're paid to write? Useless.