New Canon G10, Epic Fail, Gets Crushed at Nemo
Canon G10 review - New but not improved from Dave Allen on Vimeo.
Now those of you who know us well at the Moose and Nemo, and particularly StudioNemo, would surely understand that we take our cameras very very seriously indeed… we have lived with and loved the Canon G9 for some time now. In fact we loved its ability to be a basic blogger’s work horse so much that it became standard issue around the shop. So naturally we were waiting with baited breath for the new, shiny updated Canon G10 model…. uh oh… read on and watch the video, it gets ugly.
From Nemo’s Trevor Graves - “This is the review I have been excited to write for months. I have read the rumors on the blogs about Canon discontinuing the G9 and all the new and improved features for the G10. I pre-order the rig on Amazon and sure enough it’s delivered today October 3rd, 2008. With the excitement of a 10 year old I ripped open the box and unleashed the new toy.
That is where the excitement ended.
Being intimately familiar with the G9 I intuitively reached for the Video function of the G10 as I have heard about the new and improved DIGIC 4 chip and the ability of it to produce HD quality video on an SLR. How exciting to have better video!! Wait, what’s this, small video format and NO TIME LAPSE feature. WTF??? I pay $50 more and Canon drops features that turned me on to the G9 in the first place. WTF!!! I am pissed! Who was the genius at Canon that is living in a bat cave to lose sight of what makes the G9 wonderful in this new world of bloggin! Was the decision maker a frustrated SLR engineer that wanted to get their rocks off on a 14.7 megapixel CCD sensor? Why even have the G10 at all. Other point and shoots are smaller and have a large enough meg for decent prints, the larger SLR have better quality and better everything so why go with this G10 product that has nothing more to offer than less noisy images in low light and a faster processing speed that is negligible to the end user any way. WTF??? The over under dial is handy and more convenient but come on guys, I can tweak that exposure on the back end in photoshop and the G9 over/under function wasn’t that horrible. Shit even the lens cover looks cheaper than the original G9 lens cover. I bet this one scratches the lens in its poor construction too. WTF? You could have at least made that better for $50.”
Well, Canon, seems like there’s some ’splaining to do….
October 30th, 2008 at 9:57 pm
whoa. whoa. whoa. nothing a firmware upgrade can’t fix ;)
October 31st, 2008 at 6:53 pm
yes - you are rather stupid.
no - there is no hope for you.
October 31st, 2008 at 11:46 pm
@whatever. Who exactly do you mean by you? Canon?
November 1st, 2008 at 8:17 pm
I’m with Josh–we should all know that 1st gen versions of EVERYTHING are woefully jacked. That said, I personally believe video on SLRs is the equivalent of bringing a knife to a gunfight. Video cameras that do stills give craptacular stills and vice versa. But then again, those who want stills from video and vice versa are most often not picky or trying to get pro quality from those secondary features, so I should quit yammering about that and move on.
Me, I’m into the Nikon D700 myself…that’s my next purchase.
November 2nd, 2008 at 11:02 pm
I’m a tech whore. (writing this on a iPhone v2)
I think we need to chill out a bit with keeping up with high end digital cameras. I have a nikon d200 and have no intentions of upgrading just because the 200 turned into a 700. technology is awesome but it doesn’t create ideas. a good idea will trump a number every time in terms of real results. I’d say keep the focus on a good idea over upgrading your equipment.
November 3rd, 2008 at 7:38 am
Yup, the G9 is a better camera than its upgraded friend the G10…
November 4th, 2008 at 7:05 am
Josh–agreed, agreed. Warhol got amazing results with a POLAROID, so I think it’s good to remember that the eye is really the only lens that matters.
November 9th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
I have just purchased a G10, although i’ve never used the G9.
So far I’ve been impressed with the construction, image quality, ease of use and the RAW image implementation on the G10. I don’t know if it is better than the Lumix LX3, I’m still unsure about that, but, honestly, I would likely never use the video function, as I prefer to use a dedicated HD video camera for those situations.
I won’t argue with specific points on the posted “review”, as it is just a soap-box opinion… not useful for someone looking for solid advice on the camera. It seems to me that Graves is expecting to bring a Swiss Army knife to a sword fight. I do sympathize with the frustration of purchasing a new model and experiencing buyer’s remorse in which the previous model had features that is preferred/liked. But these are compact “street” cameras we are talking about here, not an all-in-one pro-level HD video/still solution. Manage your expectations, folks, or wait and research before you buy.
Oh, and instead of smashing a $500 digital camera to be funny, smug, and/or clever, why not donate it to a school or low-income family who would love to have a camera like this, but can’t afford it?