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This may be a little off topic, but I've put together a petition asking Canon to add HD video recording to the Canon G12 which will probably come out in late 2010.

HD video recording is becoming mainstream, and adding such functionality is not only highly desireable for many photogs, but it also does not have to sacrifice overall image quality.

Petitions may be lame and largely ineffective, but it feels nice to do SOMETHING even still.

If you're interested, check it out - http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/CanonG12/


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* If you're NOT interested, instead of commenting negatively just say 'toy boat' to yourself as quickly as possible, over and over again. By the time that you finish with that you'll be happier and ready to move on to the next Engadget article :-)]]>Oct 22nd 2009 11:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/canon-powershot-g11-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/canon-powershot-g11-review-roundup/Oct 22nd 2009 1:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/canon-powershot-g11-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/canon-powershot-g11-review-roundup/Oct 22nd 2009 1:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/canon-powershot-g11-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/canon-powershot-g11-review-roundup/
Exactly! The G11 is a great camera by and large, but the CCD doesn't allow for HD video... hence asking Canon to include that in the G12 for next year.

Frankly, I was surprised that Canon chose not to include better video capabilities with the G11... a camera released in late 2009 with only 640x480 or 320x240 video. Who shoots at 320x240!? Heck, the iPhone 3GS records video at 640x480 at 30 fps.

I love the G11, but the video aspect really disappointed me.]]>Oct 22nd 2009 1:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/canon-powershot-g11-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/canon-powershot-g11-review-roundup/Oct 22nd 2009 3:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/canon-powershot-g11-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/canon-powershot-g11-review-roundup/Oct 22nd 2009 5:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/canon-powershot-g11-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/canon-powershot-g11-review-roundup/
I don't think anyone is in disagreement with you, myself included.

The general consensus is that Canon was moving away from image quality and following the megapixel race game instead (e.g. G9, G10), resulting in significantly more noise and poorer reproduction, particularly at higher ISO ranges.

What a lot of Canon users have mentioned is that they want great still photo capabilities, PLUS the ability to record decent HD video - in that order.

In a sense, we're all on the same page... just reading different paragraphs.]]>Oct 22nd 2009 8:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/canon-powershot-g11-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/canon-powershot-g11-review-roundup/
I'll sign your petition none the less although I am probably going to buy a G11 which means I will not be purchasing a G12...I am still using a G7.]]>Oct 24th 2009 10:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/canon-powershot-g11-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/canon-powershot-g11-review-roundup/Oct 22nd 2009 11:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/canon-powershot-g11-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/canon-powershot-g11-review-roundup/Oct 22nd 2009 1:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/canon-powershot-g11-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/canon-powershot-g11-review-roundup/Oct 22nd 2009 11:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/canon-powershot-g11-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/canon-powershot-g11-review-roundup/Oct 22nd 2009 12:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/canon-powershot-g11-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/canon-powershot-g11-review-roundup/Oct 22nd 2009 12:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/canon-powershot-g11-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/canon-powershot-g11-review-roundup/
micro4:3 isn't strictly proprietary to Olympus and Panasonic. Any company that joins the Four Thirds consortium could make a body, and although several other companies have as of yet they've chosen not to.]]>Oct 22nd 2009 7:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/canon-powershot-g11-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/canon-powershot-g11-review-roundup/
Correct. It isn't proprietary to Olympus and Panasonic.

I also doubt Nikon and Canon joining since they wouldn't want their respective cameras sporting a competitors lenses.]]>Oct 24th 2009 11:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/canon-powershot-g11-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/canon-powershot-g11-review-roundup/

anyways nice to see a change to focus more on quality rather than megapixel war]]>Oct 22nd 2009 12:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/canon-powershot-g11-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/canon-powershot-g11-review-roundup/
On the down side, I do agree that HD video would have been nice, and wish it were included.]]>Oct 22nd 2009 12:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/canon-powershot-g11-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/canon-powershot-g11-review-roundup/Oct 22nd 2009 12:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/canon-powershot-g11-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/canon-powershot-g11-review-roundup/Oct 22nd 2009 12:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/canon-powershot-g11-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/canon-powershot-g11-review-roundup/
All canon cameras for 2009-2010 have no ultra-fine JPEG option, which I find as an odd move on canon's part. And, it has been confirmed that the new fine != old ultra-fine, so this isn't just a simple naming change.]]>Oct 22nd 2009 12:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/canon-powershot-g11-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/canon-powershot-g11-review-roundup/Oct 22nd 2009 1:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/canon-powershot-g11-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/canon-powershot-g11-review-roundup/
My primary camera is a 5D2 - but the main reason I bought the G11 is not wanting to lug around the 5D. I am big into using a flash (or 8) off camera - so the reason to by the G11 over the S90 for me came down to the hotshoe.

Also - I love the swivel screen - wish the 5D2 had that.

A big bonus for me too is that you can use 2nd curtain sync with the G11 - not even the 5D2 can do that (which frankly is pathetic).

Gear List (will become obvious why I bought the G11):
5D Mark II
20D (Backup)
17mm Tamron SP (Old Nikon mount with adapter ring - amazingly sharp)
24-70 f/2.8L
70-200 f/2.8L
1.4x TC
50mm f/1.4
50mm f/2.5 Compact Macro

(5) 550EX Speedlite
(4) 420EX Speedlite
ST-E2 Speedlite Transmitter
Poverty Wizards (RF-602 from eBay)
200LBs worth of grip gear

Now all I really want from it is better RAW support for the G11 in Lightroom]]>Oct 22nd 2009 2:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/canon-powershot-g11-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/canon-powershot-g11-review-roundup/Oct 27th 2009 10:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/canon-powershot-g11-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/canon-powershot-g11-review-roundup/
What you are referring to is a function certain EX series Speedlites (not the camera) - only when directly on the shoe or on a E-TTL cord. The flash is told the shutter speed selected - and the flash then does a digital delay to fire the flash before the curtain closes.

This means you are extremely limited to just on camera higher end Speedlites - which sucks.

What I am referring to is that the G11 can actually trigger its shoe at the rear curtain - thus being able to use 2nd curtain sync with any flash or studio strobes. It’s a setting at the camera level - not at the flash level like what you referred to on the 5D2.

Its one of the things that truly disappointing to me about having so much money wrapped up in Canon gear - if I were to do it all over again right now - I would have a D700 instead of the 5D2. If only Nikon glass was as cheap as the Canon equivalent. ]]>Oct 25th 2009 8:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/canon-powershot-g11-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/canon-powershot-g11-review-roundup/Oct 24th 2009 8:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/canon-powershot-g11-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/canon-powershot-g11-review-roundup/Oct 24th 2009 11:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/canon-powershot-g11-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/canon-powershot-g11-review-roundup/
http://www.pocketshooter.com/2009/10/canon-s90-p-camera.html

]]>Oct 23rd 2009 1:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/canon-powershot-g11-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/canon-powershot-g11-review-roundup/You want to take photographs, buy a real camera like the G11.
Not some half-assed pipsqueak with no optical viewfinder.
The G11 has all the right stuff.
I've used the G9 for 2 years nearly every day with great image quality, but the G11 blows it away on anything 400 ISO and over.
And you can keep it in your pants pocket.]]>Oct 25th 2009 3:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/canon-powershot-g11-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/canon-powershot-g11-review-roundup/Oct 25th 2009 8:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/canon-powershot-g11-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/canon-powershot-g11-review-roundup/But many times after downloading, I found interesting areas of the scene I hadn't noticed before which the camera captured and was thankful for it.
The other side of using the optical viewfinder is an immediate picture capture of seeing the world and the following of movement is way better than the LCD view.
I becomes a philosophical way of seeing besides the obviously very useful LCD view. ]]>Oct 25th 2009 3:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/canon-powershot-g11-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/canon-powershot-g11-review-roundup/My problem with LCD's is that in the sun, it is very difficult to see what you are shooting!

I think I have seen some comments saying the G11 LCD gets around this problem due to the articulating LCD (don't understand that argument) and due to its high resolution & brightness.

Could you comment on this please. Thanks.]]>Nov 4th 2009 11:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/canon-powershot-g11-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/canon-powershot-g11-review-roundup/Dec 13th 2009 1:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/canon-powershot-g11-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/canon-powershot-g11-review-roundup/Dec 13th 2009 1:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/canon-powershot-g11-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/canon-powershot-g11-review-roundup/
20D and 5D MkI: Custom function 15 set to 1.
5D MK II: It's in the menu system under 'flash control'.

]]>Dec 29th 2009 2:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/canon-powershot-g11-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/canon-powershot-g11-review-roundup/
If you want to shoot video, buy a camcorder!]]>Dec 29th 2009 2:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/canon-powershot-g11-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/canon-powershot-g11-review-roundup/http://www.digitaldesires.net/canon-powershot-g11-good-option-for-photography-enthusiasts.html]]>Aug 21st 2010 2:14AM