I was looking around on the Internet to find out if they've released any info on the new Canon G10, and look what I found over at the Circuit City website....
But when I clicked on the link it didn't work! I got an error screen.
Figures, doesn't it?
So anyway, I looked around some more and I found some more detailed specs about the G10 over on other websites. Here's what the new G10 looks like....
Front view:
Back view:
As you can see, there is very little difference in the body style of the camera. Canon has raised the flash/view finder side of the camera slightly, however the color and styling of the cameras remains the same. Canon seems to be sticking to the original styling of the G7 and has carried this through all the way to the G10.
Apparently there are some new features on the G10...
1. The G10 is a 15 mp camera (14.7 mp)
2. Canon has employed the new DIGIC 4 imaging processor in the G10. Our G9s have a DIGIC 3 processor.
3. Improved Face Detection.
4. New Face Detection Self Timer. Using motion detection, the camera can detect an increase in the number of faces and will wait until the photographer gets on-camera before taking the shot. The motion detection will track more moving subjects in a larger range and retain focus on moving subjects after the shutter button has been pressed down half way. Focus and color adjustments are made automatically without the aid of the photographer.
5. New Intelligent Contrast Correction. This new intelligent contrast correction system is called i-Contrast and controls the contrast within the pixels units to brighten dark areas while leaving bright areas unchanged for better images where the main subject is dark, and more natural transition. The PowerShot G10 can even use i-Contrast in playback mode to adjust images that were shot without the setting activated.
6. New auto red eye modes -
1) The Red-eye Correction during shooting actually identifies and corrects red-eye in human subjects as pictures are taken.
2) The G10 can be set to automatically detect and correct red-eye during image playback.
3) You can manually locate any red eyes in a scene during image playback on the LCD screen, and command the camera to remove them.
7. Improved Optical Image Stabilization.
8. 26 shooting modes and 17 scene modes.
9. Improved noise reduction in high ISO ranges.
The controls on the back panel appear to have the exact same arrangement as on the G9. The only difference I can see is the playback button is now black instead of silver.
I also read the ISO control knob on the top of the camera has been moved to the other side of the camera, and is now an outer ring of the mode dial. An exposure compensation knob now sits where the ISO dial used to be located on the G9.
The zoom range is less on the G10 than on the G9. For some reason Canon reduced the zoom range from 6x to 5x. I don't know why they did this but I find it a bit disappointing. I was hoping they would increase the range to 7 or 8x.
That's about all I have been able to find out so far Jack. The price of the G10 will be $499.99 and it is scheduled to be released for sale in October 2008.
