Canon PowerShot G12 Overview

Canon's PowerShot G12 photographic camera will be the company's latest flagship fixed-lens camera, and also a direct successor to last year's PowerShot G11 model. Canon's G12 retains the same ten megapixel CCD sensor resolution since its predecessor, coupled towards the same DIGIC 4 image processor that featured within the G10 and G11. The pairing of sensor and processor has been giving branding, called the "HS System," with all the initials standing for "High Sensitivity."

The canon eos PowerShot G12 retains precisely the same 5x optical telephoto lens with the PowerShot G10 and G11, that offers 35mm-equivalent focal lengths cover anything from a good 28mm wide-angle to some 140mm telephoto. And as featuring a predecessor, canon's G12 includes true optical image stabilization to help combat blur from camera shake.

Like its predecessor, the canon g12 prices incorporates a 2.8-inch tilt/swivel LCD display, with 461,000 dot resolution. Other highlights retained from your G11 such as a high-definition HDMI video output connector with Consumer Electronics Control (HDMI-CEC) compatibility, and the power to save still images not only as compressed JPEGs, and as Raw files.

So what's new? There's a new control dial around the front with the camera body, mirroring those on Canon's EOS-series DSLRs, and support to have an optional FA-DC58B lens filter adapter which extends combined with lens itself, accepting Canon 58mm-threaded filters. The top-panel ISO dial is additionally finer-grained, allowing adjustment in 1/3 stop increments, plus there is fashionable new user-configurable Auto ISO function. Another addition is tracking autofocus capability.

Digging in an electronic level function will allow photographers to guarantee themselves of even horizons. The PowerShot G12 offers many different new aspect ratios, including 4:3 (native), 3:2, 16:9, 1:1, and 4:5.

A brainy Auto function automatically selects the appropriate scene mode from among 28 types, subject to subject theme. The canon g12 prices can be now certified as Eye-Fi Connected, meaning it offers a superior admission to certain management options that come with the widely used WiFi-capable SD cards in-camera.

The Canon PowerShot G12 further adds a fresh high-definition 720p movie mode, with stereo sound recording -- a large update with the G11's standard-def, VGA video with monaural audio. A miniature effect function is obtainable during video shooting within the Canon G12, something we have seen in lots of of Olympus' digital camera models -- and early indications are that, just as those cameras, this will likely influence framerate.

Gleam new high dynamic range (HDR) shooting mode, which captures three successive photos with varied exposure, and then combines them in-camera to generate a single image with an increase of dynamic range. Since the function will depend on multiple source images, it's only useful for relatively static scenes. It further requires make use of a tripod, and therefore are not to be used handheld, as the Canon PowerShot G12 can't microalign the fundamental cause images before merging.

Availability for any canon g12 prices in the US market began early October 2010. List pricing is set at around US$500, like that surrounding its predecessor.