Canon G12

I have had the Canon G12 for a while, and I really like it; good quality images, snappy performance, and for the most part it's a keeper. One of the main reasons I got it was the optical viewfinder to have more focusing control, but I have found I rarely used it as it was not terribly helpful. If I had to do it again I would go micro 4/3s and I still might. an EP1 with a 14-42 lens is compelling, but for now I am saving of for a wide angle lens for my Canon DLSRs. Summing up the G12 here are my pluses and minuses:

+

• Tons of neat features especially the built in ND filter
• Fast performance even in RAW
• Great picture quality
• Good trade-off of quality vs size for my DLSRs
• Good battery life

-

• Not really pocket-able
• Focus assist light stays on the whole time camera is in focus, does not lock and go off
• Optical viewfinder sucks
• Micro 4/3s viable alternative

Since it's not really pocket-able, I'm going with the Fuji Finepix F600 as by do-it-all pocket camera. Just got it last week and will test it out and give my feedback. If it works out I may sell my G12 and get a Micro 4/3s, but with the 5x zoom, the G12 is still a more compact alternative to the m4/3s with a lens that is 5x zoom.

Below is a gallery of some of the pictures I have taken with the G12: