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Canon Powershot G6

86

Very Good
  • Pros
  • High image quality
  • Long battery life
  • Cons
  • No print/share button
  • Pricing: Average: $579 (12/23/2005)
  • Performance: Superior: 91
  • Features: Very Good: 80
  • Design: Superior: 90
Find out how these four scores, and their relative weights, combine to produce the PC World Rating.

Pricing

Average: $579

Performance

Superior: 91
Battery
Battery Life Score Superior 
Number of Batteries 1 
Number of Shots 463 
Battery Life 254.25 
Image Quality Tests (Max. points = 100)
Image Quality Score Very Good 
Image Quality, Color 62.5 
Image Quality, Color--Auto 58 
Image Quality, Color--Adjusted 67 
Image Quality, Exposure 57.1 
Image Quality, Exposure--Flash 55 
Image Quality, Exposure--Normal 58 
Image Quality, Sharpness 52.1 
Image Quality, Distortion 57.3 
Image Quality, Distortion--Noise 32.1 
Image Quality, Distortion--Noise Reduction 80.6 
Image Quality, Distortion--Sharp Interpolation 68 
Image Quality, Overall 59.3 

Features

Very Good: 80
Imaging
Max. Megapixels 7.1Megapixels 
Maximum Resolution 3072 by 2304 
Optical Zoom 4X Zoom 
Zoom Range Min. (mm) 35 
Zoom Range Max. (mm) 140 
Highest Shutter Speed 2000 
Lowest Shutter Speed 15 
Wide-Angle Aperture Maximum 2 
Telephoto Aperture Maximum 3 
Manual Focus Yes 
Interchangeable Lens No 
Accessory Lens Yes 
Hardware
LCD Screen Size (inches) 2LCD Screen 
Dimensions 4.1 x 2.9 x 2.9 
Weight (ounces) 21.7 
Viewfinder Optical 
Image Stabilization None 
Media Slots CompactFlash 
Starter Media or Internal RAM Yes 
Battery Type Rechargeable lithium ion 
Charging Dock No 
Remote Control Yes 
Flash Shoe Yes 
Controls
Scene Modes 4 
Aperture Priority Yes 
Shutter Priority Yes 
Full Manual Exposure Control Yes 
White-Balance Calibration Yes 
White-Balance Bracketing No 
Exposure Bracketing Yes 
ISO Range ISO 50 to ISO 400 
Flash Slow Sync Yes 
File & Printing Formats
Digital Print Order Format (DPOF) Yes 
PictBridge Yes 
File Formats JPEG, RAW 
Other
Included Software Canon Digital Camera Solution 
Warranty & Support
Labor Warranty (years) One 
Parts Warranty (years) One 
Weekday Support Hours 16 
Saturday Support Hours 10 
Sunday Support Hours 0 
Toll-Free Support Yes 
Reliability & Service
Summary of results for all of brand's products in this category Canon was the star of the show, with excellent reliability and support grades overall. If you want to nitpick, Canon's tech reps aren't the fastest at answering the phone. 
Reliability of brand's products in this category
Reports of product arriving with problems Better than Average 
Reports of products with any significant problems Better than Average 
Reports of problems that render a product unusable Better than Average 
Buyers' rating of product's Better than Average 
Overall satisfaction with reliability of brand's products in category Better than Average 
Service & Support Quality
Time spent holding for phone support Average 
Overall quality of vendor's phone support Better than Average 
Reports of problems unresolved after contacting service Better than Average 
Overall quality of service Better than Average 

Design

Superior: 90
About the Test Center

Canon PowerShot G6 Review

by Paul Jasper

- The PowerShot G6 is a compact and powerful 7.1-megapixel digital camera that should appeal to advanced photographers. It's the latest in Canon's G series, which dates back nearly five years to the original PowerShot G1. The G6 returns to a silver body color, though we think the all-black G5 looked more professional. But the G6 is also about 10 percent smaller, making it even easier to shoot one-handed when you're grasping its chunky handgrip.

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User Reviews for Canon Powershot G6

  • Reviewed by: dmaffei

    Duration of ownership:

    Strengths: Easy to use. No setup necessary. Long battery life

    Weaknesses: none

    Overall Evaluation: This is the best Powershot yet. With the dial on the back, you always know what mode you're in. The battery life is really long. I also bought the 2 gig memory card.

  • Reviewed by: kingsgraphic

    Duration of ownership:

    Strengths: Superb sharp photographs, which will print to 20" x 16". Acurate metering and focussing. A whole raft of user accessible settings, that will take weeks to explore. Incredible battery life.

    Weaknesses: Crummy little cover over the AV/DC/Digital ports (will almost certainly break off one day). On/off button too easy to accidentally trigger (I trimmed mine shorter with a craft knife to solve this)

    Overall Evaluation: I've been running this camera for over six-months after retiring my Hasselblad. I wanted a camera that would produce upto 20 x 16 prints, but didn't need a suitcase of accessories to do the job. The G6 fits the role nicely. The zoom and focussing are quick and accurate. In the six-months I've used the camera I guess I've only binned a handful of shots because of inaccurate focus, out of 1000+ photos.Most impressive is the battery life. The manual suggests that 400 shots are possible depending on flash/LCD usage. When I first read that I said "In your dreams!". No, it really will do it!Mostly I can't fault this camera, and bearing in mind that I'll unlikely want a higher resolution, I can't see me wanting to part with it.

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