Canon PowerShot G6 Digital Camera

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Pros
High image quality
Long battery life
Cons
No print/share button

$596.35 - $773.00
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Performance: Superior: 91
Features: Very Good: 80
Design: Superior: 90

Find out how these scores, and their relative weights, combine to produce the PC World Rating.

Performance
Battery Life (minutes)	254.25
Battery Life Score	Superior
Image Quality Score	Very Good
Image Quality, Color	62.5
Image Quality, Color--Adjusted	67
Image Quality, Color--Auto	58
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, Exposure	57.1
Image Quality, Exposure--Flash	55
Image Quality, Exposure--Normal	58
Image Quality, Overall	59.3
Image Quality, Sharpness	52.1
Number of Batteries	1
Number of Shots	463

Performance
Image quality: The image-quality rating of a camera is based on five categories: exposure, color, sharpness, distortion, and overall.	Very Good
Overall design	Superior
Maximum megapixels	7.1 megapixels
Maximum effective resolution	3072 by 2304
Zoom range minimum (35mm equivalent)	35mm
Zoom range maximum (35mm equivalent)	140mm
Maximum aperture (wide/telephoto)	f2/f3
Shutter speed range (seconds)	15 to 1/2000
Viewfinders	2-inch optical
Scene modes	4
Media slots	CompactFlash
Accessory lens adapters	Yes
Software	Canon Digital Camera Solution
Battery life	463 shots, 254.25 minutes
Battery type	Rechargeable lithium ion
Dimensions (width by depth by height), weight	4.1 by 2.9 by 2.9 inches, 21.7 ounces
Support policies	One-year parts and labor warranty; 11-hour daily toll-free support

User Reviews for Canon PowerShot G6 Digital Camera

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.