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With digital cameras increasingly serving double-duty as video devices, the G12 increased its video capture resolution to 720p HD, also adding stereo sound recording. | With digital cameras increasingly serving double-duty as video devices, the G12 increased its video capture resolution to 720p HD, also adding stereo sound recording. | ||
| − | By this point in time, Canon realized that even devoted [[DSLR]] owners sometimes sought the convenience of a pocketable camera. Accordingly, they had introduced the smaller (and RAW-capable) [[Canon PowerShot S90|PowerShot S90]] and [[Canon PowerShot S95|S95]] as the enthusiast "shirt pocket" option. This left the G series to compete based on its somewhat fuller feature set: An optical viewfinder; a longer zoom range (to 140mm in equivalent 35mm terms); a [[hot shoe]] accepting Canon system flashes; optional accessory lens barrels, etc. Thus the G12 also offered both front and rear control wheels, a feature more commonly seen full-scale DSLRs. | + | By this point in time, Canon realized that even devoted [[DSLR]] owners sometimes sought the convenience of a pocketable camera. Accordingly, they had introduced the smaller (and RAW-capable) [[Canon PowerShot S90|PowerShot S90]] and [[Canon PowerShot S95|S95]] as the enthusiast "shirt pocket" option. This left the G series to compete based on its somewhat fuller feature set: An optical viewfinder; a longer zoom range (to 140mm in [[35mm equivalent|equivalent 35mm terms]]); a [[hot shoe]] accepting Canon system flashes; optional accessory lens barrels, etc. Thus the G12 also offered both front and rear control wheels, a feature more commonly seen full-scale DSLRs. |
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Revision as of 13:51, 8 July 2011
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The PowerShot G12 was a somewhat modest 2011 revision to the PowerShot G11 from Canon, retaining that model's 10-megapixel sensor and 5x zoom lens. As with the G11 and S90, the choice of a 10 megapixel sensor (believed to be a chip from Sony) emphasized good high-ISO performance, rather than escalating the "megapixel arms race" which even the PowerShot G10 had succumbed to.
With digital cameras increasingly serving double-duty as video devices, the G12 increased its video capture resolution to 720p HD, also adding stereo sound recording.
By this point in time, Canon realized that even devoted DSLR owners sometimes sought the convenience of a pocketable camera. Accordingly, they had introduced the smaller (and RAW-capable) PowerShot S90 and S95 as the enthusiast "shirt pocket" option. This left the G series to compete based on its somewhat fuller feature set: An optical viewfinder; a longer zoom range (to 140mm in equivalent 35mm terms); a hot shoe accepting Canon system flashes; optional accessory lens barrels, etc. Thus the G12 also offered both front and rear control wheels, a feature more commonly seen full-scale DSLRs.
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