Canon PowerShot G2 Digital Camera.
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	Editors' Rating: 8.5 of 10  • Value for money 8  • Ease of Use 8  • Performance 9  • Image Quality 9	Average User Rating: 9.0 of 10 (173 votes)  • Value for money 9  • Ease of Use 9  • Performance 9  • Image Quality 9		Where to Buy ?
	PROS  • Plenty of features.  • Long battery life.  • Versatile LCD.  • Very good color rendition.  • Sharp 4-megapixel images.		CONS  • Awkward optional attachment lenses.  • Manual focus view lags on LCD.

  One of the new generation of 4-megapixel digicams, the PowerShot G2 is an excellent upgrade to Canon's popular G1 model, introduced almost year ago. The G2 offers an impressive range of automatic and manual controls, with a full Auto mode for point-and-shoot simplicity, three preset scene modes for specific shooting situations, and a full Manual mode that allows the user to select from five ISO equivalents and eight white balance settings, set the aperture and shutter speed, determine spot or center-weighted metering, and adjust image contrast, sharpness, and color saturation in-camera. Its improved manual focus function features an automatic spot enlargement area, plus an on-screen distance scale to make focusing clear and simple. You can even select which portion of the image will determine focus and spot metering readings! At less than $900, the PowerShot G2 is sure to be a hit with professionals, corporate users, advanced amateurs, and even beginning photographers who want a high-quality camera they can grow into.

PowerShot G2 Major Features:

•	3x Zoom Digital Camera featuring 4 effective megapixels.
•	4 effective megapixels for 2,272 x 1,704-pixel images.
•	1.8-inch Low-temperature Polycrystalline Silicon TFT Colour LCD.
•	3x optical zoom lens, 7.1-21.3mm (equivalent to a 35-105mm lens on a 35mm camera) with auto and manual focus.
•	Digital zoom up to 3.6x magnification.

•	13 image quality settings including 3 JPEG compression modes (Superfine, Fine and Normal) at any resolution.
•	JPEG compressed and Canon RAW image format.
•	1.8-inch Vari-Angle color LCD viewfinder/monitor.
•	ISO 50, 100, 200 or 400.
•	Shutter speeds from 15 secs to 1/1000.
•	Noise reduction for 1.3 sec or longer time exposures.
•	Program AE (with Program Shift), Shutter-priority, Aperture-priority and Manual.
•	Image Zone modes: Auto, Pan Focus, Portrait, Landscape, Night Scene, Color Effect, Stitch Assist, and Movie.
•	Movie mode with sound: QVGA (320x240 up to 30 sec), and Q2VGA (160x120 up to 120 sec).
•	Three types of Metering: Center-Weighted Average, Spot, and Evaluative.
•	Manual focus with numerical scale on the LCD and the portion of the image covered by the active focusing point is digitally enlarged while focusing.
•	Three-point autofocus system to ensure perfectly focused images even when shooting off-center subjects.
•	AF assist focusing illuminator for dim to dark environments.
•	User-selectable exposure compensation, flash exposure compensation, auto exposure bracketing and white balance.
•	Playback histogram function with over-exposure warning.
•	CompactFlash Type II slot compatible with Microdrives.
•	Canon BP-511 lithium rechargeable battery pack.
•	Hot Shoe flash for Canon Speedlites.
•	Direct print to Canon CP-10 Card Printer.
•	Optional wide angle, telephoto and closeup lens converters.
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