The Canon PowerShot G10 was just announced yesterday and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. No word on when the cam will ship, but if you can’t wait to fork over $499, head on over right now. Personally, I would wait for some reviews first as I returned my Canon G9 promptly after discovering the low-light shooting was horrendous. For only a few bucks more, you forego the smaller size, but gain all the goodness that a DSLR offers.
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How can you review a camera you haven’t even seen or touched yet? You can’t, but you can an idea of what it is by its predecessor’s reviews (somewhat). No compact camera is going to compare to the performance of a dSLR, but as “point and shoot” cameras go this one is probably going to have a reputation as one of the best. I want a Nikon D3″X” (or D500, or…???) but they don’t exist yet and I need something now. Instead of spending $3,000 on a D700 I’ll probably get one of these. Ken Rockwell is going to post a review in a few weeks but his first conclusion is that for the most part he can’t find a lot of fault with it unless he compares it to a dSLR, which it isn’t. A weird “quirk” of the difference for me is the availability of an underwater housing, but until I actually get my hands on one my decision is not yet made. They are supposed to be at my local dealer within the next two weeks – I hope so – I’m without a “serious” camera right now!