Join me for a quick tour on my G11 camera wheels........

Will it be the G11 or does one know what’s it like not having the swivel screen, how long does the battery last....Siegfried, your G11 review, what’s happening? Olympus added two more filters, the new “baby” Micro Four Thirds from Olympus, most probably Panasonic will also add a new Micro Four Thirds, will Canon sit by and not do anything, how long will it take for them to have a answer to this new threat/trend? Think about it, the new Micro Four Thirds could turn the compact market completely upside down, what will Canon say when they launch their new sensor system camera.....or will they adapt the Micro Four Thirds standard? I do not think they will, neither will Nikon, will they say...guys we now have something better than the AP-C size sensor? No that is totally unlikely, keep in mind that the Olympus Four Thirds Sensor used in the Olympus SLR cameras is a “small” sensor, but in the compact camera market its a LARGE sensor. BHAAA no don’t be scared nothing will go wrong....

Olympus E420

The above picture was taken with my Olympus E420 fitted with the 9 - 18mm wide angle lens. I have the E420 on sale now...not 100% sure if that’s the right thing. This is a JPEG out the camera not edited at all.

The next few pictures are all taken with the G11 from Canon, great little camera or should one say small sensor camera because small is the G11 not....
I love the swivel screen and the way one handle this camera, so easy to use. All the pics were taken in RAW and edited with PSE7.

Canon G11

Canon G11

Canon G11

Canon G11

The G11 does not attract attention at all. I had it fitted to a small bean bag and could thus place it anywhere. While setting it up plus when taking a picture nobody would take notice at all....

Canon G11

The next few pictures were taken with the G1 from Panasonic. At the time when I decided to get the G11, I wrote on a forum that I plan to let the G1 go for the G11. The reaction was huge at the time and based on the advice I had I then decided to hang on to them both for a month or two and to see what next. In terms of picture quality there is just no comparison, the G1 blows the G11 right into space.... No, no wait Siegfried that cannot be 100% correct, or? OK maybe its not 100% that extreme, I think where one does see a real difference is detail in shadow and highlight areas. Its in these areas that the larger sensor show its strengths. The next area of real improvement over the G11 is noise. Then one start looking at other things to try and justify the G11 but still....bottom line is the G11 is a great camera and in the hands of somebody who can the G11 will produce wonderful works of art. What do we want? The best technical specification, a good package, a camera bag filled with stuff.....man I wish Canon will do something...

Panasonic DMC G1

I know its hard words and the feedback might not be that great to read. If there was no Micro Four Thirds then the G11 would have been a absolute master. The problem is that at nearly the same price for a EP-1 and the G11 one cannot help to compare them step by step.....and that then change the complete situation.

I think one should keep one thing in mind and that is that wow factor aspect of a unique product. The EP-1 had that wow factor from the start and every time I saw a picture from that camera I had to stop and really take a good look.

Its generally accepted that the GF1 from Panny has better resolution and the extreme tests showed that the GF1 can really show all there is to show in a scene. That’s most probably true but I have not seen a pic with that same wow factor as the EP1....or have I not tried hard enough?

I will be walking much more in the next days....thinking....listening.....dreaming......