Testurteil: "Highly Recommended"
Test: Einzeltest: Canon PowerShot G3
Zitat: Excellent resolution, one of the best performances of a four megapixel Good metering, good tonal balance which maintains shadow detail Good natural light white balance, strong and balanced colours Control over cameras internal processing algorithms (saturation, tone, sharpness) Low noise at ISO 50, not as clean at ISO 100, more sensitive than rated value Good build quality, better overall design and control layout than the G2 Shooting priority play mode (a half-press of the shutter release always returns to shooting) Excellent range of manual controls Good shot-to-shot times, startup time compromised by four second lens extension Superb fold-out and twist LCD, bright and assisted by anti-reflective coating Manual focus has magnified loupe and ruler readout Flexible continuous shooting modes (buffer after processing) RAW file format maintains 12-bits of data Ability to turn JPEG shot into RAW during record review Compact Flash Type I or II and official Microdrive support Flash hot-shoe, manual flash power, flash sync control (slow / curtain) Voice annotation feature Orientation sensor, although JPEG´s are only tagged not rotated Built-in ND filter useful for bright outdoor / flash shots Intervalometer (time lapse) Excellent night exposures, should allow exposures longer than 15 seconds AF assist lamp works well Included Infrared remote control Superb battery life, the best we´ve seen of any prosumer digital camera Excellent included software suite including remote capture software with live viewfinder Good accessory support (quality wide angle and telephoto lenses, chargers, case)
Some chromatic aberrations at or around maximum aperture Noise at ISO 100 worse than the competition ´Shallow angle jaggies´ visible on resolution chart, although not yet seen in ´every day´ shots Viewfinder partially obstructed by lens barrel Control dial doesn´t work well if rotated too quickly Average macro performance No nine-point AiAF as seen in the PowerShot S45 Zoom controller does not have enough steps / multiple zoom speed Status panel is not backlit Manual mode limits in relation to combinations of aperture and shutter speed (although better than the G2 and most other prosumer digital cameras)