This page has information about my Canon G2 digital camera, purchased in Dec 2001. This is an excellent camera: features, usability, quality of output, and battery life are all fantastic. Sample photos:
I paid $1300 CAD+tax (about $890 USD total) which was a bit on the expensive side for a point and shoot digital camera at the time. I bought a 192M CompactFlash memory card for another $100 CAD (it was half price with purchase of the camera.)
The G2 is a little bigger and heavier than I wanted (I had been drooling over the tiny Canon Elphs for a while before getting this one), so I eventually broke down and bought a Canon S200 as well. :) But the S200 almost always takes a back seat to my G2; I wanted the S200 mainly for going out at night, and certain sports when I don't want to have a big camera with me.
Various related links:
- reviews and info: amazon, dpreview, Steve's Digicams
- my photography page, or notes on various cameras
- I use rename-vids to rename AVI movies by time and date.
Technical specifications:
- Maximum image resolution: 2,272 x 1,704 pixels
- Image resolution options: High: 2,272 x 1,704 pixels
- Image resolution options: Medium: 1,600 x 1,200 pixels
- Image resolution options: Low: 640 x 480
- Maximum CCD resolution: 4.1 megapixels
- CCD size: 0.55 inch
- Optical viewfinder: Yes
- LCD screen size: 1.8 inches
- LCD swivel: Yes
- Aperture: f/2.0 to f/8.0
- Optical zoom: 3x
- Digital zoom: 3.6x
- Compatible memory types: CompactFlash I or II (Microdrive supported)
- Max. photos at highest quality: 4
- Max. photos at lowest quality: 168
- Image type(s): JPEG, RAW
- Uncompressed mode: Yes
- ISO film-speed equivalency: 50, 100, 200, 400
- Macro focus range: 2.4 to 29 inches
- Shutter speed range: 1/1000 to 15 seconds
- Autofocus system: TTL
- Manual focus: Yes
- Focus range: 2.4 inches to infinity
- Shutter priority mode: Yes
- Aperture priority mode: Yes
- Main exposure mode: Auto
- Spot metering mode: Yes
- Manual exposure mode: Yes
- Manual white balance mode: Yes
- Built-in flash: Yes
- Red-eye reduction: Yes
- Fill-flash (forced flash): Yes
- Flash-off mode: Yes
- Night portrait (flash synch) mode: Yes
- Hot shoe for external flash: Yes
- Black and white: No
- Solarized: No
- Movie mode: Yes
- Max. movie length: 30 seconds to 2 minutes
- Audio recording: Yes (with video)
- Burst mode or continuous shooting: Yes
- Frames/sec in burst mode: 2.5
- Self timer: Yes
- Remote included: Yes
- Special effects: None
- Splashproof: No
- Other special features: Adjustable sharpness, contrast, saturation
- Software included: Adobe PhotoShop 5.0 LE plus Canon software
- Serial output: No
- USB output: Yes
- Video output: Yes
- Battery requirements: proprietary lithium-ion battery pack
- Width: 4.8 inches
- Height: 3.0 inches
- Depth: 2.5 inches
- Weight: 18 ounces