i love canon, and after good times with my powershot a60 and other cameras before it im hooked on canon and its time to up my power. looking at the G6, done searching and only found another user on here with one. anyone else have one and anything else know much bout em? i was thinkin the S1 also. but that one doesnt have the classic canon AIAF.

any help would be great! thanks ahead of time!

 

i have seen some good reviews on it...i'm thinking about get one also...the pictures come out very very clean

 

if youre looking to stay with a point and shoot style camera i say go with the g6. cant really go wrong. but if you dont mind having a bigger camera, for the money the g6 costs id go with the digital rebel. far superior image quality besides the obviously interchangable lenses, blah blah. plus theres a $100 rebate on the camera through the end of the month. hope that helps.

 

Check my sig. I love mine the pictures are crisp for a fixed lens camera, cost stays down because you don't need extra lenses, you can either go point and shoot with it or full out custom, its relatively cheap right now, you can't beat the size for the features really. I can't really think of anything I don't like about it besides the fact that its not a d70 or 20d but that'll be later down the road.

 

if I had the money, I would buy one

 

i have the G5 and so far no complaints. HT user itsm3paul has a G6. might wanna PM him.

 

right on, thanks for the comments guys. indeed helps. wanted to play with one and tried a best buy and a circuit city here in town, and both places couldnt find the battery for the floor model! bah!

and i thought about the digital rebel but i dont think im ready for it

 

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Same with me, I'd rather learn the basics first then move up.

 

im having a hell of a time finding lenses for this thing, canons site doesnt give too many details..

 

also any opinions with the G6 vs. the S1 IS?

 

if you dont think youre ready for an slr and wanna learn the basics first, then deff go with the point and shoot style camera. like j_ambrose said above, you can go fully automatic or fully manual with the g6. id prolly recommend the g6 over the s1 because the g6 is higher res (7.1mp vs 3.2), takes a rechargable lithium pack (bp511a vs AA batteries), and has a hot shoe which allows you to put on a more powerful flash if you see the need to. the pluses of the s1 are the 10x optical zoom, image stabilizer, and obviously the price tag. both are great cameras, but i think the g6 gives you more room to grow.

 

i have a g3 and its badass. so i imagine the g6 is da sheit! g series canons OWN!

 

Aside from its bulkiness, the G6 would be my first choice if I were to get another p-n-s digital camera.

 

i just got my G6 not to long ago and i ******* love it. it's good bang for the buck. here's some random pics i'v taken with it...

 

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well im good with what i can do now, just not ready for a "professional" camera with a pro price tag then all the lenses. i like the G6 for the expandability and a few other things. all and all after playing with the 2 in person ill be goin g6

thanks for all the help guys

 

glad to help. you wont be disapointed with the g6. just get a decent sized card and a second battery!

 

already have a 1gb i love the capacity.. and the g6 will support 2gb and higher... hmmmmmm

 

id watch out about going higher than 1gb. if the card crashes or somethin like that and you got a lot of data on it youre kinda screwed.

 

kool i see my name on this post awesome!!!

for the g6 i love it still learning the in and outs of the camera

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1096761

my first shots with the camera shitty but like i said still learning

 

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i have a 512 its hold alot of dayam pictures 1gb is just over kill from what i was told thats alot of resizing and uploading

 

even 512 is overkill imo, but then again i always upload all my pictures and then delete them off the compact flash card after i get done taking a series of pictures.

 

I use a 512 like AzntaggeR and just upload everytime I'm done with a set, seems to work for me.