Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #39 in Camera & Photo
- Color: Black
- Brand: Canon
- Model: 6350B001
- Released on: 2012-09-17
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 3.00" h x
4.20" w x
1.60" l,
.78 pounds
- Battery type: Lithium Ion
- Display size: 3
Features
- 5x Optical Zoom with 28mm Wide-Angle Lens
- 12.1 MP High-Sensitivity CMOS sensor with DIGIC 5 Image Processor
- 1080p Full HD Video With a Dedicated Movie Button
- High-speed AF, High-speed Burst HQ for a maximum of 10 frames
- 12-bit Multi Aspect Recording in RAW + JPEG
- 5x Optical Zoom with 28mm Wide-Angle Lens
- 12.1 MP High-Sensitivity CMOS sensor with DIGIC 5 Image Processor
- 1080p Full HD Video With a Dedicated Movie Button
- High-speed AF, High-speed Burst HQ for a maximum of 10 frames
- 12-bit Multi Aspect Recording in RAW + JPEG
Product Description
The PowerShot G15 features a newly developed 5x Optical Zoom with 28mm Wide-Angle, bright f/1.8(W) – f/2.8 (T) lens, Canon's HS SYSTEM, plus upgraded video capture in 1080p Full HD with stereo sound. The PowerShot G12 brings EOS line features like the 12-bit multi aspect RAW+JPEG formatting into a compact camera.What’s in the box: Canon PowerShot G15 Digital Camera, NB-10L Lithium-Ion Battery Pack for PowerShot SX40 HS, CB-2LC Battery Charger for NB-10L Battery for PowerShot SX40 HS, NS-DC11 Neck Strap, Digital Camera Solution CD and 1-Year Limited Warranty.
Customer Reviews
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163 of 168 people found the following review helpful.
By D. Hentze
I've long been a fan of my trusty Canon G12. Since it hasn't been upgraded in quite some time, I thought it was the end of the line for the series. When the G15 was announced, I immediately wanted one. Having had it for a couple of days now, I'm very happy with it. Out of the box, the biggest difference I noticed was that the G15 no longer has an articulated swivel screen. To a lot of people, this will be a huge disappointment. There is a positive to this though. Without it, the camera is thinner and lighter now. The screen is also larger and higher resolution. (3", 920K). The lens has the same focal length as the G12, but the new G15 lens has a wider aperture. f1.8 vs f2.8. My results show a nice improvement in low light situations. Canon has also improved the auto-focus speed. Megapixels have been increased from 10mp to 12mp. The G15 has a 1/1.7" CMOS sensor, which is larger than most compact style cameras. The DSLR style controls and menus are easy to navigate and understand. On my initial battery charge, I managed just over 300 shots, which I consider good. Now for the most important thing. Image quality. I took several hundred pictures in various conditions. Image quality was excellent under all circumstances. I shot in JPEG mode, using ISO 80-800. Images shot outdoors in good lighting conditions were almost DSLR quality. Images shot indoors were excellent too. Image noise up to ISO 400 was barely noticeable. At ISO 800, noise become more noticeable, but results were still much better than you'd expect from a compact camera. I only shot a minimal amount of video since I have little interest in using it, but what I did shoot does look good. The G15 can do 1080P at 24fps. All in all, the Canon G15 is just a great camera.Pros:Excellent image quality.Fast 5x 28-140mm lens.RAW image capture.DSLR style manual controls.Good battery life.Fairly thin and lightweight.3", 920K screen.Optical viewfinder.Cons:No articulated screen.Ergonomics might be awkward to some.
101 of 104 people found the following review helpful.
By S. Vogt
The first thing I noticed when I took the G15 out of its box for the first time was its impressive build quality. Everything is tightly constructed and what feels like a tough mag alloy body. It's not necessarily pocketable but is slightly smaller and thinner than the G12. One minor complaint, however, is that the handgrip up front seems shallower than on the G12 so at first it doesn't feel as comfortable to grip. The battery is of a good size and the camera gets decent battery life.The control layout on the back of the camera is the same as the G12 and G1X, generally straight-forward and logically placed. I have mixed feelings about the dual dials on the top. One one hand, the exposure dial is very nicely placed and easily accessed from the back of the camera with your thumb. However, the shooting mode dial presents somewhat of an issue..when you access it with your fingers from the front of the camera, because it is placed to the left of the zoom toggle..the zoom toggle can be accidentally pushed while trying to change the mode dial. You just have to learn to keep your fingers out of the way of the zoom toggle when changing the mode dial.The menu system has not changed at all from previous models... so if you're coming from the G12, you should be able to locate where everything is rather quickly. You have the function button for the most commonly accessed settings and the menu button for all other settings. The LCD on back, while sadly, not articulated like on the G12 is gorgeous...very bright and clear. The viewfinder is the same small one found in the G1X and G12..but it works okay when you can't use the LCD.Canon promised improved AF performance over the G12 and while the autofocus speed seems marginally better....it's just okay overall. It does have reliable AF and no problems even in low light locking on, but it can not match the Lumix LX7 or the Sony RX100 in AF speed. It is faster than the G1X though. So overall, satisfactory AF performance but not best in class. Lens performance is quite snappy though, and you can zoom in and out relatively quickly. So even though it has slower AF than the LX7 and RX100, it can zoom in and out faster than both of those cameras can. Shot to shot times are pretty good when using a decent memory card with a fast writing speed.This camera, moreso than any other enthusiast compact I've shot with, has a serious problem with overexposing and burning out highlights. Luckily, your exposure compensation dial sits right on top of the camera, as you will need to apply at least -1 EV in most shooting situations to keep your photos properly exposed. By all other image quality parameters, however, the camera performs very well. The lens is sharp, the colors are accurate, and the ISO performance is much improved over the G12....the camera does a nice job balancing out noise reduction and detail retention up through ISO1600. At ISO800 and 1600 the photos aren't completely noise-free, but you can still get excellent prints if you don't blow them up to billboard size. Especially if you shoot RAW.I have not messed much with the movie mode but it has a few manual controls. One feature that stuck out to me is the 1280x720 HD iframe recording, which can be imported right into Apple video editing software without losing any of its quality.In summary, a very impressive enthusiast compact from Canon. It has a few annoying flaws, but what I have pointed out shouldn't deter you from buying this camera. After all, it gets the most important thing right and the lens performance is impressive overall. I might also add that it makes a great first camera for a student or someone who wants to learn the finer points of photography, as it is a camera that you can grow with. If you're on the fence between this and the Powershot S110, my vote goes for the G15. The S110 has the great touch screen AF and is smaller, but it has a slower lens, lower-res LCD, and no viewfinder. Both have share the same imaging sensor so their image quality is about the same. But with the faster lens on the G15, you don't have to crank the ISO up as much in low-light which translates into less noisy low-light photos. Compared to the Panasonic LX7? The LX7 is a real stunner when shooting in low ISOs and processing RAW files. It also has faster AF and an even faster lens. But its JPEGS aren't as good (though better than the LX5's), it's ISO performance is not as good, and zooming in and out is annoyingly slow on the camera. But overall, the G15, I have to say, is probably the best enthusiast compact Canon has created yet.
45 of 45 people found the following review helpful.
By Robert V. McGarrah
I have owned and loved my Canon G12 for the past two years. When I recently learned of the new G15 I wound up buying it on impulse due to my previous good luck with Canon and the promise of improved performance. Also influencing my decision was the fact that I was about to leave on a fall vacation trip which would provide a great opportunity to test the camera.I could not be happier with the performance of the G15. Here are the features that impress me the most.1. The smaller form factor does make it a bit easier to carry.2. Low light performance is incredible. Even at higher ISO's up to 1600 this camera produces very useable images.3. The image stabilization continues to be excellent and allows good handheld shots to be taken in difficult lighting situations.4. I use the movie function sometimes just to insure that I capture an optimal still image for various events. The new 1080p HD shooting mode and ability to refocus while zooming are real improvements that I find very useful.5. The elimination of the separate ISO control on the top of the camera and the rearrangement of the exposure dial control have been easy to adjust to and have not caused me any difficulty.6. The loss of the moveable rear LCD display has also turned out to be a non-problem. I only used this feature sparingly on the G12 so the larger and sharper (although fixed) LCD on the G15 is actually another improvement for me.A quick comment on the included software. I find the Canon Imagebrowser to be largely worthless for my needs. It has a strange interface from my perspective and takes up a huge amount of disk space. My main need is to edit movies. For this task the freeware program Video Pad is much superior. For RAW image manipulation the Canon Digital Photo Professional software is quite sufficient.The bottom line for me... I think Canon has done a great job of moving the G series along with the new G15. I am extremely pleased with the camera and strongly recommend it for those considering an upgrade.
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