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Canon PowerShot G5

Canon PowerShot G5 Canon PowerShot G5 Review, Phil Askey, July 2003

Review based on a production PowerShot G5 The PowerShot G5 was announced at the beginning of June 2003, it is the five megapixel companion (it doesnt directly replace) to the four megapixel PowerShot G3 (which wasnt called the G4 because of the similarity between the word 4 and die in certain Asian languages). The difference between the G3 and G5 are limited to:

	CanonPowerShot G5	CanonPowerShot G3
Body	Black	Silver
Sensor	1/1.8" 5.24 megapixel	1/1.8" 4.13 megapixel
Effective pixels	5.0 million	4.0 million
Image sizes	• 2592 x 1944• 1600 x 1200• 1024 x 768• 640 x 480	• 2272 x 1704• 1600 x 1200• 1024 x 768• 640 x 480
Continuous	• High speed: 2.0 fps, max8 • Standard: 1.5 fps, max 11 * (Large/Fine, LCD Off)	• High speed: 2.5 fps, max15• Standard: 1.5 fps, max 14 * (Large/Fine, LCD Off)

How much bigger?

Two to Three megapixels - 1,225,728 more pixels - 64% increase(Average)Two to Four megapixels - 1,951,488 more pixels - 102% increase(Good)Two to Five megapixels - 3,118,848 more pixels - 162% increase (Verygood) Three to Four megapixels - 725,760 more pixels - 23% increase (Notworth it) Three to Five megapixels - 1,893,120 more pixels - 60% increase (Average) Four to Five megapixels - 1,167,360 more pixels - 30% increase (Notworth it)

Review Notes Because of the similarity between the G5 and the G3 (theyrealmost identical apart from resolution) the first half of this review(body, operation, menus etc.) is based on my G3 review posted in December2002.

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