{"id":551264,"date":"2007-01-12T07:24:24","date_gmt":"2007-01-12T07:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wordpress\/technology\/551264-good-old-fashioned-quality.html"},"modified":"2007-01-12T07:24:24","modified_gmt":"2007-01-12T07:24:24","slug":"good-old-fashioned-quality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/technology\/551264-good-old-fashioned-quality.html","title":{"rendered":"GOOD OLD-FASHIONED QUALITY"},"content":{"rendered":"

Comparing the G7 to my own digital camera – which was top of the range 18 months ago (though not a Canon) – shows how far the market has moved in less than two years. <\/font><\/p>\n

The camera isn’t heavy but feels solid and has an impressive retro look to it, with solid dials on the top to change settings. Turning on the camera is impressive: while many all-in-one digital cameras take a few seconds before they’re able to take pictures the G7 is ready almost instantly. <\/font><\/p>\n

That means it’s much easier to capture a moment without having to keep the camera on all the time. That said, its battery life is quite good and though it uses a Canon specific battery instead of the AA that many other cameras use, it recharges reasonably quickly and should last for a few days. <\/font><\/p>\n

My only concern is that the face detection system wasn’t as accurate as I’d have liked and resulted in a number of pics that weren’t as clear as expected. <\/font><\/p>\n

However, pushing one button and selecting a more traditional focusing system fixes that. <\/font><\/p>\n

The G7 is in the top range of all-in-one cameras, with a 10-megapixel sensor, a six-time optical zoom and a large LCD at the back to look at your pics. For just more than R5 000, it’s worth every cent.<\/font><\/p>\n

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JUST PiCKING UP the Canon G7 digital camera gives a sense that you’re holding something special. And in almost every aspect, using the camera does nothing to change that initial impression.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-551264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551264"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=551264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551264\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=551264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=551264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=551264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}