Hello dear Klas, I have the Canon G3 for almost a year now, and I can say, with great experience ha ha ;-) I did test almost all options on it, and I have to say that G3 is very good for close-up and macro, but more efficient with the extra macro lens. It range for Fstops is 2.2 up to 8. For the portrait it is good also, but you always need more and more light. It has several focusing and great white balance. it optical zoom is 4 x and it gaves very sharp photos, when you go to 14x digital zoom, you need more light for sharpeness. Its Flash built in is very special, and have a great range of capacity. and you can reduce it ;-) I am satisfied with it. I am quite satisfied with it, but would like to buy a new camera the Canon D60. I have a friend who has the G5, and her photographs are brillant by daylight ;-) great macros and even landscapes. For that I think that it is better to buy G5. I think that G3 has some problems regarding the distance, when you are shooting some subject faraway, it is often blurry or not so sharp as it intend to be usualy. In one word, the G3 is a very good camera for that price. I am quite satisfied with it, but would improve my camera if I had more money. But for 500$ this one, G3, seems perfect ;-) Best regards, Biliana PS. I think that for this price the Nikon Coolpix 5700 is brillant, but I prefer Canon and I have seen great photographs with Olympus C 5050 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Klas Hjelm" <klash@xxxxxxx> To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 2:26 PM Subject: Advice on digital camera > Hi everyone! > > I've been monitoring this listserv for a while but have now decided to ask my question. I would like some advice on which digital camera to buy. I have the old Canon Powershot A40, which I like, but it needs to be upgraded. I also have the Canon 300 (Rebel in USA) with a couple of cheap lenses. I've been thinking of upgrading to the Canon 300D (or Digital Rebel), but I still think it is too expensive. So, my question is, what digital camera would you recommend in the price category somewhere under $500? > > I have some candidates like Fuji FinePix S7000, Canon G5 and G3, Nikon Coolpix 5700, Minolta 7Hi, Olympus C-5050 and C-5060, but I might very well forgotten someone. From what you read, all have their pros and cons. I don't care about the size, what I do care about is the image quality (of course). Low f-stops, good zoom and macro is a plus. > > Sincerely, > > Klas Hjelm > (from Sweden, currently studying in USA) >
