OK so last Photokina it was G7 which was a disappointment although built around a completely new chassis, as it lost Raw mode, max f2 lens and movable screen.
Instead it added 10 megapixels, optical stabilisation, more tele range up to 210 (35mm eqiv.), DIGIC III and gained a lot of plastic. I don't know the numbers but it seems to me that it may have not been such a hit. So much that a G8 was never released. Instead the G9 was released a year later which further increased pixel count to 12.1, a wide and better 3.0” LCD .
Now the G10 sports wider lens at 28mm f2.8, DIGIC IV and uses a CCD with 14.7 million pixels.
Interestingly, the SX1 features a 10 Mpixels CMOS. It is the first compact camera to use this type of sensor. Although this is a smaller sensor than those used by Canon 400D - 450D SLRs.
It may be expected that, unless Canon engineers manage to stretch the 1/1.7” CCD pixel density (mind this is a relatively big sensor), the next move could be integrating CMOS into the G series. CMOS is considered as less noisy at higher ISO setting.
Instead it added 10 megapixels, optical stabilisation, more tele range up to 210 (35mm eqiv.), DIGIC III and gained a lot of plastic. I don't know the numbers but it seems to me that it may have not been such a hit. So much that a G8 was never released. Instead the G9 was released a year later which further increased pixel count to 12.1, a wide and better 3.0” LCD .
Now the G10 sports wider lens at 28mm f2.8, DIGIC IV and uses a CCD with 14.7 million pixels.
Interestingly, the SX1 features a 10 Mpixels CMOS. It is the first compact camera to use this type of sensor. Although this is a smaller sensor than those used by Canon 400D - 450D SLRs.
It may be expected that, unless Canon engineers manage to stretch the 1/1.7” CCD pixel density (mind this is a relatively big sensor), the next move could be integrating CMOS into the G series. CMOS is considered as less noisy at higher ISO setting.
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