Thinking of buying a Nikon D3100

[fredcandetail]

i own a Canon DSLR and for my details use the G11 for the past year or more .. this camera hands downs beats the DSLR and as a added bonus is WAY less bulky.
I will put the G11 against any DSLR any day

[LegacyGT]

i own a Canon DSLR and for my details use the G11 for the past year or more .. this camera hands downs beats the DSLR and as a added bonus is WAY less bulky.
I will put the G11 against any DSLR any day

[slickooz]

I would suggest buying a refurbish T2i from Canon. I got mine for 550 shipped, came with everything that a new one would. I like T2i more then 3100 because the LCD screen has 1 million pixel while the Nikon has around 250k pixel. Which mean you can see picture a lot clearer on Canon.

If you want their # for CLP I can PM you it. You have to send them a old P&S to get 20% off their refurbish price.

I just got my first DSLR and loving it. I recently bought a 50mm 1.4 for portraits.

[Jeff120]

i own a Canon DSLR and for my details use the G11 for the past year or more .. this camera hands downs beats the DSLR and as a added bonus is WAY less bulky.
I will put the G11 against any DSLR any day

No possible way. I think that the G11 is easier to use, set and forget. That is why you are getting better results. You dont know how to work your DSLR. Spend some time shooting with it and you will see a major difference.

[umi000]

No possible way. I think that the G11 is easier to use, set and forget. That is why you are getting better results. You dont know how to work your DSLR. Spend some time shooting with it and you will see a major difference.

Actually, it's possible to get comparable results between a G11 and a Canon DSLR - assuming you have good light and certain subjects (landscape, architecture, etc.). Heck, read this article by photographer Michael Reichmann, comparing the G10 (predecessor to the G11) to a Hasselblad medium format with Phase One back:

Canon G10 vs Hasselblad H2

Of course, the big caveat is that you need good lighting - in medium to low lighting, the larger sensor in the DSLR would start showing its advantages.

Oh, one other reason why a G11 could produce better results than an SLR - the G11 lens is a better lens than the Canon kit lens, so a kit lens-equipped Canon DSLR would not be performing at its best.

[LegacyGT]

Actually, it's possible to get comparable results between a G11 and a Canon DSLR - assuming you have good light and certain subjects (landscape, architecture, etc.). Heck, read this article by photographer Michael Reichmann, comparing the G10 (predecessor to the G11) to a Hasselblad medium format with Phase One back:

Canon G10 vs Hasselblad H2

Of course, the big caveat is that you need good lighting - in medium to low lighting, the larger sensor in the DSLR would start showing its advantages.

Oh, one other reason why a G11 could produce better results than an SLR - the G11 lens is a better lens than the Canon kit lens, so a kit lens-equipped Canon DSLR would not be performing at its best.

Under ideal conditions with an experienced operator, sure you can get great photos from anything. Heck I can get great pictures out of an iPhone under ideal conditions. The problem is that less than 1% of what I shoot is under ideal conditions, and when I print pictures, I print them BIG. At web resolution anything looks pretty good, but some of my prints are 36''x55'' large; a small sensor just will not look good at those sorts of resolutions.

Lets compare a few pictures at 100% crop to see if the G11 is really the same as a DSLR (images from DPreview.com reviews of both cameras)

G11 vs (ideal)........................................... .... 1D Mark IV(ideal):


G11 High ISO (3200) vs ................................1D Mark IV(3200):



Honestly we are trying to compare a Ferrari with an Accura. They will both get you where you want to go, but they are apples and oranges on pretty much everything else.

[maximus20895]

[maluminas]

Someone suggested Ken Rockwell as a source of info, but i would like to add a word of caution: his reviews are... um... satyrical... lol

[Ted S.]

Bill, is that first series of photos from a bottle of vermouth?

[LegacyGT]

Bill, is that first series of photos from a bottle of vermouth?

Good eye ... here is the whole scene:
(posting a link because it would really break the width of the comments if I posted as an embedded picture).
http://a.img-dpreview.com/reviews/Ca...0C0148_acr.jpg