G12 Images of Autumn

Well, I took the rather lovely Nikon P7000 back to the shop; it had been the demo model so there was no problem from the shop (Digital Depot, in Stevenage).  No, the problem was between me and the P7000: it was too slow.  I like, sometimes, to take a shot followed by another to improve the scene, as it were.  It's impossible to do that with anything that's moving with the P7000 as it takes so long to write RAW files to the card – about 5 secs.

Whereas the G12 takes a second or less.  So I bought the Canon Powershot.

I had a G5, years ago, then a secondhand G7, so I am familiar with and like the shape and functionality of the G12.  It is pretty speedy, has a decent display and an articulated monitor.  I'm not a great user of articulated monitors; I have an Olympus E-3 on which I use it but it takes me ages to level the camera when the monitor is at an angle.  But the G12 has a little level gizmo available on the display; hurrah!

And today, despite a hacking cough and rather debilitating cold, I managed to get out in the sunshine and get a few shots of autumn trees.

Wood near Waresley

The Lodge on Croxton Park

Woods on Croxton

Gate and Leaf, Croxton

I took each of these photos with the G12 and processed the jpgs in Aperture.  The RAW files are not yet readable in Aperture; I normally have to wait a month or 2 after the first sales of a camera to be able to do that.

3shoes