Originally Posted by cc700

the shutter lag is a total random value depending on the complexity of the scene and light conditions. you can't rely on it taking the picture when you want it to take the picture... and at BEST it will still be a quarter-to-half second of waiting before it gets focus.

the built in flash is **** and the external flash makes it as big as an slr.

the autofocus is slow for most things and the manual focus is a joke.

but the big thing was the shutter lag. it was usually anywhere from .75" to 1.5" and that's just an eternity for me, even if i'm shooting a still scene.

take that general slow operation, stacked with the limited usability of its modes(lowlight is crap compared to a 50d with a 1.8 50mm, marginally better than any current gen point and shoot, the macro is nice but only in bright conditions, and the wide angle isn't really that wide), and you get a camera that's great if you don't have high expectations for your photos, and extremely frustrating if you do. even if you're used to a ****ty slr, you'll be used to better pictures than the g11.

i am one of those nikon guys, but you knew that.

and what really hurt is that i sold my D50, which i loved, for the G11 and used a big gift certificate for it, too. the gift certificate could have gotten me a new monitor, which i desperately need and would have improved my photography way more than a compact camera ever could.

i love nice canons, but it wasn't just the controls of the G11 or the 'canon-ness' of it, it was the performance(or lacking performance) of it. i got some great shots out of the camera but i feel like it took them all on its own and i hated it for it.
that and its too big to comfortably fit in a pocket, so at that point why not just take your slr? especially when you consider the price.

i think it's a great camera compared to any other point and shoot, don't get me wrong... but it's absolute **** compared to a comparably priced slr, even from canon.