{"componentChunkName":"component---src-templates-blogposting-js","path":"/blog/p7000_g12","result":{"data":{"mdx":{"body":"function _extends() { _extends = Object.assign || function (target) { for (var i = 1; i < arguments.length; i++) { var source = arguments[i]; for (var key in source) { if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(source, key)) { target[key] = source[key]; } } } return target; }; return _extends.apply(this, arguments); }\n\nfunction _objectWithoutProperties(source, excluded) { if (source == null) return {}; var target = _objectWithoutPropertiesLoose(source, excluded); var key, i; if (Object.getOwnPropertySymbols) { var sourceSymbolKeys = Object.getOwnPropertySymbols(source); for (i = 0; i < sourceSymbolKeys.length; i++) { key = sourceSymbolKeys[i]; if (excluded.indexOf(key) >= 0) continue; if (!Object.prototype.propertyIsEnumerable.call(source, key)) continue; target[key] = source[key]; } } return target; }\n\nfunction _objectWithoutPropertiesLoose(source, excluded) { if (source == null) return {}; var target = {}; var sourceKeys = Object.keys(source); var key, i; for (i = 0; i < sourceKeys.length; i++) { key = sourceKeys[i]; if (excluded.indexOf(key) >= 0) continue; target[key] = source[key]; } return target; }\n\n/* @jsxRuntime classic */\n\n/* @jsx mdx */\nvar _frontmatter = {\n  \"date\": \"2010-09-14T18:16:40.267Z\",\n  \"updated\": \"2010-09-14T18:16:40.267Z\",\n  \"type\": \"BlogPosting\",\n  \"title\": \"Nikon P7000, Canon G12 and why I still have a Canon G7\",\n  \"entityId\": \"04f1d6c0-f940-11e6-8d52-ffa6c436feb5\",\n  \"revisionId\": \"04f1d6c1-f940-11e6-8d52-ffa6c436feb5\",\n  \"revisionNum\": 1,\n  \"tags\": {},\n  \"sidebar\": \"I am, of course, concerned that [the flowchart that's been going around the Internet of late](http://www.makethephoto.com/how-to-choose-a-digital-camera/) lists the Micro 4/3rds camera as a \\\"Hipster\\\" camera. 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So, even though I\\u2019ve been ignoring increasing numbers of digital camera announcements because I don\\u2019t feel that they actually offer anything new, I\\u2019ve kept up with the serious compacts, because my G7 is getting old.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"For a long long time, the Canon G-series set the pace, albeit with a gap between the G6 and G7 and a few mis-steps with the G7\", \".\", \" So much so that even die-hard Nikon shooters were using the G series because the Nikon equivalent wasn\\u2019t worth bothering with. The Nikon P6000 tried and failed to compete, offering features that people largely didn\\u2019t care about and mis-features like the worst RAW format ever\\u2026 and Nikon has gone through a lot of trouble to make their RAW formats harder for other applications to process as is.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, mdx(\"a\", {\n    parentName: \"p\",\n    \"href\": \"http://www.dpreview.com/news/1009/10090819nikonp7000.asp\"\n  }, \"The Nikon P7000\"), \", in an effort to convince some of the Nikon shooters to not buy a G11, looks like somebody took a Canon G11, scratched out the Canon logo, and pasted a Nikon sticker on. Except that many of the less obvious mis-features of the P6000 are preserved.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Honestly, I\\u2019m disappointed. You cannot move forward in the marketplace by offering a copy of the previous generation\\u2019s competition. And there are plenty of variations on the serious compact form factor that Nikon has yet to do.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Meanwhile, the \", mdx(\"a\", {\n    parentName: \"p\",\n    \"href\": \"http://www.dpreview.com/news/1009/10091412canong12.asp\"\n  }, \"G12\"), \" looks pretty good. A clear upgrade from the G11 and much better than the P7000.\"), mdx(\"h2\", null, \"Why I still have a Canon G7\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"When I got my G7, it was the best looking non-SLR camera on the market. Sure, unlike the G6 or an SLR, it didn\\u2019t have RAW modes or anything like that\\u2026 but it did have more manual controls and a flash hotshoe and other nice features that the rest of the marketplace lacked.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"It\\u2019s been far surpassed. Especially in these days when the camera makers realized that there was a marketplace of people just like me who want something other than a giant digital SLR. I see a lot of little black G-series Canon cameras and the G11 is quite respectable.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"On the other hand, none of the G-series cameras that followed have impressively awesome features that make it worth replacing a perfectly good camera. RAW or more pixels would be nice, but not necessary. After all, my real work is all taken with a medium format film camera.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"The cameras I most have my eye on are the mirrorless compact cameras. The first out into the marketplace was the Micro-4/3rds cameras, but Sony and Samsung have competition and I\\u2019m sure that there\\u2019s more on the way. 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