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Question: Can canon g10 compare to the nikon d40x in image quality?

(Posted by: Cecily on 2009-12-16 08:03:50)

They both look to be available for around the same price. The G10 has more features and stuff, that I can see, and it has liveview and more pixels. But at the end of the day, it's still a compact. Is it comparable to the D40x in terms of image quality? Please bear in mind I'm an amateur, and have never owned a prosumer camera before, let alone a DSLR! Interesting... but, and I know this is quite blasphemous in the camera world, but I don't think I'd be changing lenses. So just bear in mind it'd be Canon G10 vs. Canon D40x... with one lens only.

Posted by: EBA on 2009-12-16, 08:12:51

It depends... in perfect lighting conditions (good sunny day) when you can shoot at ISO 100, the subject is still, and the D40x is equipped with the kit lens, the image quality might be nearly identical... but throw any curve ball at the G10, and image quality will be worse than the D40x... if lighting is bad and you need to step down to lets say ISO 400, the D40x will be much more noise-free if the subject is moving, G10 might not focus fast enough to capture good moving images if D40x is equipped with a good lens, it'll definitely be better no matter what... so... I would say about 10% of the time, you might get similar results, all the other times that D40x will be better... PS D40x is made by Nikon, not Canon...