Canon PowerShot G6

A rotating, live LCD and 7.1 megapixels make this an ideal field camera

By Rob Sheppard

Published March 1, 2005

The talk of digital for outdoor photographers is heavily oriented toward D-SLRs. Yet when I teach classes around the country, I hear many photographers admitting to loving the little advanced compact cameras for their size and capabilities. Canon‚’s latest model in this group is another G-series camera, the PowerShot G6. It offers a smart design with an SLR-style grip, a 7.1-megapixel sensor and all the photographic controls you’d expect in a digital SLR, but in a far more compact package.

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