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Originally Posted by TurboFan
My point is the g10 and sd880 have a shorter focal length, allowing a wide angle shot for which these cameras are best. Anything over about 120mm (35mm equiv) is useless. You can crop a 10mp image in this case with better results. The wider angle offering in the g10 is a better option.
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35mm is true wide angle. Saying anything over 120mm "is useless" is silly. That little sensor has it's limits, particularly when you start pressing above ISO 200 and more than a 1/4 crop. I used the 210mm equivalent often when I used my G9 as my main camera.
Today in Rocky Mountain National Park, shooting full frame with a 200mm lens with a 1.4 extender yielded a 25MB RAW image that I still cropped 500% to get the image I wanted of the young moose feeding. Cropping that much with an SD880 would have yielded pure mush.
Did I enjoy my walk around 24-105 lens at 24mm today? You bet your ass, but a 35mm would have yielded some nice images. Which end of the zoom range you prefer to favor will depend on your usage of the camera. BTW, I had to switch back and forth between the 24-105 and the 70-200 mm several times, which is a bit of a hassle. Going 35-210 with no switching is really nice. Yes, there are limitations, but there are pluses also.
There's no right or wrong answer, but the potential buyer needs to understand that zoom ranges are different on the G9 and G10.
Dave