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Originally Posted by danielf
It's a tradeoff really. I would probably be happy with a high end compact, but the GF wants control over the camera (she has on occasion taken the photos at people's weddings etc), and the possibility to add kit if desired. That doesn't mean we will be spending £1000s on kit though.
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You should take a look at the Cannon G range of compacts.
http://consumer.usa.canon.com/ir/con...&modelid=10463
(sorry could not be bothered to find a UK link)
The G6 is 7.1MP and has a high level of control. I'm amazed at the level of control my Powershot A80 (the A95 is the nearest comparable available). I've used it a lot in a light tent with fluro bulbs for web product photography and it comes with settings for this all built in and the ability to store them in a Custom setting so no need to reconfigure each time I want to take more.
My biggest complaint on the PowerShot when compared to a wet SLR is the shutter speed / time to ready the next shot. Most of the time it is not noticable, but as an example, when at Disney last weekend trying to get shots of my son with the characters, the EOS10 won hands down as you could click, click, click without the queue getting impatient, on a digital camera it was more click, wait, click, oh that would be a better shot but I am waiting for it to save / prepare for the next shot, click. I think the G series and certainly the EOS series are far better for this.