{"id":446,"date":"2010-09-16T19:00:09","date_gmt":"2010-09-16T23:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raphotoclub.ca\/wp\/?p=446"},"modified":"2010-09-21T18:25:06","modified_gmt":"2010-09-21T22:25:06","slug":"ten-years-of-canon-gs-other-gear-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raphotoclub.ca\/wp\/?p=446","title":{"rendered":"Ten Years of Canon G&#8217;s &#038; Other Gear Stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-447\" href=\"http:\/\/www.raphotoclub.ca\/wp\/?attachment_id=447\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-447\" title=\"Canon GX.  Photos:  dpreview\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.raphotoclub.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Canon-GX-1024x306.jpg?resize=640%2C191\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.raphotoclub.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Canon-GX.jpg?resize=1024%2C306&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.raphotoclub.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Canon-GX.jpg?resize=300%2C89&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.raphotoclub.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Canon-GX.jpg?w=1053&amp;ssl=1 1053w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In September 2000 Canon launched the Canon Powershot G1 camera, 10 years later #10 in the &#8220;G line has just been announced, the <a title=\"http:\/\/www.usa.canon.com\/cusa\/consumer\/products\/cameras\/digital_cameras\/powershot_g12\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usa.canon.com\/cusa\/consumer\/products\/cameras\/digital_cameras\/powershot_g12\" target=\"_self\">G12<\/a> (for some obscure reason they passed on the G4 &amp; G8 model numbers).\u00a0 I&#8217;m sure many members have purchased one model or another of the series but if you had decided to &#8220;upgrade&#8221; every time Canon introduced a new G my research suggests you would have spent $6651 (US, estimated retail prices) to collect all of them!<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->But at least each model generally cost less over the years:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-464\" href=\"http:\/\/www.raphotoclub.ca\/wp\/?attachment_id=464\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-464 alignnone\" title=\"Canon GX price history\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.raphotoclub.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Canon-GX-price-history2-300x202.jpg?resize=300%2C202\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.raphotoclub.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Canon-GX-price-history2.jpg?resize=300%2C202&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.raphotoclub.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Canon-GX-price-history2.jpg?w=758&amp;ssl=1 758w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Over at the RAPC Blog <a title=\"http:\/\/www.thiaps.com\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thiaps.com\/\" target=\"_self\">Film is not dead; it just smells funny<\/a> desk the announcement of a <a title=\"http:\/\/www.fujifilm.com\/photokina2010\/pdf\/release\/gf670w_e.pdf\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fujifilm.com\/photokina2010\/pdf\/release\/gf670w_e.pdf\" target=\"_self\">new medium format film camera from Fuji<\/a> has us looking up at the sky for a blue moon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-495\" href=\"http:\/\/www.raphotoclub.ca\/wp\/?attachment_id=495\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-495\" title=\"gf670w\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.raphotoclub.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/gf670w-300x199.jpg?resize=300%2C199\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.raphotoclub.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/gf670w.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.raphotoclub.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/gf670w.jpg?w=614&amp;ssl=1 614w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Designated the GF670W it is a\u00a0coupled rangefinder design, probably aimed at landscape shooters with its 55mm focal fixed lens.\u00a0 No word on pricing yet but probably less than all 10 Canon &#8220;G&#8221;s!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And finally, no this isn&#8217;t what the EBay seller meant by &#8220;bargain&#8221; condition, in fact this 1941 Leica IIIc was recently sold for 900 euros by <a title=\"http:\/\/www.westlicht-auction.com\/index.php?id=185051&amp;refererid=7132&amp;_ssl=off&amp;lang=3\" href=\"http:\/\/www.westlicht-auction.com\/index.php?id=185051&amp;refererid=7132&amp;_ssl=off&amp;lang=3\" target=\"_self\">Westlich Auctions<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-498\" href=\"http:\/\/www.raphotoclub.ca\/wp\/?attachment_id=498\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-498\" title=\"Leica IIIc\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.raphotoclub.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Leica-BGN-condition-300x300.jpg?resize=300%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.raphotoclub.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Leica-BGN-condition.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.raphotoclub.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Leica-BGN-condition.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.raphotoclub.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Leica-BGN-condition.jpg?w=550&amp;ssl=1 550w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was fire damaged in Darmstadt, presumably thanks to the efforts of the RAF during WWII, a year or two after it was purchased.\u00a0 Browsing the auction website gives an insight into the rarefied but fascinating\u00a0world of Leica collecting.<\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><span class='ldc-ul_cont' onclick=\"alter_ul_post_values(this,'446','like')\" >Likes<img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.raphotoclub.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/plugins\/like-dislike-counter-for-posts-pages-and-comments\/images\/up.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>(<span>0<\/span>)<\/span><span class='ldc-ul_cont' onclick=\"alter_ul_post_values(this,'446','dislike')\" >Dislikes<img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.raphotoclub.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/plugins\/like-dislike-counter-for-posts-pages-and-comments\/images\/down.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>(<span>0<\/span>)<\/span><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 In September 2000 Canon launched the Canon Powershot G1 camera, 10 years later #10 in the &#8220;G line has just been announced, the G12 (for some obscure reason they passed on the G4 &amp; 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