Do you own Canon G7 camera? I got a problem with it.

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Dec 9, 2006
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I just bought Canon G7 for $500. The camera gets pretty good review and good user feedback at Digital Camera Review
http://www.dpreview.com . But one thing is really turning me off – straight objects are bent outward at the edge of the images. I noticed this when I took pictures of some tall buildings.

http://www.geocities.com/web378/IMG_0061.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/web378/IMG_0064.jpg

Just to make sure, I took these shots at home. The line where the walls meet at the edge of the image should be straight, but it isn’t.

http://www.geocities.com/web378/IMG_0083.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/web378/IMG_0085.jpg

I own an old and cheap Sony Cybershot 100. I don’t see this problem on pictures from that camera.

After some more digging, this problem is mentioned at Zdnet review for Canon G7:
http://review.zdnet.com/4326-6501-6549490-3.html?tag=ss_thmb

So do you notice the same problem with your G7? Does that bother you?
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Fat Sam
Dec 9, 2006
cicada wrote:
I just bought Canon G7 for $500. The camera gets pretty good review and good user feedback at Digital Camera Review
http://www.dpreview.com . But one thing is really turning me off – straight objects are bent outward at the edge of the images. I noticed this when I took pictures of some tall buildings.
http://www.geocities.com/web378/IMG_0061.jpg

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Aad
Dec 9, 2006
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I just bought Canon G7 for $500. The camera gets pretty good review and good user feedback at Digital Camera Review
http://www.dpreview.com . But one thing is really turning me off – straight objects are bent outward at the edge of the images. I noticed this when I took pictures of some tall buildings.
http://www.geocities.com/web378/IMG_0061.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/web378/IMG_0064.jpg

Just to make sure, I took these shots at home. The line where the walls meet at the edge of the image should be straight, but it isn’t.

http://www.geocities.com/web378/IMG_0083.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/web378/IMG_0085.jpg

I own an old and cheap Sony Cybershot 100. I don’t see this problem on pictures from that camera.

After some more digging, this problem is mentioned at Zdnet review for Canon G7:
http://review.zdnet.com/4326-6501-6549490-3.html?tag=ss_thmb
So do you notice the same problem with your G7? Does that bother you?

I think you did’nt read the whole review.
Look here.
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canong7/page6.asp
(halfway down the page)
Anyway, easy to restore in Photoshop or others.
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Tacit
Dec 9, 2006
In article <457adc90$0$26005$>,
cicada wrote:

I just bought Canon G7 for $500. The camera gets pretty good review and good user feedback at Digital Camera Review
http://www.dpreview.com . But one thing is really turning me off – straight objects are bent outward at the edge of the images. I noticed this when I took pictures of some tall buildings.

That is not a problem with your Canon G7. That is a characteristic of all wide-angle lenses in any kind of camera. The wider the lens, the greater the curvature; and by way of contrast, lenses with longer focal lengths have less curvature, all other things being equal.

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