Canon has a rich and proud history of leaking its own products, with premature camera listings popping up on its own sites anywhere from China to Germany. Today’s leak is the G12 pro-compact, but the site is CNET Asia – at least nobody on the Canon tech-team will be embarrassed this morning.
The G12 brings back the one thing missing from the G-series since the G9: High-definition video. The new tank-like camera will shoot 720p, just like its new little brother the S95, introduced yesterday. As with the G11 and S90 before, the G12 and S95 share a sensor, in this case a low-light-loving 10MP CCD.
The lens runs from 28-140mm (35mm equivalent) with the maximum aperture shrinking from ƒ2.8 to ƒ4.5 as it goes. The G12 also gets the fancy new multi-direction image-stabilization of the S95 and keeps its big 2.8-inch tilt-and-swivel LCD. Other “highlights” include in-camera HDR for making hideous, over-colored tone-mapped photos by combining three images.
The price wasn’t leaked, but I’d guess it will come in at around $500. Expect an official announcement very soon.
Canon PowerShot G12 Leaked By CNET [Canon Rumors via Photography Bay]
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