Canon G12 for Landscape Photography

Is the Canon G12 good for Landscape Photography?

Canon G12 Landscape Photography Score

POOR

Canon G12 has a score of 35 for Landscape Photography which makes it a POOR candidate for this type of photography. If Landscape Photography is important for you, we strongly recommend you to consider the Alternative cameras listed at the bottom of this page.
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Canon G12 Landscape Photography Detailed Analysis

Manual Exposure Mode

A correct exposure of a landscape shot is very important. Even though modern digital cameras features advanced algorithms to calculate the right exposure, they still may fail some difficult conditions. Manual exposure mode in these conditions helps a lot in order to achieve correct exposure.

Manual Focus Mode

With the manual focus mode, you can make fine adjustments to have the perfect focus.

28 mm - Good Wide Angle Coverage

Even though there are very good examples of landscapes photos taken with tele lenses, most of the landscape photos are taken with wide angle lenses.

RAW shooting capability

RAW files contains much more color information compared to JPEGs, and gives you more room for post processing without significant quality loss. They provide wider dynamic range and option to recover shadow and highlight clipping to some degree.

Small 1/1.7" (7.44 x 5.58 mm) sensor

Canon G12's small sensor struggles in low light situations compared to larger sensors.

Very Low Resolution Sensor: 10.0MP

Landscapes photography is where you need the maximum resolution. Unfortunately Canon G12's 10.0MP sensor doesn't deliver much and limit you with smaller prints and less fine details.

No Environmental Sealings

Landscape photographs are taken outdoors and you should be prepared for all kind of weather conditions.

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Canon G12 Alternatives in Compact cameras for Landscape Photography

Canon G9 X II Compare G12 vs G9 X II	20 MP \| 1" BSI-CMOS Sensor 28-84 mm Lens	Rank in All Cameras: #318 Rank in Compact Cameras: #19
	Imaging Features Value for Money Portability 96 Overall Score	Portrait Street Sports Daily Landscape

Panasonic ZS70 Compare G12 vs ZS70	20 MP \| 1/2.3" BSI-CMOS Sensor 24-720 mm Lens	Rank in All Cameras: #222 Rank in Compact Cameras: #3
	Imaging Features Value for Money Portability 92 Overall Score	Portrait Street Sports Daily Landscape

Panasonic ZS80 Compare G12 vs ZS80	20 MP \| 1/2.3 BSI-CMOS Sensor 24-720 mm Lens	Rank in All Cameras: #237 Rank in Compact Cameras: #4
	Imaging Features Value for Money Portability 92 Overall Score	Portrait Street Sports Daily Landscape

Canon G9 X Compare G12 vs G9 X	20 MP \| 1" BSI-CMOS Sensor 28-84 mm Lens	Rank in All Cameras: #251 Rank in Compact Cameras: #7
	Imaging Features Value for Money Portability 96 Overall Score	Portrait Street Sports Daily Landscape

Panasonic ZS40 Compare G12 vs ZS40	18 MP \| 1/2.3" CMOS Sensor 24-720 mm Lens	Rank in All Cameras: #392 Rank in Compact Cameras: #33
	Imaging Features Value for Money Portability 94 Overall Score	Portrait Street Sports Daily Landscape

Canon G9 X II

Panasonic ZS70

Panasonic ZS80

Canon G9 X

Panasonic ZS40