The Canon PowerShot G7 was announced in September 2006 alongside a raft of new models showcased at Photokina. PowerShot G is Canon’s high-end compact brand and many of the G7s predecessors are rightly considered classics. Several features on previous models were quite unique for compacts and even saw them considered in some respects as serious alternatives to a budget DSLR.
Despite its highly respected heritage though, the G7’s announcement still came as a bit of a shock as many presumed the range had been discontinued in favour of budget DSLRs. After all, while there’s demand for higher-end compacts with decent creative control, it can be hard to compete in a market where a budget DSR may only cost a little more. Read the whole review here