Jock Elliott
Hall of Famer
- Location
- Troy, NY
Posted April 10, 2012
"I purchased my Canon G12 for the exact purpose to take to Mt Everest Base Camp. Due to its compact size, excellent build quality and great features, this midsize compact was for me. My trek to base camp took 14 days walking and for the whole time I took over 1500 photos and the battery ran out on day 13, I did purchase a spare battery and this covered the next 7 days without a hitch. The 6 other members of the team were truly amazed. Now the best part of this review was that the G12 took photos at Everest Base camp on a day when a blizzrd hit us hard. Wind was around 100klms per hour and the temperature was down to around -30. The G12 was the only camera that kept going. It was also dropped a few times and no problems at all. Others stopped, seized up, froze frames and 2 cameras actually cracked their viewing screens due to the extreme conditions.
The G12 is the ultimate light weight camera that can keep going when at this extreme cold and altitude, over 5.500 metres, the photos kept coming. Thanks. Acan."
Cheers, Jock
"I purchased my Canon G12 for the exact purpose to take to Mt Everest Base Camp. Due to its compact size, excellent build quality and great features, this midsize compact was for me. My trek to base camp took 14 days walking and for the whole time I took over 1500 photos and the battery ran out on day 13, I did purchase a spare battery and this covered the next 7 days without a hitch. The 6 other members of the team were truly amazed. Now the best part of this review was that the G12 took photos at Everest Base camp on a day when a blizzrd hit us hard. Wind was around 100klms per hour and the temperature was down to around -30. The G12 was the only camera that kept going. It was also dropped a few times and no problems at all. Others stopped, seized up, froze frames and 2 cameras actually cracked their viewing screens due to the extreme conditions.
The G12 is the ultimate light weight camera that can keep going when at this extreme cold and altitude, over 5.500 metres, the photos kept coming. Thanks. Acan."
Cheers, Jock