This makes it four: I love the scroll wheel, but find I tend to accidentally hit one of the Manual focus, macro, self-timer or flash switches when I'm trying to press the middle button. I've been complaining about the G series' controller, a four-way switch plus Set/Function button, for the past three generations. The latter offers the typical PASM and Auto options, as well as two custom settings slots and some scene program modes. On the top of the camera are an exposure compensation dial and an ISO sensitivity dial around the circumference of the mode dial.
Not the largest, though that nod goes to the P7000. Though a few ounces lighter than the G11, the G12 remains the heaviest camera in its class. In addition to giving the camera a retro feel, the dials on the G12 are, for the most part, practical and much faster to use than even direct-access buttons, which always require at least some navigation. A relatively functional design, I like it save a few caveats. It retains an almost identical design to the G11, including the usable optical viewfinder and large, easy-to-turn dials. The articulated LCD remains big, bright, and useful, and in practice the optical viewfinder feels almost identical to the P7000's. But part of that's perception it's certainly zippy enough to catch animals a reasonable percent of the time. Especially if you're used to shooting with a dSLR, the G12 doesn't feel very fast. While its continuous-shooting rate bumps up to 2fps from the G11's 1.1fps, that's still slow enough that you really don't want to count on it for burst shots. There's a relatively large 2.2-second gap between sequential JPEGs-2.5 seconds for raw-and adding flash recycle increases that to a ho-hum 2.9 seconds. In bright light, shot lag runs 0.4 second, and in dim light that increases to 0.6 second, shaving about 0.1 second off the G11's time. It powers on and shoots in about 2.1 seconds. The G series' unremarkable performance hasn't changed significantly in generations either, and the field in general still lags behind the LX5. But it lacks the ability to zoom while recording, and there are no manual exposure controls save exposure compensation and the built-in neutral-density filter. Plus, the articulated LCD, stereo mic, and mic jack add to its video flexibility. Unsurprisingly, the video looks better than the old VGA offering, and overall is pretty good for shooting short clips it's certainly worth it compared to a typical mini camcorder.
Though it's not terrible, the G12 does display visible barrel distortion at its widest of 28mm as well as a bit of fringing on high-contrast edges, especially close the edges of the frame.
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