Luminous Landscape made a comparison between the Canon G10 and Nikon P6000, also referring to an earlier review of the Panasonic LX3.


All cameras got quite good marks, and in the end it is the personal preferences and sensitivity to price which decides. The LX3 is smallest and cheapest, whereas the G10 is biggest. It seems that the P6000 is sort of loser in the competition, it is not a match to the G10 in capability and the LX3 in price and size.


The Luminus Landscape review was certainly interesting, but I feel the reviewer had a kind of landscape-photographer's bias. How the camera performs at low ISO is certainly important when you are shooting with a tripod, and size of the camera doesn't matter so much.


Which camera to select - that is not so easy, but it is good to have choices. You need to know your needs. Also, the camera you select also influences your shooting habits.


I'm happy with my LX3, but if buying a camera right now I would surely try out the G10 and P6000 as well. But as it is so dark here in Finland most of the year, the f/2.0 lens and good high-ISO properties plus smaller size would probably put the LX3 on top.


Update: The recent PhotographyBLOG review of the P6000 has this to say of the competition: "The Nikon Coolpix P6000 is a good camera in its own right, but doesn't quite cut the mustard when compared to its main rivals, the Canon PowerShot G10 and Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3." Indeed, it is apparent that high-megapixel compact cameras have trouble with noise at higher sensitivities, as is to be expected.