Digital Home Thoughts: Nikon About to Go Head to Head With Canon's G11?

"Nikon's UK Senior Product Manager Kevin Egan told AP that Nikon planned to release a Canon G11 competitor with the last batch of Coolpix cameras, but the camera was not ready. The model in question will contain DLSR technology in a "high-end Coolpix compact camera" body. No release date was mentioned. The full article can be found here."

Interesting stuff! Canon has had a real hit on their hands with the G9/G10/G11 series - it's a point and shoot-sized camera that produces much better images than your average point and shoot. The G11 in particular came out with a lower-resolution sensor than the G10, yet because of that it can produce higher-quality images. Nikon has always had that gap in their product line up: you go from their point and shoot line, which takes pictures like you'd expect from a P&S camera, and jump up to the D3000. There's nothing in between, and it seems like Nikon might be filling that gap with a new model shortly. I adore Nikon DSLRs, but their point and shoot cameras have always left me feeling ho-hum. That might change if these rumours prove to be true!