Viewfinder

Zoom peephole with dioptometric adjustment.

Color YRGB Histograms

No; black-and-white histogram only, which is useless for color photos.

Shutter

1/4,000 – 15 seconds.

Program and Av modes only go to 1 second, you have to go to Manual mode to hit 15 seconds.

There is no Bulb or TIme mode for longer exposures; 15 seconds is it.

Sensor

10MP CCD.

3,648 x 2,736 pixels native.

Also:

3,648 x 2,048 (cropped)

2,816 x 2112 (M1)

2,272 x 1,704 (M2)

1,600 x 1,200 (M3)

640 x 480 (S)

also:

1,824 x 1,368 (in Amnesty International (candle) stupid-high-ISO mode )

ISO

AUTO, 80, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1,600 and 3,200.

If you select the Amnesty International (candle) mode, the G11 reduces its image size to 1,824 x 1,368 and goes to stupid-high ISOs, with bland color.

Formats

JPG, CR2 (raw) and MOV movies.

Movies

640×480 or 320×240 @ 30FPS.

LCD

2.8″

Swivels.

Anti-reflection coated.

It is impossible to compose pictures with no junk on the LCD; there is always at least an annoying exposure compensation (even if set to zero) and meter mode icon superimposed on your image as you compose.

Storage

SD and SDHC cards, one slot.

Power

Fat NB-7L battery, 7.4V, 1,050 mAh lithium-ion (same as G10).

Measures 1.782 x 1.272 x 0.6915″ (45.28 x 32.30 x 17.57mm).

CB-2LZ folding plug charger included.

Size

Canon specifies 4.41 x 3.00 x 1.90 inches (112.1 x 76.2 x 48.3mm)

The G10 was specified at 4.3 x 3.1 x 1.8″ (109 x 78 x 46mm).

Weight

14.105 oz. (399.8g) with battery and card.

14.900 oz. (422.4g), adding Canon’s strap.

Canon specifies 12.5 oz. (355g), stripped naked.

(The G10 was 14.150 oz. (401.2g), measured with card and battery, but no strap.)