My camera canon g12: My canon G12 takes great pictures but somehow I got a scratch or two on the lens and it shows when I take macro pictures. Would this be able to be ground out? if...

nanaval Loc: Cornwall

My canon

G12 takes great pictures but somehow I got a scratch or two on the lens and it shows when I take macro pictures. Would this be able to be ground out? if so would it be worth doing it as the normal pictures do not show them very much depending on what I am taking.. Thanks Val

Quixdraw Loc: x

No, sorry. G 12 are available used at relatively reasonable prices.

11bravo

I had a G12 for a number of years. Enjoyed, but... Stopped working due to a design flaw (common problem, Google search). The shutter release button stopped working. Seems Canon used a PLASTIC leaf spring in the mechanism, and eventually it loses its spring. Granted, when traveling, I take a LOT of pictures.

I moved to a Panasonic FZ1000 and haven't looked back. Your G12 might have years more use, but you might take this as an opportunity to modernize. Good luck.

nanaval Loc: Cornwall

quixdraw wrote:

No, sorry. G 12 are available used at relatively reasonable prices.

Thank you quixdraw for your reply.. Appreciate it..

nanaval Loc: Cornwall

11bravo wrote:

I had a G12 for a number of years. Enjoyed, but... Stopped working due to a design flaw (common problem, Google search). The shutter release button stopped working. Seems Canon used a PLASTIC leaf spring in the mechanism, and eventually it loses its spring. Granted, when traveling, I take a LOT of pictures.

I moved to a Panasonic FZ1000 and haven't looked back. Your G12 might have years more use, but you might take this as an opportunity to modernize. Good luck.

Thank you 11bravo for your reply. I have a tough waterproof camera and a bridge as well as a dslr so think I will stick to that for the meantime.. Appreciate your reply..

le boecere

11bravo wrote:

I had a G12 for a number of years. Enjoyed, but... Stopped working due to a design flaw (common problem, Google search). The shutter release button stopped working. Seems Canon used a PLASTIC leaf spring in the mechanism, and eventually it loses its spring. Granted, when traveling, I take a LOT of pictures.

I moved to a Panasonic FZ1000 and haven't looked back. Your G12 might have years more use, but you might take this as an opportunity to modernize. Good luck.

I still have my 1st digital travel camera (though I don't use it often) ~ a G10. I'm assuming it has the same plastic leaf spring?

11bravo

le boecere wrote:

I still have my 1st digital travel camera (though I don't use it often) ~ a G10. I'm assuming it has the same plastic leaf spring?

Don't know about the G10. The symptom was you could half press ok, but when trying to take the picture with a full press, nothing would happen and everything would lock up (thinking the G12 thought you were still half pressing the shutter release). Only thing to do was to power off, then on. Sometimes power cycling worked to clear the problem, other times not. Now I'd taken 20k+ pictures with it, so the release had definitely gone through a lot of cycles, plus all those times you didn't take the photo but still half pressed...

I probably could have gotten it repaired, but took the opportunity to buy a more recent camera.

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/2997541

steve49 Loc: massachusetts

I still have a G-10 kicking around... doesn't get much use now.
It takes nice photos though and works fine.

jrcarpe Loc: Jacksonville,AR

I had a G11 for years. Great camera but a thief took it from my truck one night. Sure miss it too.

mdoing

My first digital was a G2 with 4 MegaPix, loved that camera! Opened up the world of digital to me.

le boecere

11bravo wrote:

Don't know about the G10. The symptom was you cou... (show quote)

Thank you for providing that link.

le boecere

steve49 wrote:

I still have a G-10 kicking around... doesn't get much use now.
It takes nice photos though and works fine.

G-10 story: In August of 2011, I purchased a slightly used G-10 so I could take pics of my family of origin at my brother's wedding (at the other side of the country).
The bride's cousin, a former White House photographer, shot the wedding with her Nikons, as a gift to the bride and groom.
At the reception, I got a pic of said cousin, her husband, and daughter. She had to have that image, as she told me it's one of the best photos of her family, she'd seen in years. She was fascinated by that little Canon camera (and I gathered some new respect for its capabilities).

Lonnie77 Loc: Kennedale, Texas

I bought my G10 when it first came out. I have taken a lot... a Lot of pictures with it and it is still my go to if I need it quick camera. Bought a G12 for underwater photos and it has failed twice.

amfoto1 Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA

nanaval wrote:

My canon

G12 takes great pictures but somehow I got a scratch or two on the lens and it shows when I take macro pictures. Would this be able to be ground out? if so would it be worth doing it as the normal pictures do not show them very much depending on what I am taking.. Thanks Val

H Val,

Check around. It might be possible to have that repaired, by replacing the front element of the lens.

I have no idea about parts availability or cost (new or used from a donor camera)... and don't know how much work is involved. Often this type of repair on an older camera is cost prohibitive. But sometimes it's surprisingly easy and affordable. You'll never know unless you ask around.

If it isn't cost effective to repair and you end up shopping for new, don't toss the old camera. You might be able to sell it "for parts". Probably not for much money, but better than nothing.

It probably won't work with macro, but an old "fix" for scratched lenses was to fill the scratch with black ink. This prevents flare from the scratch and, unless the scratch is large, can even make a scratch pretty much disappear in images. However, this trick works best with longer focal lengths and less well with wide angles, small lens apertures and close-ups, in particular.

huntmj

Lovely camera but the shutter leaves lose their tension and touch the lens. Mine use d to only open half way randomly and spoil the picture. Time for an upgrade I think.