I’ve found the G12 not to be a morning camera. I say that jokingly but it truly is a slow awakening camera. I find it does not work well for me with street scenes or in other situations where I need to react quickly for the image. I’ve found myself wanting to zoom in on a subject but the zoom is not responding because the camera is still waking up. 🙁 I much prefer the quickness of my D300 for these situations. However, even though it’s not that quick, I will still keep it in my arsenal of tools as it does have really good qualities.