I am noticing something that perhaps someone can explain to me.

I just received my G11 and am taking some shots to compare to an older Sony DSC-V1

I am noticing 2 things.
1) both camera's have a bowing effect (I think all do...but the G11 seems more pronounced)

2) the Sony seems to record a wider image, while the Canon seems to record a narrow image.

I know these are very "Dumb" questions and these camera's/len's are very different, bear with me...I am trying to understand so I can accept these differences.

Thanks.

Here are a couple of photo's to point out what I am speaking about.

from G11 (via Auto: Tv 1/800 Av 4.0 ISO 80)


from my Sony DSC-V1 (via Auto: Tv 1/320 Av 8.0 ISO 100)