The 34th Toronto International Film Festival will start this Thursday, September 10 and runs until Saturday, September 19, 2009. It certainly will bring many of your favour Hollywood stars to town and cameras will be everywhere. Do you have your camera set ready for action? Here are two new cameras from Canon and Panasonic that ShopToronto.com recommends.

Canon PowerShot G11, a new 10 megapixel camera in its latest G series. This new model replaces the G10 with fewer pixel but provides an improved image quality. Most consumer will only print up to 8" by 10" and 10 megapixel is more then enough to do the job. As long as the photo quality is high, the smallest size you need to print an 8" by 10" is 1600 pixel by 2000 pixel which is just 3.2 megapixel.

The 10-megapixel digital camera spots a 5x Optical Zoom Lens (28-140mm), a 2.8" vari-angel LCD with manual exposure control, high ISO sensitivity up to 3200, RAW file capture, optical Image Stabilization, an advanced face detection and built-in flash capable of up to 7 meter range along with Canon's E-TTL hot shoe allowing you to mount an external flash when needed.

The G11 is an advance point-and-shoot camera in a range finder style with the availity to provide pro level quality photo. Retail price is $599.95 at Vistek.ca and Henry's.

Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1 is a new digital SLR style using Micro Four Thirds censor. The camera looks like an SLR with ability to change lenses and  internally there is no mirror.  Micro Four Thirds is an extension of the Four Thirds standard that Olympus, Leica and Panasonic have used for their recent DSLRs. It will be compatible with existing Four Thirds lense with just an adaptor ring, however, auto foucs will only be compatible with contrast-detect AF.

Distinguished by an artistic flat body that is both elegant and compact, the new DMC-GF1 debuts as the world's smallest and lightest system camera with a built-in flash.  The GF1 features a 12.1-megapixel Micro Four Thirds System DSLR delivers Pro-level picture quality in an ultra compact design & features High Def AVCHD Lite Movie Recording with Full 720p Movie Capture + iAuto Mode with "Peripheral Defocus" to prevent shooting errors.

The GF1 can output in traditional JPEG or RAW file format with a continous shoot speed of 3 fps and a buffer of 7 raw images or unlimited JPEG images with as fast SD card. Retail price for a GF1 with a 14-45mm lense kit is $1,199 at vistek.ca.