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Canon PowerShot G1 X First Look Hands On
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A hands-on preview of the G1 X manual compact Like us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/WhatDigitalCamera Follow us on Twitter: @whatdigcamera More
Added Jan 10, 2012
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Stormgebieder Says:
Maby you failed to notice that the Nikon P7000 looks very hard to a Canon G12?
Thokko Says:
G1 X is Powershot G6 knockoff! Sadly, the Powershot G6 has a much better lens, f 2.0
Rationalific Says:
No problem.
DJFADERAL Says:
Does anybody else think this looks almost identical to a Nikon p7000. Just sayin.
rssarma Says:
If only the "manual" controls had included the "Zoom" as well, this would have been a winner for me!
Stormgebieder Says:
It's starting to look like a german WWII tank :o Really would miss that ISO wheel... And hope with the bigger sensor, the ISO performance is boosted, because in the early years on a G you had f2, and now but f2.8. and really don't care for big zoom. big zooms are poop.
mucalinda Says:
Sorry . Mixing you up with the first person who commented on my posting.
Rationalific Says:
You're wrong, and the comments prove it. Just go back to the history of our conversation, and you can see that your first comment was "It doesn't look that much smaller than my Canon 600D and 24mm prime lens.", and then I posted about how it's significantly smaller than the Canon 600D. It's not comparable in size at all. Even another commenter said the same. I NEVER said that DSLR owners would want this. If I did, please quote my comment back to me.
Entropy56 Says:
Lens is too slow for such a camera. Deal breaker.
sheldonone Says:
This thing looks sooooo reminiscent of a 1970's plastic Yashica camera that Grand Ma gave you as a Christmas gift. Why didn't Canon actually hire a real designer (Porsche would have been a good choice) instead of doing all their "Consumer Studies" using Super 8 home movies from the long gone past? I'm disappointed! I've been waiting for this to come out for 6 months, but I guess I'll have to go for the X10.
mucalinda Says:
No, I simply said it was huge for a compact camera.you're the one who went into great detail about how DSLR owners would want this. I was just responding to your points.Many of the micro 3/4 cameras are much smaller and actually have faster lenses. I like Canon and am willing to wait to see if the slightly larger sensor produces significantly better results. But I was disappointed as I really do want something smaller with something approaching APSC size results. We'll see.
choy33 Says:
fujifilm x10 just met its match
Rationalific Says:
Now, you're getting on to other topics. My response was that a 600D is significantly larger and heavier, even with a prime lens, than this camera is. There is no way that you'll ever be able to fit your 600D even with a prime lens into a pocket. This camera is doable...with large pockets.
Rationalific Says:
15-20x is pretty much impossible for a camera with such a large sensor. I'm not sure about the math that goes into this, but I think that with a sensor 6x the size of normal G-series cameras, the lens would also have to be 6x the size. That's why you can see a small sensor SX30is (what I have) get up 24-840mm (35x) zoom, but if you try to get that on a DSLR (or any camera with a comparable sensor size), well, it just won't work.
mucalinda Says:
@Rationalific Why would a photographer with a DSLR want a compact camera.? Not to take portraits or shoot sports or birds in flight . It's to have something light and portable to carry around in everyday life for something like street photography or for travelling while backpacking etc. 18mp 600d with 24mm, by cropping you have nearly 50mm with the 14mp G1X. A zoom up to 112mm isn't that great. The sensor is not much bigger than micro 3/4 and they're much smaller and some have f1.8 lenses.
ByBleeker Says:
"I wonder why this isn't at least 15 to 20 x lens.." You really want a 16mm - 400mm on a relatively large sensor camera that's meant to be compact?? I would actually have preferred if they went the other way and offered a sharp normal lens at 1.4.
wmmiles Says:
Only 4x zoom? Make the lens removable and they would compete directly with the Panasonic GX-1 or the Olympus pen series... I wonder why this isn't at least a 15 to 20 x lens.....
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piperpilot26 Says:
although it is much smaller than a 600d with a 24mm prime on it. I don't know what mucalinda is thinking.
piperpilot26 Says:
Your right, a 24mm prime lens is nowhere near comparable to a 4x zoom lens. Thats because any prime lens of any focal lengh would blow this shit box out of the water. Its a proven fact that prime lenses are far more superior optically than any zoom lens, be it on a compact or DLSR, and being a prime lens owner I see the difference everytime I press the shutter button. Zoom lenses are merely for convenience.
TheLittleWorldofGaz Says:
looks really good, I'll be interested to see if a 5DX follows in the next few months?!
Rationalific Says:
Well this one IS smaller and weighs less. It (including the lens) weighs 534 grams. The 600D, without lens, weighs 570 grams. With the lens, it's obviously more. You forgot to mention that a 24mm prime lens is not comparable to a 4x zoom lens. So when you put your 4x zoom lens on your DSLR, come back and compare again.
Rationalific Says:
Any mention that the sensor is 6 times larger than that of the other G series cameras? Nearly 80% of APS-C DSLR sensor size? I didn't hear any mention of that. And that's why your short previews need to change. You're not giving us enough information.
bluepowder7 Says:
yes, i do realize that the sensor alone is more than just 2% smaller, but i meant that the overall package is 98% of what i wanted when i was playing with the G12. better lens, better sensor, same semi-compact package, etc. it's the "diminishing returns" rule in effect. just making it much bigger than G12's sensor is a huge improvement, but stretching it another 20% to APS-C is then just an incremental and small boost, all things considered. :)
Redzo79 Says:
No, sensor in this is 20% smaller then that of Canon DSLR's. But indeed, it is much better then anything that came out so far regarding compacts with big (er) seonsors.