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#Canon powershot g1 x mark ii camera portable#
Measuring 102x58x41mm and weighing 290g, the RX100 III is simply much more portable than the Canon G1 X II, and the physical difference between them is clear in the photo above.
#Canon powershot g1 x mark ii camera series#
The RX100 series has a smaller 1in type sensor, but it’s still a comfortable step up from point-and-shoot models and smartphone cameras, while crucially remaining relatively pocketable.
Remember both the Sony A6000 and Fujifilm X100s feature built-in viewfinders and larger APS-C sensors to be fair the Sony kit zoom isn’t as bright or long as the Canon and the X100s lens is fixed in focal length, but it does illustrate how the G1 X II is one of the largest cameras in its peer group.Ībove I’ve pictured it against Sony’s Cyber-shot RX100 III, the third in what has become arguably the most successful series of compact cameras for enthusiasts – and coincidentally one that coasts roughly the same as the Canon, so I’ll be making many comparisons between them here.
The closest fixed lens ‘compact’ is Fujifilm’s X100s which is noticeably smaller than the G1 X Mark II at 127x74x54mm and lighter as well at 445g including battery. To put this in perspective, the G1 X Mark II is similar in size to a Sony A6000 compact system camera, fitted with its 16-50mm kit zoom lens, and amazingly the Sony kit combo also weighs 100g less. This makes it roughly the same width and thickness as its predecessor, but a little shorter due partly to the removal of the optical viewfinder. They may share similar weights and dimensions, but are considerably larger than pretty much any other enthusiast-class fixed lens camera I can think of.įor the record, the G1 X Mark II measures 116x74圆6.2mm and weighs 558g including battery. The PowerShot G1 X Mark II shares the same design philosophy as its predecessor, the original G1 X: both are substantial cameras, compact only by name.
#Canon powershot g1 x mark ii camera manual#
The lens barrel features two control dials, one smooth, one stepped, there’s focus peaking to aid manual focusing, and there’s built-in Wifi with NFC for wireless control and sharing.Ĭanon PowerShot G1 X II design and controls There’s a 3in screen which may no longer be side-hinged, but can still tilt vertically and twist round to face the subject, and now enjoys touch-sensitivity too. The hopeless optical rangefinder on the G1 X has been removed on the Mark II, allowing a smaller body, but viewfinder fans can mount an optional electronic viewfinder on the hotshoe if desired. Canon has also implemented a 9-blade aperture for circular out-of-focus rendering, and the closest focusing distance is also much improved, down from 20cm to 5cm. It may also have helped implement the longer zoom range up from 4x / 28-112mm to a much more useful 5x / 24-120mm, with a far brighter focal ratio too, f2-3.9 versus f2.8-5.8 on the older model.
Interestingly the resolution has fallen slightly from 14.3 Megapixels in order to deliver the same field of view whether shooting in 3:2 or 4:3 note the resolution for each aspect ratio is 12.8 and 13.1 Megapixels respectively. Inside there’s what appears to be the same 1.5in sensor, roughly the same size as a Micro Four Thirds sensor and comfortably larger than the 1in type found in Sony’s RX100 II.
Announced in February 2014, the G1X Mark II is the successor to the original G1 X, launched two years earlier, but despite the Mark II name, it’s a considerably different camera I don’t think anyone would complain if it were called the G2 X instead.įor the G1 X Mark II, Canon has sensibly kept what was good about the original camera – the image quality – and changed pretty much everything else, in theory addressing most of the complaints. The Canon PowerShot G1 X Mark II is a high-end compact camera aimed at those who desire DSLR quality in a smaller, fixed lens body.
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