Well how about dual lens control rings – something we haven't encountered before on a compact where one is the norm, if anything – thus further satisfying photographers who want the handling experience of an SLR yet in compact form. So what else does the Canon offer to justify the outlay? That's exactly the same as what's being asked by the equally new Panasonic FZ1000, and that offers a one-inch sensor and 16x optical zoom, even if it is larger overall because of the extra lens power. OK, so that's the good news, what's the bad? Well, from whatever angle we're approaching it from, £749 sounds like a lot of money for a 'compact' camera and is some £50 more than its forebear on release. The G1 X Mark II is the kind of camera you can stash in your 'man bag' for when that photo opportunity presents itself.
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We'd all like to get professional looking results, but don't want to carry a bulky camera with interchangeable lenses with us for every occasion. Naturally there is video shooting too, at a resolution of 1920x1080 pixels at 30 frames per second (up from 24fps previously), and with stereo sound.Ī performance that is, in this way, similar to one that we'd get from a fully tooled up digital SLR will be a large part of the G1 X Mark II's appeal.
The actual pictures themselves offer a maximum 12.8 megapixels – seems modest, but hey, size isn't everything – and are presented in a default 3:2 image ratio, a format that seems to be gradually taking over from the old 4:3 as the factory setting. Given the above we should be more than capable of achieving images with plenty of beautiful 'bokeh' – the terms given to the effect of a shallow depth of field whereby the key features of your subject are sharp but the surrounds are gradually blurred to add visual punch.
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In the case of the 'Mark II' we get a large 1.5-inch CMOS sensor – most compact cameras settle for a small 1/2.3-inch, so this is larger to APS-C DSLR size – plus a chunky piece of glass on the front offering an aperture range stretching from a bright f/2.0 (compared to its predecessor's f/2.8) to a still very respectable f/3.9, especially given that this is a zoom lens.įocal range stretches from 24mm to 120mm in 35mm terms, equivalent to a 5x optical zoom, a slight step up from the original's 4x zoom. The equation runs something like this: a physically large sensor married to a sizeable, high quality lens equals high quality images. But, for once, the hype may well be justified for this re-vamp of 2012's original Canon G1 X. A lot of camera manufacturers are claiming a 'best ever' performance for their latest products, and the Canon PowerShot G1 X Mark II is no exception.
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