Greg Gebhardt
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Just looking at YOU!
Can you spot the little friend?
My favorite place to eat! Any one else eaten here?
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Just three from the G1X MK2
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Just looking at YOU!
Can you spot the little friend?
My favorite place to eat! Any one else eaten here?
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Greg
Jax, FL
Ranlee
Senior Member
Thanks for posting Greg. They look good to me, especially the restaurant shot which certainly doesn't lack in resolution. I wouldn't want it any sharper than that!
Hollander
Senior Member
Great shots Greg so far so good what I can see about this new cam. Oh yes I can see the little spider.
Good luck with the new camera.
Rob.
Good luck with the new camera.
Rob.
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mcslsk
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Greg, for me, it is all about speed. The IQ of the G1X is just fine for me, so the move to next model depends on speed. Did overall responsiveness improve? Have you tried fast moving subjects yet?
Best, Michael
Best, Michael
I'm curious about the focusing speed also, how quick is it compared to the say G15 or G16? Thanks
Greg Gebhardt
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No doubt it is faster at focusing, not as fast as my DSLR but faster than my G1X.
Make no mistake, this is not a sports camera. If you want lightning fast focusing a DSLR is the way to go. But for the other 99% of shooting the G1X MK2 focuses pretty darn fast, even when fully zoomed. Ergonomics is good for these large hands, I could only ask for a slightly larger thumb rest. Build quality of the camera is very nice.
Make no mistake, this is not a sports camera. If you want lightning fast focusing a DSLR is the way to go. But for the other 99% of shooting the G1X MK2 focuses pretty darn fast, even when fully zoomed. Ergonomics is good for these large hands, I could only ask for a slightly larger thumb rest. Build quality of the camera is very nice.
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mcslsk
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Thanks, Greg. My issue with the G1x was not so much the speed of focusiing but the overall "sluggishness" (somewhat). So when I wanted to capture an expression (a snapshot) of a face at a party or event, more often than not I failed because of the combination AF speed and shutter delay. Hope that has improved.
The AF and general operation of the Mk II is much improved over the MkI. That said, general speed is still somewhere in point and shoot territory. In comparison, my Fuji X-T1 with 18-55 focuses faster and is faster to take the shot.
Dale Buhanan
Senior Member
Hi Michael,
In the Canon literature they have stated that the AF is nearly twice as fast as the older G1X. The DIGIC 6 has improved overall responsiveness -- they say.
Greg Gebhardt
Forum Pro
There is no doubt the MK2 models is faster, not just focusing but overall the camera seems to be nimble due to the processor. In no way is it up to DSLR speeds and I never expected it to be. But the main complaint I had with the MK1 unit is it being a little slow and sluggish. The new processor has helped the MK2 model with no doubt!
It does focus faster than even my best Leica!
It does focus faster than even my best Leica!
panamforeman
Senior Member
Depends. Where is it? California, Arizona, Florida? If one of those, then I probably have.
Just looking at YOU!
Can you spot the little friend?
My favorite place to eat! Any one else eaten here?
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Greg
Jax, FL
panamforeman
Senior Member
Not to be flippant! But, this is a "Point & Shoot" camera, albeit a very good one!
crashpc
Veteran Member
For compact cam with fixed lens no doubt. Very good results. But for that (european/launch) price, I don´t like what I see, especially in background blur. Very nervous and grainy even at ISO100 (your cat shot). Not impressed for the price. If it would be for €500-600, I´d sound very differently 
I agree up to a point. It also matters that IQ has not gone backwards. I'm concerned about all the less than sharp pictures I see which have been posted to date. The G1X was such great performer...Really hope they didn't wreck that in the MkII.
Agreed!
Greg Gebhardt
Forum Pro
I can not help what prices are charged for products in your country.
Most likely there are taxes and fees built in, not to mention more money for excessive warranty requirements all raise your prices. Socialism is not cheap as we in the USA are finding out!
I have owned many cameras and the G1X MK2 has little problem with lack of sharpness or noise. Sounds more like "sour grapes" to me.
Most likely there are taxes and fees built in, not to mention more money for excessive warranty requirements all raise your prices. Socialism is not cheap as we in the USA are finding out!
I have owned many cameras and the G1X MK2 has little problem with lack of sharpness or noise. Sounds more like "sour grapes" to me.
crashpc
Veteran Member
I didn't want to touch country politics and pricing. This is not the case. I can afford that cam but this is just not worth. Maybe other cams are in different class, but this difference in IQ is so big that it pushed me to think about different class. You can have EOS 100D or 600D with kit lens for half price, some Nikons also, or even 1100D for "fraction" of that price, still with better image quality. This is just too much what they ask for the output.
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I definitely agree with you on this. We have a few folks here who are at the least rushing to judgement at best, or who have an agenda against the camera at worst. Meanwhile, actual owners like us seem to be pretty happy with the camera.
I should have lots of pictures to post, but with four days of sunshine starting on the day I received the camera, I've been out shooting, instead of indoors processing pictures and writing forum posts. The rain is returning, and I should have more pictures posted soon. The best I can tell you at this point is that I'm really quite happy with the results I've been able to get from my G1XM2.
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meland
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Not worth it to you perhaps but I'm not sure everyone will apply your 'value' criteria in quite this way, i.e. "You can have an EOS 100D or 600D with kit lens for half price" So what? I can get a nice SUV for much less that the price of, say, a 911. That is if I happened to want an SUV.
And I suspect the image quality from the G1XII will be very similar to the other models you mentioned but in a smaller package.
crashpc
Veteran Member
Of course it all depends on personal preferences. Sorry that I sound like I spew nasty stuff on gear I even didn't hold in my hands, but I tried to simulate some images from other people with my SL1 (I did my decision between G1X and SL1), and my results are not that noisy and grainy. I'd be happy with big sensor and fixed lens cam, but it seems that new G1X does not deliver for that price for me. Hope others will enjoy that cam anyway.
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