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G7X All the Rage- But is the G16 Still Tempting?

Started Oct 2, 2014 | Polls thread
geepondy Senior Member • Posts: 2,303
Re: G7X All the Rage- But is the G16 Still Tempting?

If my money tree sprouted on a regular basis, I'd upgrade every year.  As such I'm still happy with my G15.  When I shoot raw and post process, I think I can get images in decent light that casual observers aren't going to tell the difference between those and that of a DSLR and I still feel it substantially beats a cell phone camera.  I find that with the fast lens under most lighting conditions, I can keep the ISO under 400.  I would miss the viewfinder but more importantly I would miss the hot shoe.  It's nice to use the same flash that I use on my DSLR.  I would miss the extra reach of the G15 as well but I know one can make the argument, you can crop the 20 mp G7X image and probably get the same equivalent range.  So I'll try not to have buyer's envy and instead focus on become a better photographer.

My thinking is that Canon's next similar offering will be some sort of long zoom to compete with the offerings from Sony and Panasonic.

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Canon PowerShot S100 Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ200 Canon PowerShot G15 Canon PowerShot G7 X Canon G7 X II
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