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Replacement for Canon Powershot G1x mkI

Started Feb 22, 2015 | Discussions thread
gear1box Senior Member • Posts: 1,536
Re: Replacement for Canon Powershot G1x mkI

i am a longtime -- and enthusiastic, within its limits -- G1x owner too.  It has the limits that you cite.  And, in the fullness of time i shall seek a replacement too.

I also tend to be a "horses for courses" guy: i maintain, in addition to the G1x, a m4/3 and FF systems.  I find roles for all of them.  And the G1x is the grab-and-go when i'm going really light, or perhaps handing off to my wife.  She hates the system cameras but easily uses the G1x.

I am unaware of a m4/3 lens that meets the portability requirements (when mounted on a small m4/3 body) for the focal range of the G1x.  If anything i wish more tele.  Well, there is the 14-150 . . . which is precisely the size lens i do not wish to carry.

Can you live with primes?  Well then, lotsa choices.  Is a 24-62mm equv FOV good enough for you?  The Oly 12-32mm is your cuppa tea.  But you would have to bring a tele too.

I don't see a m4/3 that meets the full range AND size you desire.  If i did, i'd buy it and not continue with the G1x.  There are multiple fixed lens choices, of course.

Good luck.

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gary ray

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