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Canon G7X macro really bad

Started Mar 11, 2015 | Questions thread
Donthuis
Donthuis Regular Member • Posts: 139
Re: Canon G7X macro really bad

ECDC wrote:

I've played with my G7X macro a lot. I found that at 24mm and f/1.8, you can be only as close as 6 inches away or else it's terribly soft. It's then a sliding scale until f/3.2, where you can be 2 inches away and things are sharp and in focus. Or, you can back up and use the zoom. It's just the way it is, trying to fit a decent zoom + bright lens in a tiny body. If you need a killer macro for your stamp or coin collection, the G7X probably isn't the best choice.

My guess is you're right. I contemplated the Fuji X30 for a while which has a fine macro performance and the famous color rendition of course. But for a number of reasons I finally settled on the G7X, mainly because of its low light performance (since confirmed) and much better video.

From my macro days with analog SLR's (reversed lenses, distance tubes and bellows) I remember macro really puts special requirements to both lens as well as the camera. I even used to keep my very old Exakta with its replacable viewfinder for reproduction purposes. I feel all P&S camera's but also the G-series are aimed at a wider application and much less oriented to special applications

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Longterm photographer from way back in the 50's via analog SLR's, three generations of video equipment towards present 2 high end compacts both with (F)HD-video included.

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