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Yet another "Canon S120 or G16" thread :-)

Started Apr 7, 2015 | Discussions thread
damian5000 Senior Member • Posts: 1,948
Re: Yet another "Canon S120 or G16" thread :-)

While I'm still in the return period for the G16, I've ordered a G7X and got it yesterday.

First impressions :

* Smaller & lighter than the G16 (but bigger than a S95)

* Great photos; couldn't notice "softness" at wide, corners aren't blurry.

* Fast AF. (not sure if the G16 is faster or not - it's very tight)

* Lowlight is very good. (G16 is also quite capable here - I didn't test very much , but logically the G7X should perform even better) Stabilization is excellent. No problems to take shots with 1/4 sec and ISO 250 - if nothing's moving. (the G16 does this too)

* Video is SILENT, I mean NO HISSING AT ALL. (well, maybe a slight humming, in a totally silent room) Sound recorded is OK. Video image quality is good.

* 24mm wide. That might take a bit time to "learn". (my old SD700 is 35 mm, and the G16 28)

* "only" 100 mm at tele - more than the Sony RX100III, but less than my previous cameras (both SD700 and G16 have 140 mm).

* Macro is a bit tricky to achieve. I guess you can't have everything, and very small sensors (like on the SD700) were better at this. But I could get some good test-shots. Macro works better if the photographed thing is "flat". (FYI : macro on the G16 is better but not as good as on the SD700)

Well, that's all for now.

Not sure yet. Maybe I'll return the G16 or keep it as back-up.

Return the g16. That thing should have never left the factory. Where did you buy g7x?

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