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G16 replaced my G15: some thoughts

Started Oct 15, 2014 | Discussions thread
OP Henry Richardson Forum Pro • Posts: 21,956
Will there be a G17?

Henry Richardson wrote:

I have no idea if there will be a G17 or what it will be. With the GX7 it seems likely that it will have a 1" sensor. Another possibility that sort of sounds attractive to me is if they just have another incremental improvement of the 1/1.7" sensor and manage to speed up the lens by half a stop. The G16 has a fov 28-140mm f1.8-2.8, but the G17 could have a fov 28-140mm f1.5-2.4. I don't know if they could do that, but considering the rather surprising fov 24-100mm f1.8-2.8 for the 1" sensor in the G7X then it seems like it may be possible. The G7X uses a lot of software correction of the lens so that is another thing that the smaller 1/1.7" sensor might need less of.

Henry Richardson
http://www.bakubo.com

At this point especially from a product marketing point of view looking at the camera landscape it seems fairly unlikely that if there is a G17 it will still have a 1/1.7" sensor. At the price of a G17 (assuming a price similar to the G16 when it was new) people expect a 1" sensor. I like my G16, but that is because I use it in a particular way and also have m4/3 gear for other things and I still have my S95 for something really small (smaller than a G7X). I would like a bit more DR than I get with my G16.

Anyway, with the G7X and G3X both with the good 1" sensor then if there is a G17 I would like to see the same 1" sensor or something similar. It would also be great if Canon finally improved their OVF or, even better, just went to a builtin EVF. The Fuji X30, Sony RX100IIII/IV, etc. have an EVF. I still think that with the G16 size body they could put a 1" sensor and considering the small 24-100mm f1.8-2.8 in the G7X it seems like they could do even better for the lens in the larger G17 body. Maybe 24-160mm f1.8-2.8? I hope Canon does come out with a G17.

There are just so few small cameras with a builtin EVF/OVF:

Tiny sensor:
Canon G16 OVF
Nikon P7800 EVF
Fuji X10, X20 OVF
Fuji X30 EVF

1" sensor:
Sony RX100III, RX100IV

Did I miss any?

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Henry Richardson
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