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Essentially a pocket Rebel

Started Sep 30, 2015 | User reviews thread
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pacnwhobbyist Contributing Member • Posts: 789
Essentially a pocket Rebel
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Here's a quick rundown of what I like and dislike about this camera:

LIKES:

-Generally excellent image quality with good detail resolution and beautiful color reproduction.

-Excellent video quality

-Rock solid image stabilization

-Capacitive touch screen

-Solid, well-made body

-Physical controls such as the exposure comp dial

-Excellent LCD with good visibility in bright sunlight

-More comfortable to shoot with vs. the Sony RX100 series

NOT SO HOT:

-Autofocus performance is leisurely in low light (though not as horrible as some people make it out to be)

-Lens is not as consistently sharp as the Sony (though still decent as lenses go)

DISLIKES:

-Battery life is subpar

A lot of people get into specs wars on the site without having actually used the cameras they are railing against - especially with this camera. The G7X is not a perfect camera and there are improvements Canon needs to make with regards to the AF system, the lens needs to be a little sharper at wide angle, and the battery life longer but, overall, I have found myself enjoying shooting with this camera much more than any of the cameras from the Sony RX100 series. The way Canon lays out their cameras, give you more direct access to controls, as well as the color reproduction make this camera a winner overall and a nice alternative to the RX100 series provided you don't need the more advanced video feature set of the Sony.

Highly recommended as long as you're not intending to try and do action photography with it.

 pacnwhobbyist's gear list:pacnwhobbyist's gear list
Canon G7 X III
Canon PowerShot G7 X
20 megapixels • 3 screen • 24 – 100 mm (4.2×)
Announced: Sep 15, 2014
pacnwhobbyist's score
4.5
Average community score
4.4
bad for good for
Kids / pets
acceptable
Action / sports
weak
Landscapes / scenery
excellent
Portraits
excellent
Low light (without flash)
good
Flash photography (social)
excellent
Studio / still life
good
= community average
Canon PowerShot G7 X Sony RX100
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