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G5X, G9X coming?

Started Oct 7, 2015 | Discussions thread
SHood Veteran Member • Posts: 6,100
Re: G5X, G9X coming?

rpm40 wrote:

arrow501 wrote:

If that's genuine I am excited to see an EVF and an articulated screen on the g5x. I am less excited about it's lens. It's too short and if it's the exact same lens as the g7x it will have the same soft close-ups at wide apertures.

It will be interesting to see what they are priced at. Unless the g9x is cheap I can't see them selling many.

I agree with you that the lens should have been longer. If they are increasing the size for the evf, added controls, etc., push it out to say 140mm to match the old g16 and it would be great.

I don't honestly know how much they can do about wide open "macros" though- that's just the nature of a small sensor in front of a large lens, shooting close up. I remember people complained that the rx100iii did the same when it was released. Its a real torture test, and don't forget things like field curvature. Are there any comparable lenses on the market that do much better?

Lens design decisions must have an impact on the Macro capability of these fixed zoom cameras.  The LX100 seems to preform much better for close up shots.

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