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G5 X circular edge softness -- is this normal?

Started Dec 11, 2015 | Discussions thread
Jan_Shim
OP Jan_Shim Senior Member • Posts: 1,195
Re: G5 X circular edge softness -- is this normal?

Yes it's a problem for what I use the camera for: hand-held food close-ups, and I think you can already picture the problems I am facing. It's easy for anyone to hold the camera at a distance and capture the entire plate or even the entire table but I take artistic close-ups of food and both the G11 and Note 5's sensors have been straightforward to shoot with.

Stopping down the G5 X to get acceptable sharpness across, I may end up with shutter speed I cannot reasonably hand hold to avoid camera shake. In which case, I may need to shop for a mini tripod to overcome that and we all know once the camera is mounted on a tripod, it's another story to get creative with angles etc.

For everything else, the G5 X makes a great all rounder. I also take pictures of my daughter using the 5D Mark III + 70-200mm when she competes in 400m track events. Looking forward to seeing how well the G5X Servo and continuous AF handle this.

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