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A Bit Disappointed with the G5X

Started Jan 11, 2016 | Discussions thread
Samaistuin
Samaistuin Senior Member • Posts: 1,075
Re: A Bit Disappointed with the G5X

Digital Nigel wrote:

There's a reason that the corrected G5X and G7X images look soft at the wide end: the original image suffers from heavy barrel distortion and vignetting. The image needs a lot of stretching to correct it, which softens it

That's a good demonstration Nigel; it's the reason why I had to pass on the G9X (also afflicted by softness issues), and am advocating for a 1" mono- or bi-focal shirt pocketable camera which would be derivated from the Sony, Canon or Fuji compact line-up.

With such a design choice, there'd be less optical compromises thus less softness degrading the pictures.

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