A Bit Disappointed with the G5X

Digital Nigel wrote:

NWT wrote:

Sony is limited because it does not spend money to design or produce its lens.

Sony reduced the zoom range in the later RX100 models, compared to the earlier ones, in order to improve image quality, particularly at the wide end. Canon went for a more ambitious zoom range, at the expense of IQ at the wide end. Both are understandable decisions, and no-one should be surprised that a wider zoom lens is more compromised. My personal preference is for Canon's wider zoom range in a compact package, because when I want high quality wide angle shots, I have other cameras that do that better anyway.

As long as the customer is aware of the compromised performance between 24-35mm equiv.

Yes the Canon lens zooms further and has a more pleasing background blur. It's not all bad just something to be aware off.

Where Canon really cut corners was in the electronics, where it skimped on the buffer size, so burst mode is very slow, particularly with RAW shots, and a number of RAM-intensive nifty features that Sony does very well are missing altogether, such as in-camera panorama, various multi-frame NR options and good HDR. Sony also managed to squeeze in an EVF without making the body any bigger.

It seems they fixed the performance in the G7x mk2. Why they released the G3x g5x in the same pathetic slow state is beyond my understanding. I can forgive the G9x as it's aimed at cusual p&s users that are just less demanding. But the other 2 are a kick in the face of their loyal customers.