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G-series vs other Powershots - IQ comparison for beginners

Started Mar 20, 2016 | Discussions thread
OP patriot07 Senior Member • Posts: 1,090
Re: G-series vs other Powershots - IQ comparison for beginners

Steen Bay wrote:

patriot07 wrote:

When reading Canon specs on sensor size, does 1/1.7" mean (1/1.7*25.4) = 14.94mm? Assuming so, that's a nice step up from entry-level p&s, but still a good bit smaller than even the APS-C/DX sensor size for DSLRs.

A so-called 1/1.7" sensor is only app. 7.5 x 5.6mm. Take a look here :

http://www.dpreview.com/glossary/camera-system/sensor-sizes

The sizes are not 100% correct, but close enough.

Thanks!  Looks like the G9 has a decent size sensor.  The rest are all fairly small.

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