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If you owned a G7X Mk ll and G9X would you forsake any other compact cameras ?

Started Mar 3, 2017 | Discussions thread
Chaplain Mark
Chaplain Mark Veteran Member • Posts: 6,539
Re: If you owned a G7X Mk ll and G9X would you forsake any other compact cameras ?
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red sled wrote:

If you were an enthusiast, and you owned the G7X Mk ll and the G9X, would you "have all the bases covered" or would you still keep an S95 and / or ELPH 330 HS ?

I already own a Nikon D90 with a Nikon 70-200 2.8 lens but that requires bringing a large shoulder bag. For absolute image quality that combo always comes along on vacations.

I understand that certain cameras have certain sweet spots, and no camera/lens combo does everything well. And owner comments about any of the compacts mentioned are quite positive .

Looking forward to hearing your thoughts and comments and experiences.

That's really a great question, red, and pardon me if I change up the premise just a bit.

For me, the premise would be the G7XII and the G3X.

I own, as you know,  by the amazing generosity of another DPR user, a new G3X, and I love my camera.

If I wanted a second camera, it would be a pocketable model, which would be the G7XII.  For me, the similarities in form-factor, low-light capabilities and feature set are so close between the two I would go out on a limb to say the G3X could be described as a super-zoom version of the G7XII.

That said,  the G3X lives on my belt, 24/7, and for those times when I would not need or want the zoom reach of the G3X, at an indoor party in a small room, or in a museum, for example,  the G7X could live in my pocket instead.

Since having taken delivery of my G3X, I have been truly rejoicing in my new photographic freedom!

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