G1X III Beginning of the End for 1" Cameras?
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Re: G1X III Beginning of the End for 1" Cameras?
KeepCalm wrote:
Kung Fu wrote:
KeepCalm wrote:
Kung Fu wrote:
KeepCalm wrote:
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digitallollygag wrote:
Some speculate the G1X III means the end of the line for the G5X, as it clearly looks like the big brother to the G5X.
Right now I can think of only three brands that offer 1" sensor cameras: Canon, Panasonic, and Sony. Nikon abandoned the 1" sensor DL cameras before even starting, apparently figuring it wasn't a profitable enough segment.
The 1/1.7" premium compact cameras gave way to the 1" sensor premium compacts fairly recently. With the introduction of the G1X III I'm wondering if it is not only the end of the line for the G5X, but the beginning of the end for Canon 1" sensor premium compacts as a whole. The USD $1,299 initial price of the G1X III is borderline breathtaking, but if it is a volume success, will Canon make lower-tier APS-C sensor G7X and G9X variants, or simply consolidate to just maybe two APS-C PowerShots?
Higher margin premium cameras seem to be the direction much of the industry is headed.
Your thoughts?
Who is buying this camera at $1300? Noobs? They don’t care about sensor size, they care about price. Enthusiasts? They’re not dropping $1300 on a slow fixed lens camera that can’t even match the shallow depth of field of a G7X.
Other than the price, I just don’t see what’s “premium” about the G1X III.
1” cameras offer basically aps-c image quality in most situations, in a very small package, with fast lenses, and can be had for well under $1000.
This camera really needs shunting to the EOS-M forum. Heaven help the first people to post images on this site. An aps-c lion wandering in to a pack of 1" wolves.
It is difficult to imagine why this camera means 1" will disappear but paranoia is the mother of all inventions.
How did you read “paranoia” from my post? Or are you just upset that I’m not head over heels for whatever Canon decides to pitch over the wall?
Don’t feel bad, my current daily driver is an A95, so you can just write me off as a Luddite.
I didn't. I am talking about this thread topic as part of my reply to your pretty damning comments about new owners within the topic.
All this analysis about a camera not yet sold is pretty silly.
Almost any non-critical human activity can be called “silly”. Talking about cameras, speculating, debating specs and functionality, is a harmless pastime. I don’t let it bother me.
Silly was in itself a silly word to use so apologies for that. I do think some premature conclusions are being made generally. Of course it will all wash away when we know what the beast is really like in the long run and it keeps us all amused.
It’s funny, whenever I research my next “vintage” digital camera purchase, I search the forum for posts containing that model name, and there are usually 15 or more pages of threads about it to wade through, even before the release date. 🙂
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