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Upgraded from the mark I, here's what I found..

Started Jan 9, 2017 | User reviews thread
lorenzo Regular Member • Posts: 319
Re: Upgraded from the mark I, here's what I found..

Thanks for the run down on the G7X mark ii.

I was testing the camera at the store today and have to agree 100% with this:

”The mode dial is harder to turn.”

I'm used to dials that have a bit of stiffness, but that turn readily with a touch of the thumb. This seemed to require TWO fingers, ie., thumb and forefinger.

At first, it was enough to make me question whether I really wanted to buy it or not, notwithstanding all its great features. But I came back to it after a few minutes and realized that adjusting to it wouldn't be that difficult.

Extra Dial

However, I did find that having the additional dial underneath it for exposure compensation was a bit of a distraction — I’m used to spinning a ring dial on the back of my current camera for that.

Size

But the thing that really surprised me was how small the camera was!

In fact, I just checked Canon's website to see whether the store had put the wrong camera out — that maybe it was the smaller, more compact G9X. But, no, that does not have the exposure dial, so it definitely was the G7X ii.

Final Note

A number of camera reviewers at leading sites described several features that they felt made the G7X Mark ii a marked improvement over the G7X.  (Pardon the pun!)

Given the judgment here that the differences aren't that great is going to send me back to the reviews to check on just what they said!

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