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G16 replaced my G15: some thoughts

Started Oct 15, 2014 | Discussions thread
Peter in Canberra Senior Member • Posts: 1,346
Re: resurrecting old thread - image quality G15 vs G16

AllFlawed wrote:

If you can live without an EVF the G1X II is a better bet as most of the reviews said the worst bits had been sorted out. The advantage of the bigger sensor is there and colours hold up well at high ISOs but the dynamic range is not the greatest.

thanks for that suggestion. Sounds like the optical viewfinders on the G1X and G15 and G16 are pretty 'meh' so that didn't worry me. I had discounted that camera because of the flash - it looks like it is just begging to get broken off with those little exposed hinges. The simpler, if lower, flash on the G1X, G15 and G16 (and the S110 & 120) looks much more likely to survive misadventure.

I just read some of the DPR review of the G1X-II and it seems a mixed bag - big sensor but not realising the potential potential (so to speak). A friend has been suggesting I get a Sony RX100 (of any of the 'marks') as its image quality is very good and it has the 1 inch sensor. I nearly bought an RX100 IV last week but couldn't justify the cost to myself. I would rather spend that sort of money on another dSLR lens ... (Nikon D7500).   The idea of the G15 or 16 is to have a competent camera that is very portable with some nice controls but not super diminutive - a snap shot/beater camera to go in a backpack on a bushwalk ('hike') for example. The infinite depth of field of smaller sensors has some appeal for those sort of situations as well (for me anyway) - recording what I saw rather than artistic.

rambling now ...

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