Ron777
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Re: So I got a G5X Mk2 - My thoughts
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AdamT wrote:
The only 'compact' I had recently that had really good IQ was the Canon G1x MK III, but it was too big for the pocket, it was pretty heavy, and produced pretty much identical IQ to my SL1 with it's kit lens.
Which isn`t very promising considering the SL1 was basically a 600D (an 11yr old camera) which the MK1 G1X was based on and like the 100D (SL1) still stacks up today .
The G1X series are strange, the Mk1 was basically a 650D`s live view mode in a compact with the 18Mp sensor cropped to 14Mp with a 28-110mm F2.8-5.6 - I had one eight years from launch and it was superb IMO was the best compromise lens wise as it may have been slow and not 24mm but was sharp throughout across the frame with the least distortion and you always got 14Mp - the Mk2 went for a slightly faster 24-120, lost the OVF and toughness and the glass was very underdesigned so compromised as it was 12Mp at the wide end due to the extreme toilet rolling and wasn`t sharp at the long end . the Mk3 seems to have gone for the "Stuff an EOS-M5 into a G5X body and make a real pancake from the 15-45 M Kit lens with a faster but far more distorted wide end" concept - optically from what I seem it hits middle ground without the reach or issues of the Mk2 but with more issues than the Mk1 and is a lot shorter and just as slow ..
Diff is that neither the Mk1 or even the Mk2 + EVF cost anywhere near the £1200 the Mk3 costs
I had an LX100 after that, that really didn't impress me....
cropping the outdated 16Mp sensor to 12Mp didn`t do that camera any favours, the Mk2 with the 20MP cropped to 17 fares better and the lens is better than any of the Sony or Canon options but its far from pocketable and not cheap
Good thought, agree.
IMO, from years of this stuff, any camera that puts out good enough IQ at the sensor and has a good enough lens, ends up so similar for final IQ that only us pixel peepers will even notice a difference and we usually have to take careful comp shots and go side by side at 100% to spot it. It's fun of course to do that stuff, but for the real usable photos for others to see, I think I wasted a lot of money over the years 'upgrading' cameras.
What's always interesting to me is how a new camera comes out, people rave about the IQ, the final photos are 'stellar'... then a newer camera comes out and suddenly last years camera's IQ is unusable lol
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