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For the weary pro (pocket)

Started May 26, 2020 | User reviews thread
AdamT
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Re: For the weary pro (pocket)

HappySnapperUK wrote:

Thanks for the really interesting review of this camera and opinions from others. I have been looking at the G5X MK II recently. My Sony RX100 MK1 has failed due to sand ingress. I shoot Jpeg (I dont enjoy editing) mainly on the beach and around the coast in a variety of weather conditions. I know this camera isnt weather sealed but is it any less prone to sucking in dust, dirt etc than the Sony? I am really struggling to find a pocketable camera with decent zoom and good IQ that is suitable for my use. I found the zoom range on the Sony a bit limiting.

I`d never buy this camera for JPG output, its smeary and leaves heavy speckles in deep blue skies even at base ISO , in RAW in a decent converter like Capture one it rocks big time and you get to overexpose / pull back to take advantage of the cameras highlight recovery to get clean shadows but for some reason canon really held back on the JPG engine in the compacts (even the G1X-III) compared to the later EOS-M series (which actually DO produce fine detail in JPG) ..

Some may say "if you don`t pixel peep, its great " - but then so is a Phone - Just sayin' ..

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