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Is Canon done making powershots?

Started 4 months ago | Discussions thread
Rohith Thumati Contributing Member • Posts: 724
Re: G1x Mk iv on Steroids (baby R7)

gaul wrote:

If only Canon would read our mind and treat us with a G1x Mk iv on Steroids (baby R7)

I can go back to sleep and have sweet dreams... but that would be awesome

Gaul

What does a "G1x Mk iv on steroids” mean to you, a G1X III with the R7’s sensor and processor?

I like my G1X III a lot, but a Mk IV needs a brighter lens, and possibly a larger zoom range. Otherwise, it’ll get the same market response as the Mk III did, unfortunately.

A combination of the Mk III’s features (articulating screen, EVF, weather sealing), the R7’s processor and sensor, and G1X Mark II’s lens spec (in terms of full frame-equivalent focal length range and f-stop) and size would be an amazing travel/hiking camera. Personally, I’d be fine with using a crop of the sensor (like the LX100’s do) to get a smaller camera if need be, since that’d still be ~27 MP, which is plenty.

Of course, it’d be a $1,300+ camera at that point, probably ...

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