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If a G9X Mark III is coming...

Started Nov 28, 2019 | Discussions
pacnwhobbyist Contributing Member • Posts: 789
If a G9X Mark III is coming...

I think the best thing Canon could do with a follow-up is cut the size down by a third. Keep the same lens and fixed lcd but make it so small and unobtrusive that a person wouldn’t mind having it in their pocket alongside their smartphone. Not that the current G9X is huge but I think you could give the line some extended life because people would be amazed at what capabilities come out of such a small camera. Will they actually do something like this, my instincts tell me no, but I think if they just trot out a warmed over version of the Mark II it won’t sell well at all.

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YWG Senior Member • Posts: 1,364
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pacnwhobbyist wrote:

I think the best thing Canon could do with a follow-up is cut the size down by a third. Keep the same lens and fixed lcd but make it so small and unobtrusive that a person wouldn’t mind having it in their pocket alongside their smartphone. Not that the current G9X is huge but I think you could give the line some extended life because people would be amazed at what capabilities come out of such a small camera. Will they actually do something like this, my instincts tell me no, but I think if they just trot out a warmed over version of the Mark II it won’t sell well at all.

Hmm, that would be a tall order I think. Perhaps if it was thinner vs just smaller:

-the mode dial was removed and moved to a left right function 2 way selector or on screen menu

-sensor size was dropped from 1" to 1/1.7 or whatever is available. I wished Canon had made a slightly larger sensor version of the Olympus XZ-10 although that is not going to solve your size statement.

-employment of a periscope zoom assembly, or having 2-3 lens modules and having an intermediate "focal lengths" as crops. Might have 24, 50, 85 as real lenses and 28, 35, 100 as crops but would appear as 24, 28, 35, 50, 85, 100 from the back screen (or user custom crops).

Now reading that...I think I just described a flagship cellphone photo hardware with perhaps some extra external controls and lacking shock, weather resistance and huge screen. Somedays I wish my S7 just lost all the phone, same thickness but down to a credit card size only for the screen device.

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mcshan Veteran Member • Posts: 5,066
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I would want more dial(s) control. I'm not a touchscreen person but I understand I am probably in the minority. The II is fun but I use my RX100 IV much more. I am loving the G5X II.

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pacnwhobbyist wrote:

I think the best thing Canon could do with a follow-up is cut the size down by a third. Keep the same lens and fixed lcd but make it so small and unobtrusive that a person wouldn’t mind having it in their pocket alongside their smartphone. Not that the current G9X is huge but I think you could give the line some extended life because people would be amazed at what capabilities come out of such a small camera. Will they actually do something like this, my instincts tell me no, but I think if they just trot out a warmed over version of the Mark II it won’t sell well at all.

That is going to mean a tiny LCD, smaller than a smartphone and the G9X is amazingly  small anyway for its sensor size.

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Epacnwhobbyist wrote:

I think the best thing Canon could do with a follow-up is cut the size down by a third. Keep the same lens and fixed lcd but make it so small and unobtrusive that a person wouldn’t mind having it in their pocket alongside their smartphone. Not that the current G9X is huge but I think you could give the line some extended life because people would be amazed at what capabilities come out of such a small camera. Will they actually do something like this, my instincts tell me no, but I think if they just trot out a warmed over version of the Mark II it won’t sell well at all.

Yes. A reliable source said a new GX9X Mark III is coming in mid-2020.  Updated improved lens, FL, and different EVF.  Articulated LCD.

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mcshan Veteran Member • Posts: 5,066
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It would be welcome but I can't see an EVF in the G9X line. Especially since it isn't one of Canon's higher models.  Keep it small and upgrade the lens and it would be fun to take a look at it.

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I don’t think that was a serious reply...it was to point out that this person thought my original post was ridiculous.

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one blind eye Contributing Member • Posts: 804
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I don’t think that was a serious reply...it was to point out that this person thought my original post was ridiculous.

No.  Serious.

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mcshan wrote:

It would be welcome but I can't see an EVF in the G9X line. Especially since it isn't one of Canon's higher models. Keep it small and upgrade the lens and it would be fun to take a look at it.

I agree, especially considering that the Canon EVF is either in a housing the size of an Australian outback dunny, cribbed from Sony or an expensive add on so it is even more unlikely.

For Canon where to put EVFs is as much of a struggle as contrast detect autofocus is to them.

I have a G5X which i do love and I do say this all very tongue in cheek but these particular elements of Canon's know how cannot be entirely ignored.

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