Canon PowerShot G7 X Digital Camera - Wi-Fi Enabled

Canon PowerShot G7 X Digital Camera - Wi-Fi Enabled

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• New 1.0-inch, 20.2 MP High-Sensitivity CMOS Sensor combined with Canon's powerful DIGIC 6 Image Processor
• f/1.8(W)-f/2.8(T), 4.2x optical Zoom (24mm-100mm), 9-blade iris diaphragm and IS equipped lens
• Selfie-ready multi-angle capacitive 3.0\" touch panel LCD
• Capture stunning 1080p/60p Full HD video with up to 60 fps
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Brand : Canon
Category : Electronics,Camera & Photo,Digital Cameras,Point & Shoot Digital Cameras
Rating : 4.5
Review Count : 383

Canon PowerShot G7 X Digital Camera - Wi-Fi Enabled

• I\'ve only had this for about 3 weeks now, but I have had many Canon cameras and one Nikon.I started out with a Canon G2 and I thought that was awesome way back then. Then I have had many of the other small Canon camera and a D60.I really want something portable, of course good quality photos, but I wanted to emphasize good quality photos in dim lights, like a bar or something. I was thinking the high ISO, large sensor, and large aperture should be much better than my other smaller Canon cameras. I guess you can say I am a Canon guy for cameras, and for many years printers. But now I don\'t like Canon printers so much anymore.My previous samll Canon camera which I still have and it still looks like new, is the S110, I didn\'t see a need to upgrade the S110 to the S120.I can say this takes amazing photos indoors even in a dark room. My S110 and I tried my Samsung S5 phone can\'t even compare. This camera seems to be able to take good photos in dim light better than I can see with my own eyes, and this is with no flash. I took many photos with no flash and it was great.I compared video from this camera against the Samsung S5 phone and a new GoPro Hero 4 black.Using all three devices in the same dark hotel room, and all at 1080P, and all setting at default. The Canon seemed to be on stabilization setting mode 1 of 2.Once again, this camera was taking very clear video in the room while the other cameras started to black out and barely see anything. I played with the brightness in the room many times, getting darker and darker. I don\'t have a light meter, but when I set the lighting in the room to the darkness, in to what I would call \"romantic lighting\", which is dim, but you can still see the person that you want to be romantic with, the other cameras were very dark and noisy. The Canon G7x was very clear, and maybe it would make a good \"adult movie\" camera, I don\'t know.. LOL. But the other cameras including the GoPro were definitely no good in the dark room. I don\'t know what would happen if I used my GoPro in Protune mode and did post processing. After making the lighting about half of what I call romantic lighting I could still see with the Canon G7x, it started showing darkness and losing true color performace and was getting grainy, but I could still see what was going on. Kim Kardasian needed this camera many years ago, maybe a good thing for her, I don\'t know.I haven\'t compared daylight photos of this to other cameras yet, since I think most of the other cameras I have take good photos in well lit areas. For stabilization mode, you can have it off, level 1 or level 2. Mine seemed to be set on level 1. I kept it that way.I haven\'t done a lot of testing as far as stabilization goes, but it seems strong, even at level 1. When walking around my hotel room that night, the stabilization was so strong what if you move the camera direction, there was a hesitation of the video moving. This might not be good if you a filming fast moving objects, as this seems to hesitate a little, I wouldn\'t say hesitate, but if you turn the camera quickly, it makes the turning in the video a little slower. Now you could just turn off the stabilization though, and I guess removing shakes in the video means the stabilization was working as it was supposed to anyways.Likes:1: It is rather small compared to other camera, it is smaller than a camera like a G16, or G1x, it is only a little ticker than something like a S110 or S120. I don\'t wear skinny jeans, but this fits in most of my other jean pockets with lots or room to spare.2: Video and picture quality in dark rooms is awesome. But since it can see better than me, maybe it isn\'t showing an accurate picture. Unless you are using something like night vision, I think you would want a camera that shows what you see, I don\'t think my night vision is bad. This camera will see in the dark better than you. But... OK, I actually like it, and I would but this camera again because it can see better than me in the dark, even without adjusting exposure compensation.Dislikes:1: Some things I don\'t like is the battery life sucks.2: If you have it on a tripod you can\'t open the battery door or memory card slot (the same).3:This like some of my other electronics, such as a GoPro Hero 4, have a Micro HDMI port, but they don\'t include a cable or adapter. I finally gave in and just bought a Micro HDMI cable from Amazon and got it today, I\'ll play with that later.Neutral:1: All metal body, it is a great quality, but I would cringe if I was to drop it, this camera seems a little slick, they should have put some rubber parts on it, there is one small piece of rubber on it, but that doesn\'t help, I am afraid to drop this.2: The screen doesn\'t articulate like some cameras, but then again some cameras screens, such as my S110, don\'t move at all.Some call this a selfy camera, I don\'t take many selfy, I don\'t think I have too much to brag about. But I can say it is a good selfy camera. I took some good selfies with it, I need to take 5 times more selfies with other cameras to get one that I like.
• The G7X is an interesting camera. It uses the exact same Sony 1\" sensor as in the RX100 series (the RX100 2 and 3 anyway - not the newer stacked sensor found in the Mark 4). While it has some glaring flaws and some areas where the RX100 clearly outshines it, it is competitive in a number of critical areas which may sway this camera in your favor depending on what your priorities are.We\'ll start with image quality. No, lens is not perfect but it is fairly sharp throughout most of its range. A lot of people say that the RX100 provides sharper results right out of the camera in JPEG mode. I have found this not to be the case. It is actually the Canon that is sharper and fine detail better retained through low and mid ISOs. You may not notice the difference at small sizes but take an image from both cameras in similar shooting situations and make it as desktop background and in my observations the Canon is superior. The Sony only seems sharper because the JPEGs are more aggressively sharpened but don\'t stand up as well under close scrutiny because the noise reduction in JPEGs is applied more clumsily (ie more smearing of fine detail). When it comes to RAW files, both are about the same. Although the Sony\'s lens is a little sharper on the wide end.There is also the issue of color reproduction. I also think the Canon is superior there as well. If you shoot RAW, you can tweak the colors to your liking. But if you don\'t feel like doing that, the Canon will give you better color reproduction right out of the box. The Canon is especially better for people pictures because it handles skin tones better than the Sony. I am a landscape photographer, so reproduction of greens and blues is very important to me. And I just feel that the Canon excels over the Sony in that regard.Video is also sharp but I think the Sony is better at video and has a better feature set. So if you\'re equal parts into video and stills, the Sony might be a better choice.The other big edge that Canon has over the Sony is overall usability of the camera. While it doesn\'t have the pop-up viewfinder like the Sonys, it does have a capacitive touch screen that Sonys lack. The Sonys however, have a more flexible LCD while the Canon just flips up. The Canon is more comfortable to shoot with than the Sony as well. There\'s more room up front for your hands and a very comfortable thumb rest on the back of the camera. While I wish it had some sort of textured surface on the front (like the S100 did), the metal surface isn\'t a slippery, ultimately leading to a more secure grip. Another plus for the Canon is the physical exposure compensation dial. Granted it can be hard to turn but it\'s nice not to have to go digging in the menus to access this function. Image stabilization is also rock solid.So any downsides to the G7X? Yes. There are two major ones. The first is battery life. It is inexcusable for Canon to put such a puny battery in a powerful camera such as this one. I am hoping that the new model supposed to be released later this year will fix that. Battery life is not great and that is something that Sony is also better at.The other issue is the autofocus system. I would not call it slow but I think they could have done a better job in speeding things up in this camera than they did. It sometimes has issues locking on in low light where as the Sony has no issues like that most of the time.So my final verdict is that if you\'re primarily a still shooter and don\'t feel you need the pop-up viewfinder, the G7X is the way to go. If speed is a priority as well as video, the RX100 III is a better choice. I am hoping that Canon can fix some of the issues with the AF and battery life with the next model. It almost is inexcusable to release a camera with glaring flaws in those areas 2 years after the RX100. But it is otherwise a fine camera and a great alternative to a Rebel if you want about 80% of the image quality that a DSLR can give you from something that fits in your pocket.

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