Canon has announced the PowerShot G1 X (what is the obsession
with "X" at the moment?) and I'm not sure how I feel about it and it seems a lot
of you aren't sure either.
It is based around a sensor that is between micro 43 and APS-C in size and the
body is a larger version of the design utilized by the most recent G series
cameras. It has a fixed lens with a 28-112mm equivalent range (why not 24mm??)
and the maximum aperture range varies between a respectable F/2.8 at the wide
end a somewhat slow F/5.8 at the long end.
The camera has a basic optical viewfinder, not and EVF or hybrid which is a bit
of a disappointment. I have also noticed that the lens doesn't have a filter thread and that you have to fit an adapter before you can use filters, the PowerShot Pro1 used a similar system and it seems Canon haven't learned from past mistakes because just like with the Pro1 you cannot use the filter adapter and the lens hood at the same time because they both use the same fitting to attach to the lens, there must have been a way around this problem!
I think Canon really should have gone for an interchangeable lens model, I'm
sure one is in the works but everyone knows they sell well by now so there's no
need to test the water with a fixed lens model, it would help if the fixed lens
allowed for a very compact camera but it's actually significantly larger than
the Panasonic GX1 with the new pancake zoom attached so where's the benefit of
having a fixed lens?
I am certain it is a very good camera but the competition is so hot at the
moment that this camera seems a little underwhelming, it will be a very good
photographic tool for sure but coming from Canon it should be the best of the
best and I don't feel like it is.
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