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I got hold of a Canon PowerShot G1X MK II and tried it out. I also took my Panny GX-7 with the Panny 7-14mm zoom. ( By the way, this combo has no chromatic aberration) I will not go into much detail. I am not too picky about little details as to shape and handling but I really like the Panny better. I usually adapt to the camera. The have a radically different feel.
The Canon is chunky and a little front heavy thanks to its big dense lens. This makes it really compact and you can deploy it really fast.It is a little hard to handle since it is chunky and you have two multi-selectors. The big one is at the base of the lens and what it does is controlled by the little multi- function button on the back. There is no EVF so you have to use the screen,on the back. It flips up or down and you can take selfies,just like the OLY EPL-5 You also have a touch screen but I turned it off because it keeps taking stomach pictures. When you take a picture it is vague whether you got one or not or if it was focused,but it usually is just fine. There is a learning curve and it is a different animal than the GX-7 which has its own quirks which I have gotten around.
The question is does it take good pictures ? See below.. Yes it does and thus it is a great backup camera to have when you are just driving around or taking a walk. The GX-7 just handles better when you are in a more serious mood. It also takes good movies but does not seem to have much image stabilization. It is very good in poor light,with the Digic 6 processor. It has richer texture and colors than the Canon G-16.I just took these pictures on a very overcast day with very little thought. I processed them to look about the same which was pretty easy. I had bumped the exposure on the Panny so it initially looked brighter.,As you can see both cameras are very forgiving..
Canon G1X MkII
Pannasonic GX-7
The Canon is chunky and a little front heavy thanks to its big dense lens. This makes it really compact and you can deploy it really fast.It is a little hard to handle since it is chunky and you have two multi-selectors. The big one is at the base of the lens and what it does is controlled by the little multi- function button on the back. There is no EVF so you have to use the screen,on the back. It flips up or down and you can take selfies,just like the OLY EPL-5 You also have a touch screen but I turned it off because it keeps taking stomach pictures. When you take a picture it is vague whether you got one or not or if it was focused,but it usually is just fine. There is a learning curve and it is a different animal than the GX-7 which has its own quirks which I have gotten around.
The question is does it take good pictures ? See below.. Yes it does and thus it is a great backup camera to have when you are just driving around or taking a walk. The GX-7 just handles better when you are in a more serious mood. It also takes good movies but does not seem to have much image stabilization. It is very good in poor light,with the Digic 6 processor. It has richer texture and colors than the Canon G-16.I just took these pictures on a very overcast day with very little thought. I processed them to look about the same which was pretty easy. I had bumped the exposure on the Panny so it initially looked brighter.,As you can see both cameras are very forgiving..
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