From about 2009 - 2012 , Canon’sS - seriespoint - and - shoot were the best tiny little camera you could buy . Then , Sony ’s RX100 line suppress it with similar functionality , but a much larger 1 - inch image sensing element that blow Canon ’s dinky 1/1.7 - inch cow dung away . With the PowerShot G7 X , Canon strikes back .
The G7 X has a 20 - megapixel , 1 - inch sensor , plump for by a 24 - 100 mm f/1.8 - 2.8 lens . compare to the latestRX100 III , which has just a 24 - 70 mm f/1.8 - 2.8 lens , the G7 X zoom a flake further without being any big . That means Canon out - engineered Sony to get some extra overstatement into a bantam frame .
In plus to the lens , the tv camera ’s swelled distinguishing feature is that the G7 X ’s selfie - friendly LCD is a capacitive touchsceen , whereas Sony ’s does n’t do touch . The Sony tv camera for its part has a pop - up viewfinder built - into the camera . In our test , it was n’t anything special , but it still might be appealing to some users . The upper side for the G7 X is that it still has a built - in flashgun .
Besides that , the G7 X tilt towards the better specs we ’ve seen on top point - and - shoots before : built - in ND filter ; 1920 x 1080 telecasting recording at up to 60p ; Wi - Fi and NFC built - in .
The Canon G7 X involve to beat up the RX100 III , and it ’s receive a probability . At $ 700 , the G7 X costs a bit less than the Sony television camera . Additionally , it bid just enough difference on feature that it might give the current king a run , particularly since Canon ’s name hold so much free weight in the camera world . The PowerShot G7 X will be available in October .
photograph by Michael Hession
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