Digicameinfo just got his hands on the new Canon compact camera images. The Black camera is the G5X. The Silver one is the G9X. And those are the camera specs:
- G5 X specs
– Sensor: 20.2 MP 1 inch back-illuminated (made by Sony)
– Lens: 8.8-36.8mm F1.8-2.8 (equivalent 24-100mm F1.8-2.8)
– Size: 112mm x 76mm x 44mm
– Weight: 337g
– LCD Monitor: 3 inches. 1.04 million dot - G9 X specs
– Sensor: 20.2 MP 1 inch back-illuminated (made by Sony)
– Lens: 10.2-30.6mm F2.0-4.9 (equivalent 28-85mm F2.0-4.9)
– Size: 98mm x 58mm x 31mm
– Weight: 209g
– LCD Monitor: 3 inches. 1.04 million dot
Announcement is expected to be the coming few days!
The G5X looks a bit like the Pentax Q7 with that dial on the front! Do you actually like it so?
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f/4,9 ?!! realy
Seriously, for the love of God, hasn’t Canon learned their lesson with Canonitis.
How exciting, the brand-new Canon RX100 II with yet even slower lens.
Try f1.8 ~ f2.8. Duhhh…
Pentax Q7 is not so ugly compared to THIS ) Those who said that A7 was ugly, what about this?
This is uglier.
The Canon G series has always sold well. There is a HUGE market for this imo.
The specs of the G5X looks really nice. EVF + luminous 24-100 + 1 inch sensor from Sony could be a real winner.
The problem is that it could have been a G7X with a pop-up viewfinder just as the Sony RX100 mark III/IV. Now, it basically looks like a Nikon V2 but without interchangable lenses. Why??
Why? Ergonomics.
It looks like a good camera to hold and use. Rx100 ergonomics are very poor in my opinion, even with the popup evf.
Agreed. Technologically, the RX100 series is a superior camera, but, the ergonomics leave a lot to be desired. A slippery, easy-to-drop, boxy shaped housing is not good ergonomics IMO. A pop up EVF that needs to be popped up, pulled back, pushed forward and then pushed down to tuck it away every time you want to use an EVF is not a very practical design. It is also one more thing to potentially break with such repeat process many times over. I prefer to have the EVF right there ready to use if I want. (similar to Sony’s A6000).
A bigger form factor isn’t necessarily a weak point. Who knows, maybe the magnification of the EVF is better, the physical controls as well, etc…
The g5x looks so ugly and anti ergonomic it is actually cute.
The G9X looks nice, but doesn’t deserve the step up in name from the G7X which is arguably the better camera with faster lens and longer reach, albeit in a thicker camera. I really miss the sense of logic in this GxX lineup. Basically, the G9X is a 3 year delayed RX100 but RETRO. Figure that.
I was thinking exactly that: a “new” RX100 Mk 1 with a retro look
It’s got a BSI sensor, so it’s at least a RX100 Mk2.
The G9X looks terrible with a slow lens and no EVF.
The G5X, on the other hand, looks like a great little travel camera assuming the autofocus and EVF are up to par. Canon hasn’t demonstrated any ability to create a mirrorless autofocus system on par with Panasonic, Olympus, etc.
Ergonomically, the G5X looks good.
Mode dial on the left where it doesnt need to be changed often.
On the right, Exposure Compensation under the thumb where it should be and a dial under the middle finger, index finger on the shutter.
Hopefully there is a way to move the autofocus point around with your right thumb.
Didn’t Canon make fun of the retro design trend last year?
I think their DSLR design is already pretty retro if you think about how long they have been using it.
G5X specs interesting, but it looks like it’s been hit with an ugly stick.
Did they find an old pentax as the model.
Curses, can’t we ever get more than 100mm?
A large congratulations to Canon for finally (after more than 10 years) lifting the G series out of joke status by now providing a viewfinder to replace the lifeless too small effectively worthless one from prior iterations. These were just a piece of blank glass, no information whatsoever inside.
On a side note, do more than a tiny number of people regularly use exposure compensation
to the extent that it should be given such a prominent location on
enthusiast cameras where aperture or perhaps manual focus could get the
assignment and be more appreciated? I never use compensation, though wouldn’t mind learning how and why others do.