Image on top shows the current G7X
There is one more Canon announcement coming next week. They will announce a new G7XII and SX720 compact camera (and a new 80D DSLR). These are the specs leaked by Digicameinfo:
G7X II specs
– 1 inch 20MP CMOS sensor
– DIGIC7
– Lens is 24-100mm F1.8-2.8. Image Stabilizer (IS) equipped. Aperture blades are nine
– Control ring mounted
– Continuous shooting up to 8 frames / sec (even JPEG even RAW)
– 3.0 inches 1.04 million dot tilting LCD monitor. Touch panel
– Tilt 180 degrees upward, 45 degrees below
– Video is full HD
– Time-lapse movie
– Wi-FI built-in. NFC
– Picture Style
– In the camera RAW development
SX720 HS specs
– 20.3 MP CMOS sensor
– DIGIC6
– 40 times optical zoom. Image Stabilizer (IS)
– Wi-Fi built-in. NFC
– Video is full HD
– 3.0 inches 922,000-dot LCD monitor
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I thought the G9 X and G5 X were supposed to take over. Apparently the G7 X sold good enough. I guess it’s a demand of the selfie and vlogger crowd to bring it back!
What a f*cking stupid comment. So you think a tilting screen is only for the “selfie and vlogger crowd”?
Depends on how much it tilts. Tilting is on Olympus and Sony cameras too. Vari-angle on all kinds of cameras (which I think is the way to go). Great for advanced applications.
If it flips around all the way… much like the G7 X or Panasonic GF7, then yes. It relies heavily on the selfie and vlogger crowd which will greatly appreciate its feature… so I’d probably turn your statement around and say that the selfie and vlogger crowd would look at tilting screen cameras and this is one of the very few to do so… another is very open about its target audience:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vooI9cebjY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ry63KvIeNzM
I never excluded anyone in particular from using it, though, you just make the assumption that I do. I didn’t even say I disliked the camera or anything. It’s just a feature a certain audience will appreciate more than others.
And then there’s the RX100-series and A5100 that flips all the way around just as well that I don’t neccessarily find aimed at or embraced by the selfie and vlogger crowd. But a somewhat affordable compact camera like the G7 X. You betcha. I bet it’s one of the more popular choices for sure (Canon is period). Same people would be using Cisco Flip HD cams back in the day. This is the modern days equivalent. And it’s great for travelling too. You’d want to travel light and compact and not just take pictures of the place you’re at, but as well to place and document yourself there, creating fond memories and more interesting pictures for friends and family when you’re included in the scene. If that kinda thing appeals to you, then there’s hardly a better pick than the G7 X. If you’re about other things, I could imagine a whole bunch of different cameras though. So, theres an advantage in serving a niche market.
I don’t know who would buy such a camera and hardly ever use it for those mentioned purposes.
Am I missing something? Other than a different processor, what is changed between Version 1 and 2? I almost got excited thinking Canon added an EVF in the back (like the Panny GM5), but nope.
Fps (raw/jpeg ), tilt screen downwards, digic7 are supposed to be some of the new specs
Thank you @etsap… I didnt realize Version 1 had only a tilt-up screen. However, still would have liked to seen an EVF vis-a-vis Panny GM5.
Thank goodness it’s still tilt screen, instead of swivel.
Hm, I’ve been waiting for this one and have hoped for improved image quality. Can it deliver? I hope so. Everything else is already pretty good. If not, I hope the rumoured new Nikon can. I’m still not happy with the Sony handling (lacking exp dial mainly). Please Olympus and Pana, get into this fight!
Haha, canon and it`s video-feature-set. Full-HD in a brandnew camera in Year 2016… Sure Canon, sure…
4K clips which can last only 5 minutes before the camera overheats, that sure is a brilliant implementation. Not.
At least you CAN record 5 mins of 4k. And 120 fps and 960 fps.
But good job to canon on offering 60fps… I guess.
haha, that’s about what Sony released 1.5 years ago with the RX100 III… oh wait, no, the RX100 III had a pop-up EVF