The new Canon G1X got DxOmarked (Click here). On paper the Canon is on par with current Micro Four Thirds cameras but far behind the newest Sony NEX cameras. But you know we love to see REAL world comparisons and Imaging Resource (Click here) fulfilled that duty and posted an ISO comparison between the Canon and other big mirrorless cameras: “Fine detail on the G1 X looks quite good, though it’s bested by the T3i and NEX-5N, an outcome we’d expect. As ISO rises, contrast and saturation tend to decrease in the G1 X, while it stays stronger in the T3i, E-P3, and NEX-5N. The J1 and G12 appear to be out of the running for this contest“.
While the G1X is definitely an interesting product it’s still not enough to seriously compete against the mirrorless and interchangeable systems. But I think Canon is coming with the real BIG thing at Photokina… 🙂
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It’s a good thing the G1X’s high-ISO performance is so good… you’re stuck with a non-interchangeable lens that slows down to f/5.8 at the long end, so you’re going to be using high ISOs a LOT…
most ppl who use ps cameras dont know about aperture or even care to change lenses. remember the old ps film cameras? users then didnt care and they still dont. if they wanted to change lenses there’s always the dslr. the csc cameras today are no more than what aps cameras used to be. it wont be long until m43 and nex nx will go the way of the aps cameras.
Canon is a real compact, is way better than those mushroomNEX
I like Canon’s no nonsense approach to camera making. Over the years i’ve had several of their cameras, from P&S to DSLRs (currently i have a 7D and an s95). Their lenses are very good, the IQ is very good – maybe not class leading in the last couple of years due to sony sensors giving canon a hard time, but the overall package can’t be faulted. Their cameras look professional, mean business, the ergonomics are great, the menus are well organized and intuitive, and my experience tells me that they design hardware that can withstand real world use. What can i say, i love their products.
I wonder what will canon come up with in Photokina. Will they go APS-C? Will they use the G1X sensor? Will they offer a few well selected small primes or plastic zooms? Will the AF be up to par with the competition? So many questions! My bet is that they’ll come up with a killer product. They’ve had time to watch the market evolve, they have the muscle to invest in R&D, and they are the only ones who have not showed their cards. Pretty exciting.
Now, should i keep investing in my m43 gear??? The lenses are great, but i’m still waiting for a sensor that can compete with aps-c sensors one generation old…
What’s with this everything is “1”??!!
J1, X1, 1X, K-01, V1 …..
There is no innovation anymore or what?
That’s true about the primes in m4/3 and the reason many keep that system. I would love to see Canon build some decent primes for crop bodies. The EF-S 60mm f 2.8 macro is very good, but they need more.
If this G1X is like the G12, then it will be very good. Canon is covering a general focal range with a lens that is still faster than the m4/3 or NEX kit zoom on the wide end.
Canon got to be working on a sensor to take on SONY’s 16 and I bet it’ll be good. Canon was leading sensor technology until they stopped for a while while SONY released the 16 and 24.
DXO have had to artificially mark it down to just above M43 because the sensor size is so close. The point of their existence and industry support is to promote that APSC is so much bigger and better.
Yes, there is this secret APSC society, founded in the 18th century, that controls most of the camera industry as well as the media. Some say, APSC stands for Antichrist purgatory satanist cameras. Evereybody who’s talking about the obvious truth that 43 sensors are in fact bigger because the digit sum of 4:3 is more than the digit sum of 3:2, lives a dangerous life. So better be careful, truth.
The industry is ****ing themselves that the sheep will abandon the dinosaur DSLR format. “Picture quality almost as good as a DSLR” is as close as it gets without being blacklisted.
That’s a different topic since there are APSC MILCs as well as smaller sensor MILCs.
Look, I’m a PEN owner and I can live with the fact that the MFT sensors are somewhat noisier than Sony’s, partly because of the smaller sensor size, partly because of Sonys better sensor technology – there are enough advantages to compensate for that.
Looking at Sony’s DXOMark results doesn’t support your suspicions. The NEX results are better than the results of Sonys translucent line, and they are better than the results of the Canons DSLR.
i don’t think it’s a really new sensor. They just took the one in canon 7D/60D/600D/550D and cropped it.
I am thinking about the coming up photo show in Yokohama and I wonder if the high radiation readings in Yokohama city are going to cause invited journalists to shun the photo show:
http://fukushima-diary.com/2012/02/7-microsvh-in-yokohama/
those are very high levels … normal background radiation is around 0.2 microsvh … I personally would not go there no matter what
Gx1 looks great to me… I am sure Raw can bring more from others, but in regard to OM, this is gonna be great with some additional OLY tweaking. 🙂
If it has respectable AF, the G1X will be a good street camera.
i still think canon’s G1X sensor is quite impressive. if we consider that imaging resource had used the same lighting-setup for all shots, the G1X was 2/3 stops more sensitive than the E-P3 at the same iso-setting.
E-P3 iso1600 already looks like an aquarell painting due to excessive noise-reduction and strong sharpening while the G1X iso1600 shot still looks fine.
the same can be said for panasonic’s GX1 sensor. compared to the GX1 the G1X had 2/3 less light while still looking slightly better noise-wise.
so i really wonder what those guys at DXO are actually measuring. the result is what counts, and i am sure canon’s sensor will wipe the floor with all mFT sensors so far available.