Image on top shows the current G1X camera.
Someone over at Xitek (found via Photorumors) posted details about the soon to be announced Canon G1 X Mark II camera. According to the source it be unveiled right before the CP+ show in February.
Rumored specs are:
DIGIC 6 image processor
24-120mm f/2.8-5.8 lens (fixed obviously)
20.2MP 1.5″ CMOS sensor
New “real image” optical zoom viewfinder
3.0″ LCD touch screen with 922,000 dots
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Another missed opportunity (like many times at Canon). I hoped that in the era of EVF they put a decent EVF to G1x. I understand that it may be a bit too expensive for G16 (but the Nikon P7800 has it and is not more expensive than G16), but for their high-end compact, which is not cheap at all they should have put an EVF (lets say with 1,4M) instead of that useless optical tunnel (80% coverage, paralax error, no infos…).
In my opinion G1x needs 3 things to change/improve: 1. faster AF, 2. faster lens, 3. EVF. Then it would be a camera to consider.
I agree about the need for faster AF end EVF, but faster lens would make the camera much larger.
I realize that and do not expect a cnstant f2,8 lens, however I would appreciate a bit faster tele-end (say f4), even sacrifying a bit of the zoom reach.
Btw. Matus znie dost slovensky. 😉
F4 would be nice to have. I can not help but wish that Ricoh would bring camera of this type (just for the UI and in-camera B&W), but that is just a day dreaming.
Ano, priznavam 🙂
Agree. For this sensor size, constant f/4 is more than enough for most uses, but I´d like to know how bright is this lens at 80-90 mm equivalent.
Congrats to Canon- A great opportunity to see the world in real time, remaining in precious few cameras today- the Fuji X10, X100s, XP1, Leicas, and this. There are many artists who prefer to see the real world in real time, and use the camera as a tool to capture their vision. Even an SLR, with its WYSIWIG viewing would interfere with that, not to mention viewing the world through an artificial, laggy, undetailed though cute little tv screen. Faster viewing of what’s out there right now is a main reason the Leica M managed to survive through decades of SLR reflex viewing dominance. Photographers who want to see the world through a window and not through an electronic screen, however, absolutely need quick and accurate autofocus.
Sorry but the EVF gives you real time WYSIWYG, not the OVF !! The great strength of mirrorless cameras is the ability to preview exposure and every other aspect of the final shot prior to the shot. Ever since I’ve gotten rid of the mirror I’ve also said bye bye to exposure compensation and misexposed shots. I shoot Manual 100% of the time with Live View enables, and nail it everytime. Tried to go back to DSLRs several times, blah.
Sorry, but I never said OVF gives WYSIWYG, I said you are watching the real world unfold in real time. I said reflex viewing, not an Optical ViewFinder, gives you WYSIWIG, since you seeing exactly through the lens, including depth of field and any distortions the lens introduces in real time. Still, you are watching the world in real time, at the speed of light, and can see relationships between subjects, lighting, shading, full dynamic range of the actual scene in front of you.
Electronic viewfinders are an interpretation of the world in bits and electronic processing and then you watch it on a TV screen, with all the limitations of that little TV- much less dynamic range than the real world, much less detail than the real world, a delay, image tearing, colors that are rendered electronically. All ‘improvements’ that manufacturers announce in EVFs are just ways in which they are becoming more and more like the way SLRs have been for almost 60 years.
Of course, EVFs are cheaper than reflex viewing systems, so manufactures cut their costs, fail to pass the savings on to consumers, and convince consumers that they are doing them a favor.
That’s just how it is. If you like it fine. Different people like different things. Go for it.
The RAW/JPEG files themselves are also a digital interpretation of the world, so wouldn’t that make an EVF(or Live View mode) more advantageous since it shows you a closer representation of the end product in real time?
“Electronic viewfinders are an interpretation of the world in bits and electronic processing…”
Yes, you are right, but also the view through a lens and reflected several times in a mirror or prism is not equal (angle, size, perspective, aberrations) to the view you get with your naked eye. If an EVF can improve our power to see in the darkness, evaluate the correct exposure, see live view, etc, I´d better dont lost my time with philosophical questions about reality and the interpretation of the world.
By the way, human eyes also build an interpretation of the world that is different for every observer.
I think if the info above is truth, sensor size will be smaller than version one. I would prefer it to be apsc rather then only 1.5″ and 3:2 over 4:3. Will see how that will affect overall size. If i can’t have it in my pocket i want an apsc or larger sensor in it.
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Nope, G1x actually has a 1,5″ sensor (upon introducing it they said it was a 18 MPx APSC sensor from their Rebels (3:2 aspect ratio) cut from the sides to 1,5″ size (making it 14 MPx and 4:3 ratio).
Ok my mistake. Ta
If specs are correct, this is rather disappointing …only minor upgrades as usual with Canon ,no constant 2,8 aperture,no EVF, let’s hope at least & at last for a decent OVF “Rebel Style” (to be checked !)…will consider it as a backup camera & will try it when released or will go for a 2nd SL1/EOS100D…
Well, take a look at RX10… is it BIG? G1X/G2X with a constant 2.8 zoom will not be much smaller, remember, it have a much larger sensor than the 1″ unit that Sony/Nikon uses.
I personally is VERY happy with most aspect of G1X, except the stupid lazyass focus, if they can give me blazing focus like NEX-6, I’d be back in Canon camp very soon. Otherwise, NEX-6 it is…