I have been using a G1X for 3 months and am very impressed with it.
IQ blows away any earlier G-series camera (I have owned the G5, G7, G9 and G10 over the years) and runs very close to my 7D.
High ISO performance is outstanding for such a small camera.
Lens is on the slow side, especially towards the tele end, but the high ISO performance goes a long way towards compensating for this.
AF is slower than a modern DSLR (of course), but not bad for a small camera, and very accurate. My Oly EP3 was faster, but I sold it because it was too big with the lenses (see below).
Lens range (28-112 mm efl) covers what you\'d need 2 - 3 lenses for with just about any ILC.
I got a Canon x0.7 wideangle converter which gets me down to a theoretical 21mm, but really only about 23mm before vignetting starts to encroach on 2x3 format. While the full sensor is 3x4 format, I tend to crop to 2x3 for consistency with my other cameras, except when subject really requires something different. You can use the full width at 21mm for 3:1 panaoramas.
Macro out-of-the-box is rather limited, but a +4 diopter (which I already owned) resolves that issue.
OVF is not good, but usable once you get used to the fact that it only shows about 80% of the image area. It would be a huge improvement if it displayed a frame-line and showed more of the scene.
In the end, I think a camera like this *complements* my SLRs, while an ICL mirrorless (which is much bigger/heavier and more expensive by the time you count the lenses and other stuff you\'d want) would need to be able to *replace* them, for most purposes at least. That\'s how I feel right now. YMMV of course.
I have been using a G1X for 3 months and am very impressed with it.
IQ blows away any earlier G-series camera (I have owned the G5, G7, G9 and G10 over the years) and runs very close to my 7D.
High ISO performance is outstanding for such a small camera.
Lens is on the slow side, especially towards the tele end, but the high ISO performance goes a long way towards compensating for this.
AF is slower than a modern DSLR (of course), but not bad for a small camera, and very accurate. My Oly EP3 was faster, but I sold it because it was too big with the lenses (see below).
Lens range (28-112 mm efl) covers what you\'d need 2 - 3 lenses for with just about any ILC.
I got a Canon x0.7 wideangle converter which gets me down to a theoretical 21mm, but really only about 23mm before vignetting starts to encroach on 2x3 format. While the full sensor is 3x4 format, I tend to crop to 2x3 for consistency with my other cameras, except when subject really requires something different.
Macro out-of-the-box is rather limited, but a +4 diopter (which I already owned) resolves that issue.
OVF is not good, but usable once you get used to the fact that it only shows about 80% of the image area. It would be a huge improvement if it displayed a frame-line and showed more of the scene.
In the end, I think a camera like this *complements* my SLRs, while an ICL mirrorless (which is much bigger/heavier and more expensive by the time you count the lenses and other stuff you\'d want) would need to be able to *replace* them, for most purposes at least. That\'s how I feel right now. YMMV of course.
Jun 30, 2012 at 01:30 PM
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