Canon PowerShot G1 X Review: The Point-and-Shoot Revolution

The Canon PowerShot G1 X hoodwinked the digital camera market when it was announced back in January at CES. Traditionally, no fixed lens point-and-shoot camera had ever dabbled with a large sensor before, if you exclude the very expensive Fujifilm X10. But even the X10's 2/3 size sensor was not an unprecedented size upgrade from the 1/1.7-inch chips found in the Canon PowerShot G12, Nikon Coolpix P7100 and Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5. Canon has raised the point-and-shoot stakes by integrating a beastly 1.5-inch CMOS sensor within the PowerShot G1 X. To put that into perspective, the G1 X's sensor is almost as big as an APS-C sensor, which is the standard size for nearly all entry to mid-level DSLRs. That's right, the Canon PowerShot G1 X has a sensor that's about the same size as the Canon EOS 60D's sensor. Continue reading: http://tchno.be/JqI2RO

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[00frozenzoo00]

this guy makes BY FAR the best reviews on technobuffalo !!!!!

[Abraham James]

You guys should put out the price of the product while doing reviews as well.

[Joshua Raikes]

Because he has a 64gb memory card

[Dilly Vue]

wait a minute its large with super fine how the heck he gets 9999 shot ??

[LazerLord10]

For ~$570 (the price of this camera), I'd rather go for the T3i for $30 more.

[kynancecove]

PLUS FAST SONY BIONZ IMAGE PROCESSOR PLUS FAST FOCUSSING

I HAD A 2YR RESEARCH FOR A DECENT CAMERA THAT TICKED MORE BOXES FOR THE MONEY ILOVE FUJI & CANON SLRS BUT I WENT FOR THECOMPANY THAT MAKE MOST THE COMPANY THAT MAKE MORE CAMERA SENSORS THAN ANYBODYSCAMERA SENSORS ON THE PLANET PLANET ESPECIALLY SENSORS FOR NIKON DSLR'S I WENT WITHFOR SONY CAMERAS OFFER WIN/ WIN /WIN

[kynancecove]

sonyPOCKET POINT& SHOOT rsx100 has an apsc cropped cmos sensor LARGER THAN CANONS CROPPED SENSOR OR ONE CAN BUY SONYS BRILLIANT NEX5'S MIRRORLESS DSLRSAWESOME VIDEO& IMAGES

[CannonPowershotS110]

Nice review

[igetsmart]

way to big for a point and shoot - not pocket able - I think the little Sony RX100 which comes close in image quality but has much better video features is a winner- this camera just seems to be a miss - for its size I would suggest the NEX6 or 7 or 5r and the Olympus OMD - a bit bigger better a far more versitile and have EVF's - So now this and the Nikon P7700 are a bit of flops I think - I own the old P7100 -

[Charlie Pragnell]

Great review... But the most disconcerting thing about the Canon G1X for me is that it's just so damn ugly! It looks like a Fisher Price toy. I would be embarrassed to take that out of my camera bag for fear of been mocked or even beaten up!

[Rodrigo Abusleme Mason]

AFAIK the point and shot from sigma had a DSLR size sensor... i.e. g1x not the first of its kind

[MrAkihiros]

Funny too.