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November 2014
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112 Reviews
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The editors liked
Compact bod
Excellent image qualit
Customizable front dia
Touch-screen controls and focus selectio
Very fas
Accurate autofocus
Small
Portable size
You'll want to carry this camera with you everywhere you can
Nice control rings
WiFi transferrng is very simple
The Canon PowerShot G7 X delivers excellent photo quality for its class
Along with a fine lens and relatively streamlined shooting design
Relatively long zoom lens
Wide aperture
Excellent 1" sensor
Touch screen works well for focus
More background blur than the 1" sensor competition
1-inch image sensor. Wide aperture zoom lens. Tilting touch-screen display. Speedy focus system. Wi-Fi with NFC. Raw support.
Excellent photo quality
Fast lens with longer zoom range than competition
Sensor/lens combination allows for very shallow depth-of-field
Customizable front dial
LCD can flip upward 180 degrees
Touchscreen display allows for easy focus point selection
Excellent LCD touchscreen
Great image quality
Premium design
Good focal range
The editors didn't like
Short battery lif
Unreliable wireless connectivity to smartphones
Needs more control dials
Doesn't feel like a G series camera
We wish Canon took the sensor from the G1X Mk II and put it in this camera
Too expensive
Its performance and connectivity implemenation don't impress
And some people may miss the hot shoe
No EVF
LCD tilts up but not down. RAW not available in auto mode
Pricey. Lacks hot shoe and EVF option. Burst rate slows when shooting Raw
Poor battery life
Slow continuous shooting and shot-to-shot speeds with Raw images
Compact bod, Excellent image qualit, Customizable front dia, Touch-screen controls and focus selectio, Very fas, accurate autofocus
Short battery lif, Unreliable wireless connectivity to smartphones
Canon's GX 7 is a powerful competitor to the Sony RX100 III, and the best of the current bridge cameras. Who's it for: Advanced amateurs or professionals looking for the capabilities of much larger camera in a compact body. While smartphones ...
Abstract: The Canon PowerShot G7 X is a new pocketable premium compact camera with a large CMOS image sensor and a fast lens. The metal-bodied G7 X has a 1.0-type back-illuminated 20.2 Megapixel CMOS sensor, an f/1.8-2.8, 4.2x lens with 9-blade aperture, full manua...
Published: 2014-10-15, Author: Jim , review by: pcmag.com
1-inch image sensor. Wide aperture zoom lens. Tilting touch-screen display. Speedy focus system. Wi-Fi with NFC. Raw support.
Pricey. Lacks hot shoe and EVF option. Burst rate slows when shooting Raw
The Canon PowerShot G7 X has a bright zoom lens that covers a lot of range and a large 1-inch image sensor, but just misses earning our Editors' Choice nod for top premium compact camera....
Published: 2014-09-19, Author: Tim , review by: wired.com
Abstract: Size-wise, the G7X is more along the lines of the PowerShot S series, which was generally considered to be the world's best compact camera before the Sony Cyber-shot RX100 debuted. And it's pretty obvious that Canon is dead set on recapturing the crown, b...
Abstract: Available from October 2014 in the US market, the Canon PowerShot G7X is priced at around US$700. That's a noticeably lower pricetag than Sony's latest competitor, the RX100 III. In fact, it puts the G7X somewhere in between the entry-level RX100 and the ...
Published: 2014-09-15, Author: Gordon , review by: cameralabs.com
The PowerShot G7X is Canon's answer to Sony's RX100 series. Canon's taken the same 20 Megapixel 1in sensor (delivering a big upgrade in image quality over typical phones or compacts) and squeezed it into essentially the same sized body. The big difference...
Abstract: Canon PowerShot G7 X First Look - The extensive PowerShot range of advanced compacts has been further added to with the new G7 XCanon's PowerShot range of advanced compacts has proved incredibly popular over the past few years, and the all new PowerShot G...
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Published: 2014-09-15, Author: Richard , review by: dpreview.com
Excellent photo quality, Fast lens with longer zoom range than competition, Sensor/lens combination allows for very shallow depth-of-field, Customizable front dial, LCD can flip upward 180 degrees, Touchscreen display allows for easy focus point selection
Poor battery life, Slow continuous shooting and shot-to-shot speeds with Raw images, Focusing can be inconsistent, Manual focus has low quality preview, limited magnification, and requires a lot of dial-spinning, No 24p video option, Menu operation can be
With a time-tested 1" BSI-CMOS sensor and an impressive 24-100mm F1.8-2.8 lens, the PowerShot G7 X produces excellent quality photos. Although the ergonomics won't suit everyone and battery life isn't as good as some competitors, the G7X is well suited to...
