The Next Canon PowerShot is Coming This Year

[blackcoffee17]

Would love to see an APS-C zoom like the G1x III. If they had the guts to make a bright prime that would be even cooler. But a zoom isn’t so bad either. Hope the sensor can read out fast enough and that it carries the water resistance and EVF of the G1X III. In fact, if they can update the battery, sensor, and processor, I’m sure it would find an audience. Also I would request the automatic lens cap like the G7X III, a cap for a compact point and shoot feels weird and I don’t use the filter ring except for NDs and a compact should have built-in NDs. If they could stretch the aperture to f/2.5 or f/2.2 on the short end that would be very cool too.

I don't want APS-C. That just means another $1500+ camera with a slow zoom lens. What i want is a G16 or Ixus sized camera with modern tech and sensor and a good quality 24-100 or 24-200mm lens.

 

[ctk]

I don't want APS-C. That just means another $1500+ camera with a slow zoom lens. What i want is a G16 or Ixus sized camera with modern tech and sensor and a good quality 24-100 or 24-200mm lens.

Yep. Canon would be better off making a soap bar RF-S body than handicapping an APS-C sensor with a compact camera lens. Concept reminds me of the LX100....

 

[Nathalietje86]

Canon just needs to make more super zoom or just good zoom around 400mm compact camera's with raw, travel buddies to take with you to everywhere there are already so much compact camera's with 2x or 3x zoom

 

[Del Paso]

Canon just needs to make more super zoom or just good zoom around 400mm compact camera's with raw, travel buddies to take with you to everywhere there are already so much compact camera's with 2x or 3x zoom

While I'd rather have a high quality 2X or 3X zoom than one of these mediocre superzooms. You simply cannot combine low cost, extreme focal variation, wide open aperture and high IQ.
Sure, it is tempting to have one single "does it all" lens, but there's often a drawback to accept, optical quality and aperture.
No free lunch!

 

[sanj]

Still hoping for a good zoom range around 400mm and it needs to have raw and a bigger sensor, or a new G5X with new features...

But come on canon hurry up make compact camera's for photographers instead of vlogging

I am not smart enough to grasp why anyone would want a telephoto on this. The form factor is not conducive for telephoto shots. I would prefer it to be wider than current camera. It is my walk around camera and a wider lens would be nice.

 

[neuroanatomist]

Still hoping for a good zoom range around 400mm and it needs to have raw and a bigger sensor

400mm equivalent and a bigger sensor, don’t hold your breath. P&S cameras can have supertelephoto equivalent focal lengths because of the smaller sensors.

I am not smart enough to grasp why anyone would want a telephoto on this. The form factor is not conducive for telephoto shots. I would prefer it to be wider than current camera. It is my walk around camera and a wider lens would be nice.

Everyone has different needs and preferences. Like you, I prefer wider for a walkaround lens/camera. I really like the 16-50mm (equivalent) range of my PowerShot V1 (enough so that I pre-ordered the RF 20-50/4 to use with my R8). Still, I understand that some people want/need a P&S with more range. Before my DSLR days began, I used an Olympus C-765 UZ, 4 MP with a 38-380mm (FF equivalent, 6x crop factor). One of the places it went with me was on a trip to Africa that included a safari in Tanzania and a visit with mountain gorillas in Rwanda.

 

[sanj]

400mm equivalent and a bigger sensor, don’t hold your breath. P&S cameras can have supertelephoto equivalent focal lengths because of the smaller sensors.


Everyone has different needs and preferences. Like you, I prefer wider for a walkaround lens/camera. I really like the 16-50mm (equivalent) range of my PowerShot V1 (enough so that I pre-ordered the RF 20-50/4 to use with my R8). Still, I understand that some people want/need a P&S with more range. Before my DSLR days began, I used an Olympus C-765 UZ, 4 MP with a 38-380mm (FF equivalent, 6x crop factor). One of the places it went with me was on a trip to Africa that included a safari in Tanzania and a visit with mountain gorillas in Rwanda.

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Yeah, but.. Cameras without a viewfinder are so cumbersome to use with a long lens.