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I love using telephotos on SLR's. but when I use a point & shoot I rarely use the zoom at all. I suppose this is partially because the long end of P&S zoom lenses are often crap, but also because when I pull a P&S out of my pocket its usually just for a spontaneous social pictures with not a ton of thought going into composition.
Which brings me to the G1X. I know its not "just" a point and shoot camera, and it certainly isn't something I would be pulling out of my jean pockets. I am sure the long end of its zoom is better than all P&S...but it doesn't look that strong on paper for portraits and it's kinda slow. I sorta wish Canon just released the G1X as a 35mm or 50mm with a 1.8 prime. This would never fly with the average consumer, but I think the crowd that this is geared towards (us) would accept the tradeoff for the gains in speed, IQ, reliability, etc. Wouldn't mind a larger sensored s100 prime either.
Does anyone think there is any value to this?
Which brings me to the G1X. I know its not "just" a point and shoot camera, and it certainly isn't something I would be pulling out of my jean pockets. I am sure the long end of its zoom is better than all P&S...but it doesn't look that strong on paper for portraits and it's kinda slow. I sorta wish Canon just released the G1X as a 35mm or 50mm with a 1.8 prime. This would never fly with the average consumer, but I think the crowd that this is geared towards (us) would accept the tradeoff for the gains in speed, IQ, reliability, etc. Wouldn't mind a larger sensored s100 prime either.
Does anyone think there is any value to this?