“All-New Sensor” Coming to the Next PowerShot Cameras

[Canon Rumors]

This will be the year that Canon releases new PowerShot cameras with photographers in mind. Yes, they'll still have the video features, but don't expect the next batch of cameras to resemble the PowerShot V1. I don't expect to see any PowerShot announcements until late August at the earliest ahead of the Q4 shopping season. […]

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[neuroanatomist]

A sensor for the 'flagship' that's smaller than the 1.4-type sensor in the V1 makes sense. The 1.4-type sensor is a 3:2 aspect ratio version of a m4/3 sensor, with the same 2x crop as m4/3. That means any PowerShot with that sensor and some 'reach' would need a pretty darn big and probably really slow lens to get there.

 

[Andreasb]

To me this is quite simple: I want a G1X like camera, nice to hold, good buttons that can be setup to do different things, 24-100 mm equivalent lens. It doesn't need to have F2.8 to big and heavy . I want 1 inch sensor so the camera wont be so big, 24 mp is fine. It can have a little Video stuff to I guess, I frankly don't care, but others do so ok

And Canon for heavens sake it MUST HAVE an EVF!

 

[Uneternal]

Canon is like the people who show up late to your motto party, and their costume is a hat.

They're again too late to the compact-camera-trend party, and as always, they'll deliver the bare minimum instead of anything revolutionary.
I bet it's gonna be a lukewarm G7XIII upgrade with a Digic X processor, and I bet they've been testing how much they can charge with this G7X graphite special edition. So it's gonna cost at least $1,299.

Personally, I would've preferred to see the sensor of the Powershot V1 getting used again with the lens of the G1X Mark II. But I guess stinginess is the new black. So we gotta pay more for less.