The Next Canon PowerShot is Coming This Year

[ctk]

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

There are more than enough superzooms out there. Canon needs to go the other way. Something like a 20-70 equivalent with lots of speed in a small package would be great and unique.

 

[dcm]

Just charged up some old Powershots (SD900 and S110) for the grandkids to take on vacation to Yellowstone and Glacier national parks this summer. Both are still in good working order. It will be interesting to see what they bring back.

I prefer the iPhone in my pocket, M for light carry, and EF/RF for serious use. A new PowerShot would need to be revolutionary to find a way into my kit. But you never know!

 

[Nathalietje86]

There are more than enough superzooms out there. Canon needs to go the other way. Something like a 20-70 equivalent with lots of speed in a small package would be great and unique.

Enough new super zooms? The only one i know that is the tz99 of last year of Panasonic...
Sony doesn't have super zooms anymore and all other super zooms are pretty old.

 

[blobmonster]

An OVF and hot shoe takes up considerable area at the top of compact cameras. Not having both on the G7X III is a plus for me regarding size for pocket ability.

Rear views of G15, G1X I and G7X III shown.

(The black bar at the top of the rear LCD displays is the reflection of the forward edge of my background paper)

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Thats true, but we could get much better, non-pop-up viewfinders and still have pocketable cameras with different design philosophy.

For example, the Canon af2/owl (old film compact) design fits comfortably in a pocket and has an enormous viewfinder.

Also, I would argue that we dont need live view LCDs in tiny pocket cameras that already have an EVF for image review (fun restriction, amd better viewing quality anyway), and potentially a simple settings screen (low battery drain).

Getting rid of LCD except small one for settings, or at least having no articulating swivel screen one, would potentially save a lot of room for a decent viewfinder and pop up flash on even a Ricoh GR size camera.

 

[Fanitullen]

No LCD is a no go for me. I am completely dependent on having an LCD screen (tiltable) when shooting from the waist or low to the ground or over head. If the tilting LCD is good and bright enough, I can live fine without an EVF.