What Will Replace the PowerShot G7 X Mark III

[neuroanatomist]

The v1 is a fun camera. The wide lens is great for filming yourself for content. 16-50 is great. Even a 20-70 would be great for the use of selfies or filming yourself.

My biggest gripe was the flash situation. If it was to appease the demand of the g7x there was a clear miscommunication.

The influencer world was using it for photos. The fill flash was their favorite feature.

The V1 is a vlogging camera, it does not seem intended to replace the G series.

The v1 lacked a flash and the only real option was the el flashes that are bigger than the camera. And the adapter to use older hot shoe model flashes again make it impractical and cumbersome.

The godox it30 wouldve solved this issue but was released almost a year after the v1 was.

Does the Godox flash use the multifunction shoe? I’m guessing yes from your statement, if so I may pick one up. I have the (long discontinued) 270EX II that I use directly with the R8 and M-series bodies, but the adapter is needed on the V1.

 

[justaCanonuser]

Thanks for the clarification. I Googled "*** slang" and some obvious offenders showed up. I wasn't aware of the previous controversy on this site.

Fortunately, as a European, I can state that our system is called Galileo, which is harder to mistreat as an offending acronym (you'd have to invent something with seven words, for G. A. L. I. L. E., and O., so any willing offenders would need quite a bit of imagination)

 

[shawnc]

How about if Canon creates a pocket camera, not a phone wannabe or a do-everything super zoom blah blah. Fast lens, fixed or a modest zoom illuminating a real sensor, "1 inch" or "aps" (jeez sensor sizes need to standardize to area or xy dimensions) not a phone-sized toy. Modest 4k video specs, but stills focused on stills. A camera that can go where we take our phones but blow them out of the water with IQ. Ricoh's GRIV seems to fill the niche but at a ridiculous price.

 

[John Wilde]

How about if Canon creates a pocket camera, not a phone wannabe or a do-everything super zoom blah blah. Fast lens, fixed or a modest zoom illuminating a real sensor, "1 inch" or "aps" (jeez sensor sizes need to standardize to area or xy dimensions) not a phone-sized toy. Modest 4k video specs, but stills focused on stills. A camera that can go where we take our phones but blow them out of the water with IQ. Ricoh's GRIV seems to fill the niche but at a ridiculous price.

Canon could have used the M100/M200 body as the basis of a fixed-lens compact camera, but it will apparently never happen.

 

[LDS]

an EVF ‘hump’ increases the size for pocket ability

An EVF doesn't require any "hump". I don't see bumps on Fuji compacts, for example. There's really no need today to replicate the SLR form in a compact camera.

 

[John Wilde]

An EVF doesn't require any "hump". I don't see bumps on Fuji compacts, for example. There's really no need today to replicate the SLR form in a compact camera.

If you keep the screen size constant, a camera has to be taller to accommodate a back-corner EVF than if it had no EVF.

 

[yeahright]

Fortunately, as a European, I can state that our system is called Galileo, which is harder to mistreat as an offending acronym (you'd have to invent something with seven words, for G. A. L. I. L. E., and O., so any willing offenders would need quite a bit of imagination)

we can always use GNSS as the abbreviation for global navigation satellite system which does not specify a particular one of the many systems currently available

 

[LDS]

If you keep the screen size constant, a camera has to be taller to accommodate a back-corner EVF than if it had no EVF.

Pockets are larger today since they need to store enormous phones.... the problem with a "hump" is moslty it can get entangled somewhere, it the top is flush and the camera is just a little taller IMHO is not a big problem - again... see the phones size....