Here are the specifications of the upcoming Canon PowerShot G5 X Mark II. We expect to see this announced alongside the PowerShot G7 X Mark III this week.
Canon PowerShot G5 X Mark II Specifications: (Google Translated)
- 20.1 mp 1.0″ type stacked CMOS
- DIGIC 8
- 5x optical zoom (converted 24-120 mm f / 1.8-2.8)
- It is equipped with “RAW burst mode” that can shoot RAW images continuously with high-speed continuous shooting up to approx. 30.0 fps (up to 70)
- In RAW burst mode, shooting starts with the shutter halfway pressed, and “pre-shooting” is possible, which allows recording from up to about 0.5 seconds before the shutter is fully pressed
- Up to about 20.0 fps (up to 118 images) can be captured continuously with AF fixed even in continuous shooting in drive mode, and up to about 8.0 fps captured continuously with AF tracking
- You can keep looking at the subject without blackout during continuous shooting
- The shortest shooting distance at the tele end in normal mode is reduced to 20 cm
- Achieves the maximum shooting magnification of 0.47 times equivalent to half macro
- 4K movie (29.97 / 25 fps, up to 9 minutes 59 seconds)
- First to achieve crop-free 4K video shooting with Canon's compact digital cameras
- Full HD 120 fps movie
- Fastest 1/25600 second electronic shutter
- 3.0 type 1.04 million dots touch panel tilt type liquid crystal
- 0.39 type 2.36 million dots pop-up type EVF
- USB Type-C terminal
- 3.5 mm microphone input terminal
- Equipped with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.1
- Battery: NB-13L
- Size: 110.9 x 60.9 x 46 mm
- Weight: 340g
- Expected release date: early August 2019
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So here we go… pop-up evf and hotshoe gone.
But the new lens is interesting even if i'm concerned by corner softness like on the G7X one...
Isn't strange to remove the hotshoe while including a mic jack?
side note : it's 5mm thicker than the G7X mkIII
1. A hot shoe allows you to pair optional external flashes as well as other shoe-mounted accessories with the camera.
2. A remote socket permits use of the optional RS-60E3 Remote Switch for wired remote camera control.
A pop-up EVF addresses the main reason why I went with the G7XII rather than the G5X in the first place. I want a pocketable camera. G5X was too big. This should work.
This thing has BLE and highly likely has CCAPI. What's wrong with wireless remote control?
I think they should have put the pop-up EVF in the G7X - not in the G5X. I was looking to the new model to replace my sister's camera, but she won't like this.
Your personal opinions, priorities and preferences do not equate to a downgrade in usability - we could just as easily be looking at improved usability thanks to clever UI redesign.
I'll give you the possible lack of a hotshoe - but then we have to ask: how many people in the market for this camera need a hotshoe? It's not a downgrade in usability to remove what people aren't using...
Edit. Perhaps what I am saying is: it is a different camera for different people than the mark I.
Let's remove the swing screen to piss videographers and add tilting one to please photographers.
And then let's remove the hot shoe because what photographer would use the st-e3-rt?
Targeting one device to two separate segments just doesn't work. Unless it works ... for the corporation.
P.S. I bet (a beer) that the EVF will be as useless as the Sonys.
I don't know how G5X users think about this compared to the "original" camera, but this feature makes the G7X complete to me.
And if it's now called G5X... so what.
Gimme a good rebate and I am in ;)