As always very briefly motley mess:
Positives:
- Zuallervorderst: silent triggering possible (for subjects like shy animals, celebratory moments, silent concerts, sleeping children the etc at all decisive criterion whether you can use a camera or not to be issued to times such as with the otherwise superb, but very noisy triggering NEX5N to make time in a candlelit chamber music concert and try a nice mood Photo, fun)
- Very practical focal range, very high light intensity, especially concerning the Tele wos really makes sense
- Fairly good Nahaufnahmefähigkeiten (not only pointless in then inevitably extremely distorting WW ran very close, but also in more practical and eg unavoidable in alignment tending insects Tele to approx 30cm ran and thus truly full-frame represent relatively small motifs)
- Under normal conditions, excellent BQ, very high detail wealth, good white balance, beautiful natural colors
- To ISO1600 well used, noise reduction works excellently with lots of fine detail preservation
- Really first class image stabilizer
- Extremely short with the electronic shutter Shutter speeds feasible
- Built-in ND filter to use the great full aperture values even in bright sunlight for cropping can
- Relatively large 1-sensor, cropping in the still quite light telephoto position perfectly acceptable feasible, increasing ggüber the 1 / 1.7 sensor precious compacts is visible; Bokeh wonder one must certainly not expect. An APS-C-System cameras themselves with the standard zoom, the Canon comes in terms of blur assets not approach despite the light intensity.
- Very fast lens that receives the light intensity during zooming also remain intact (as opposed to the direct rival Sony RX100M3 that almost completely collapses at KB-30mm to full scale)
- Lens is actually very sharp and was properly centered on my test model, even at maximum aperture and over all focal lengths with little or only a very small edge / corner waste
- Folding, super sharp and bright touch screen with tip-AF
- First-class workmanship, a really well made camera from high quality impression Haptikfan freuts
- Is very good in the hand
- Excellent operability with lens ring and many direct accesses; also have all the buttons and wheel just the right pressure point / Rest degrees for good operability without risk of Selbstverstellens (not all manufacturers so)
- A lot of adjustment and Konfiguriermöglichkeiten
- Intelligent ISO Auto which adapts the rate of climb of scene and remaining settings; how well elaborated, Aich but could not adequately test out in the short time the day
- Held in such cameras almost never occupied and more hindering hotshoe relatively smooth = at least pocket pocket common housing
- A number of clever made operating secrets among others hotkey, reading the downloadable PDF only detailed BDA worth absolutely (I did before my date with the Canon).
Negative
- Zuallervorderst me was negative even at the best of light not just fast AF on, even my 7-year-old Sony W12 can match even the relatively lame NEX is hardly worse. Although the Canon can trigger very quickly then sets but not just clean sharp. In low light, you'd think the fast lens would the AF Pustekuchen helping extend the helping hand, because it gets a final game of patience. For me it is the exclusion criterion; by a cutting edge 650 compact flagship of the renowned giant camera I expect here the currently feasible at the level of the best entry-level system cameras, and not the technical status of times the last tube TV.
- Bright picture areas (eg clouds) eat even with the correct exposure quickly and appear as a single white PAMPS where the old NEX lying a perfect job and every mist droplets fine terracing.
- About ISO1600 significantly higher noise levels. Once again the old song with half the number of pixels on the sensor size would have been possible. The NEX dagegenok, is boring, but now times like that.
- Partial extreme, also dimmed yet distinct fringing (CA's) high-contrast edges (bare tree against the light, etc.) you can indeed in post certainly rausrechnen, but I have neither the desire nor the time. I expect that the camera and the optional switchable done at least in the OOC jpegs from alone in clean quality. This issue is also clear that the extreme sensor sizes lens design is maxed cross consistently.
- Screen can only be tilted upwards (for Selfies), not (for example, pictures of concert recordings or over obstacles) down and certainly not to the side.
- No automatic panorama function. Not everyone needs, but would not hurt to implement at a designated Travelcam something, some way I use it every now and then and I do not like at home on PC herumdödeln so.
- Miserable battery life, after about 250 lightning-free images with a young Battery was circuits, for a motif rich tourist or museum tour the pockets with extra batteries fill
- And here Canons come on from the G1X M2 ago known money Mach-stitch block into play small battery to make additional batteries required, then disable third-party batteries electronically and for its own extra batteries publishers grotesque prices (G7x: ca 80 !! Whats wrong ??) , That the original battery also can not load in an appropriate third-party shell, is the final icing on the cake. Self blame whoever goes along with this, but I like it already deduct two stars. But of course, everyone must decide for themselves to what extent he can be like verhebeln here. I have a fundamental problem when someone tried to pull me in such a way over the table.
Conclusion / alternatives:
Anyone have a current successor of the great S95 to S120 series expected, so as this one outstanding quality, truly pocket-course always there-casket is wrong here, the G7x has grown significantly, and thus it has established a too big, that is definitely not pocket fit. This is not a defect, but the fact is, indeed from the G-series and S just not anything. It lies in size and up to the sensor size by the data rather in the class of the top precious compacts like Oly XZ-2 and Pana LX-7 and is here in spite of their age and slightly smaller sensors very strong opponents, especially when you just hardly larger NEX etc. draws on with APS-C sensors (if light intensity does not play the major role).
Apart from slightly better free resilience through the larger sensor and a little feature frills like wireless etc that Canon has this tip portions oppose nothing worth mentioning, in some ways it is even clearly worse. The large 1-inch sensor brings out sufficiently what is mentioned slightly more Bokeh no noticeable or visible benefits, and this Bissell more free resilience find at least I paid fiercely expensive.
Who can cope with the size of G7x and may waive the slightly better free resilience through the larger sensor, but comparable fast lenses seeks finds among the known precious compacts very potent alternatives at a fraction of the Canon Prize. If you really at least needs some bokeh and will remain quite compact on the go anyway, can quite prestige which now tiny MFTs of Panasonic and Olympus and especially the APS-C-equipped Nexen / alphas etc, similar or despite fainter Kitzooms relatively beautiful blur curves allow; forced to change lenses, you is not yes. From the fantastic pictures of my old Sony NEX5N with the cheap 16-50 Kitzoom the very latest Canon can only dream about, and this age-old combination is not much bigger and have all at half price; but of course also the other known disadvantages. What is relevant to whom, everyone must know yourself.
In short, I think, with all initial enthusiasm no reason shelling out a small fortune for the Canon, but too many small and three serious that speak against (CA's, AF speed, battery pricing policy). Whoever thinks otherwise, may like to write his own review and awarded more stars; there by myself, because I consider the price-performance ratio, grad times yet so four since the G7x bottom line nevertheless a beautifully built and great-to-use camera with versatile options and top travel fitness is (with extra batteries).
