User two Leica Vlux 1 and 2 and an old Canon Ixus, the fact test a model of this brand Expert Compact was a real curiosity for me. Good points first, the obvious strength of the housing of the wheels, the actual usability of components, taking into ultra fast hand, the basic settings (setting the time, language, time zone) hyper simple and photos taken in two jiffy. Clearly desired Canon offer a device that even the followers of the old silver arrive in master fissa. Priority for use prior to drown the photographer under techniques menus that are never used. What up! Finally a digital camera for the photographer in the sense that one sees or senses possible picture and where is triggered instantly and not for Geek menus and submenus! This is probably what explains the choice of the lack of USB cable, a USB plug to an atypical size today and unworthy of a plastic protective hatch for such a device. No tower no longer but a single neck strap, nor offered no memory card, this is a bit stingy for a price in excess of 550 (same Leica offers these cables and accessories for their devices on lower price ranges .. . Canon strange choice compared to the obvious quality of G7x (housing, objectives, finishes, details on the buttons and knobs, etc.). No problem for me autofocus and light results to die in low light, lover of manual settings, Canon I admit it gave me great confidence in the use of the automatic mode is not paradoxical -it? On the video side, there is the HD 1080 mode, but I confess rarely shoot with a compact since the latest Apple or Samsung phones do that very well ... Otherwise, for more serious films desires, nothing beats a camera, right? The viewing screen is excellent and swivel 180 ° on a top-down principle but not lateral. Touchscreen mobile fashion last that by its ease of use may well become the number ONE tool to navigate the pictures, settings, zoom, crop, etc. What other foot this tool screen. A revelation really use. Quick to the reaction, the picture quality and brightness similar to maximum zoom is stirring. I found the dive also excellent shots, a level equal to a whole bunch of high-end devices that I had in my hands. Not being a geek at all, I admit that the WiFi and NFC functions remained outside my field of use but I still provides launch me on Wifi. The output system and use the flash (perfectly effective on a conventional operating range of one to three meters) is also a pleasure although at first use, the flash side that comes out of its location as mounted on a spring some surprises. The system looks solid and well designed in any case even if this type of device, the flash is rather incidental. A weird thing for fans of manual settings, the toothed wheel seemed reversed from common usage, I do not know, but anyway, I'm always intuitively upside of what I want to do. .. Is it me or Canon? Opt for a temporary disruption of my neural functions on this subject! I admit I also preferred to use the zoom function by the classic button as the goal, it has seemed to me a little slow to use and paradoxically less practical (but then we are in the very personal opinion). A little surprised after a few days of testing by low battery life (say 1 day 250/300 photos) and 70/80 to have a second are a little steep to swallow ... But, again battery model = expensive investment. I bet that in a few months, we found 40. Apart from these small points that puzzle me, I confess that this Canon G7x now with me regularly and has everything to become one of my favorite devices. In short, for the Christmas holidays, I went with him and I left my Leica at my home (which made the happiness of my daughter to me immediately a cored -the happiness of some .. .. Making thanks to Canon, the happiness of others! The feeling that with this model, Canon tried to put the high-end equipment in a readily usable device by the common man, even disappoint diehard fans of the multitude of options offered by Digital .. . While this is asking a standby time of camera (my Nikons Nikkormat or F) were the strength, clear objectives and bright and almost instinctive ease of use. A positive and enthusiastic reviews 95% with a tiny 5% doubt on details, it is not far from perfect and a success for Canon.
