The Canon PowerShot G7 X has a bright zoom lens that covers a lot of range and a large 1-inch image sensor, but just misses earning our Editors' Choice nod for top premium compact camera.
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We concluded our review of Canon's PowerShot G1X Mark II by stating The lack of a built-in viewfinder is always a deal-breaker for us and we're still of that opinion after reviewing the PowerShot G7X. Particularly in the Southern Hemisphere, where skies...
The right side has a flip door behind which are AV and HDMI connectors, below this is a flush button that will search for a Wi-Fi access point and behind the flip door is a strap anchor point. The left side also has an anchor point as well as the built...
The Canon PowerShot G1X was a somewhat rocky start in the high end compact camera space, but with the PowerShot G7X, they've created something modern and compelling. Image quality rivals the dominant RX100 family and Canon has a few features that might...
Compact cameras that can easily fit in your pocket are no longer confined to 'point-and-shoot' status. With a camera like the Canon Powershot G7X, the capability is there for you to take the reigns of the exposure completely, rather than just making use...
The Canon Powershot G7 X has a useful 4.2x optical zoom lens, with a wide-angle equivalent of 24mm zooming to 100mm at the telephoto end, with a bright f/1.8 to f/2.8 aperture. The camera takes pleasing images with bright saturated colours and good...
The Canon PowerShot G7 X is a new pocketable premium compact camera with a large CMOS image sensor and a fast lens. The metal-bodied G7 X has a 1.0-type back-illuminated 20.2 Megapixel CMOS sensor, an f/1.8-2.8, 4.2x lens with 9-blade aperture, full...
With its image sensor, zoom lens and tiltable touchscreen, the PowerShot G7X is equipped to spar with the kings of the pocket-sized expert compact cameras, the Sony RX100's. The picture quality isn't as impressive, but it's better-built, faster and more...
The Canon PowerShot G7 X has a bright zoom lens that covers a lot of range and a large 1-inch image sensor, but just misses earning our Editors' Choice nod for top premium compact camera.
As the high-end compact camera war hots up, Canon's first dip into the 1-inch sensor market is a solid effort. If it was 2013 then Canon would have struck gold with the PowerShot G7 X. But what a difference a year makes, for the Sony...
A tardy, but excellent, entry to the high-end compact camera game. Once upon a time if you were looking for a fantastic point-and-shoot that you could fit in your pocket, you were looking for a Canon S-series point-and-shoot. From the S90 to the...
Size-wise, the G7X is more along the lines of the PowerShot S series, which was generally considered to be the world's best compact camera before the Sony Cyber-shot RX100 debuted. And it's pretty obvious that Canon is dead set on recapturing the crown,...
Canon has traditionally been the champion of compact cameras, but in the last few years things have changed significantly, thanks to Sony, Fujifilm and others deservedly making waves in the market. The PowerShot G7 X, which debuts the company's use of a...
Although it's a G-series camera the G7 X looks more like the S120 than the G16 or G1 X Mark II – it's much sleeker in appearance than other G-series models. At 103x60.4x40.4mm and 304g it's also just a little bigger and heavier than the S120...