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- Miguel Tejada-Flores
The last Canon camera I used was the S95. My daughter still has it, but unfortunately has sidelined it for her iPhone 8.
After reading Miguel and Matt's comments in this thread, I am considering this as replacement for my Coolpix A.
That camera is getting a bit old and has a problem with internal dust which has now settled onto the sensor.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and photos on this camera.
There are so many subjective things that go into the choice of a camera, as you know, Don --- but for me one of the big ones is (and always has been) the combination of physical controls and menu-based-controls (as well as, recently, touchscreen controls on a number of cameras). I used and truly enjoyed the Coolpix A for a long time but one of the minor sticking points for me, I think, was that previous to my Coolpix, I had never really shot much with Nikons - so both the logic of control placement and the menu philosophy never quite jelled with me. Possibly if it hadn't been for that, I would have kept it. I think I was fortunate in that I never had any dust or sensor issues.
The G1x3, conversely, seems to have a simple-but-powerful-and-logical (to me at least) menu system which I have taken to. Shooting with it seems easy (and easier, as time goes on), especially with the front-mounted click wheel which is used to set or change apertures in Aperture mode, my preferred shooting mode. But the EVF is truly the icing on the cake for me. I had the tiny clip-on analog finder for my Coolpix and though it was a cool (pardon the pun) piece of photographic kit, its shortcomings were ever-present.
The more I shoot with the G1x, the more I find myself liking the ability to zoom. I tend to favor wider angles but the G1xIII's zoom covers most of what I tend to like. Admittedly as some critics have pointed out, the electric zoom is on the slower side (and nowhere near as satisfying as the feel of a turn-by-hand semi-manual old-school zoom ring, for me at least) - but it gets the job done and I suspect the compact size and design of the lens made a manual zoom impractical or more likely impossible.
Incidentally the touch-screen controls are actually useful and give the Panasonic/Lumix touchscreens - which had been up to date the best (and most usable) in my experience, a run for their money.
It's not quite as pocketable as the Coolpix A but it has that same heavy well-built feel to it, which is a good thing. I haven't shot with it in rain or inclement conditions yet but I suspect it will live up to its weatherproof billing.
For me, it's been a satisfying replacement for my former Coolpix A. Here's another shot - a quickie snatched on the road from a recent trip to the Oregon coast - shot in RAW but lightly processed in LR with some help from VSCO. The Canon colors are slightly different than the Nikon Coolpix palette; I like both but am enjoying what this camera can do, quite a bit.
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