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Canon announces 'G3 X' with 25x zoom, to become available... at some point
24-600mm.
Sighhhh. Where will it all end?
24-600mm.
Sighhhh. Where will it all end?
Canon announces 'G3 X' with 25x zoom, to become available... at some point
Sighhhh. Where will it all end?
It's interesting that looking at the DPReview studio test shots the actual image quality isn't much to write home about compared to my existing ageing Sony RX100 and Canon G1X.
The old Canon G1X remains a king of the compact club at all ISOs up to 3200 even with it's limited Dynamic Range of about 11 stops.
From the AP review , the DR of the new camera appears no better , high ISO noise is worse and lens resolution a less than the G1X which might be OK if I needed the focal length range. Strange how progress isn't automatic these days.
From researching my digital images, stretching back more than 15 years, what I’ve discovered is that the majority of my photographs, landscapes as well as general nature and also documentary street shooting, are done with medium to moderately long focal lengths – say 35mm to 200mm. This isn’t surprising. What I somewhat anticipated as well is that a high percentage of my best work is with longer lenses – in the 300mm to 600mm range. Of course, this is often what the doctor ordered when shooting wildlife, but also landscape, as with the moonrise image above.
24-600mm.
Sighhhh. Where will it all end?
My eyes concur. That's really impressive. Iso 1600 looked pretty good as well. The clip-on EVF is a problem. You almost need to buy it to use the camera at telephoto FLs.And to my eyes, it outstripped the A7 in terms of IQ, at least on screen.
The G3X range goes with Michael's photography, 2 articles from Lula:
A Preference for Long Lenses
(Rediscover) Make it Long - Luminous Landscape
A New Perspective On Landscape Photography
A New Perspective On Landscape Photography - Luminous Landscape