Canon PowerShot G7 X
Announced September 15, 2014
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Reviewer Consensus
Strong
The Canon PowerShot G7 X is a compact, pocketable camera featuring a 1-inch sensor and a bright 24-100mm zoom lens that delivers excellent image quality. While it provides versatile controls and a useful tilting touchscreen for vloggers, the lack of a viewfinder and underwhelming battery life may frustrate some users.
Weighted from 25 reviewer scores
Pros
- Versatile 24-100mm lens with bright f/1.8-2.8 aperture
- Excellent image quality from the 1-inch sensor
- Tilting touchscreen LCD for flexible framing
- Fast, responsive autofocus performance
- Compact, pocket-friendly design with manual controls
Cons
- Absence of a built-in or external viewfinder
- Short battery life
- Stiff and noisy physical control ring
- Limited smartphone app and connectivity features
- Lack of a hot shoe for external accessories
- Launch price $699.99 (USD)
- Sensor 20.2MP 1-inch
- Burst 6.5 fps mechanical
What the Reviewers Say
All 25 expert reviews, weighted into the PixelMeter score.
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- DPReview 77/100
With a time-tested 1" BSI-CMOS sensor and an impressive 24-100mm F1.8-2.8 lens, the PowerShot G7 X produces excellent quality photos.
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With the 20.2-megapixel Canon G7X, Sony finally has a fight on its hands in the enthusiast compact camera market.
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In the wake of Sony’s massively successful RX100 series, the Canon G7X can’t help but come across as a follower, a ‘me-too’ product which jumps on the bandwagon of a winning form factor and sensor.
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[T]he G7 X is a delight to use with quite exceptional results for its size.
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At this point in time, all cameras are good cameras, and if the Canon G7 X is still at the top of your wish list, then by all means, go for it—just promise us you won’t go bankrupt for it.
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Offering a wider than most lens, as well as a good telephoto reach of 100mm equivalent, along with good noise performance the Canon Powershot G7 X is highly recommended.
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The new Canon PowerShot G7 X is an excellent pocket camera for enthusiast photographers, offering a wealth of options for shooting both still and video, excellent image quality, speedy auto-focusing, intuitive and configurable handling, and solid construction.
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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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With a 1-inch 20.2-million-pixel sensor and high quality build, the G7X is a strong competitor against the Sony RX100 II. The lens control ring and touchscreen make settings adjustment quick and the image quality is excellent.
- Digital Trends 8/10
Canon’s response to Sony’s RX100-series is the PowerShot G7 X, and this pocket rocket is one impressive challenger.
- CNET 7.9/10
The Canon PowerShot G7 X would jump from very good to excellent if it could just pick up the pace.
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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.
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In a world of compact cameras dominated by smartphone cameras, the Canon G7 X is one of the few dedicated compact cameras that I would still recommend buying today.
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While obviously designed for photo enthusiasts who want a pocketable, ‘take everywhere’ camera with a decent set of controls and capabilities, the lack of a viewfinder (or any way to attach one) will deter many potential purchasers.
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I'm often amazed that features take higher priority than image quality with some buyers, but then I'm happy when Canon comes out with a camera like the Canon PowerShot G7 X that's packed with features and it has a 1-in high-quality image sensor.
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Simply, this premium compact delivers high-quality images with photographic controls that advanced users are looking for.
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If the G7 X is considered to be a strong player on land, it’s an even more powerful one underwater.
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I think overall with the quality is better when you look at the combined output, i.e. The video and the audio and the focus. I couldn't forgive the Sony for losing focus on subjects all the time.
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Personally, I'm a big fan of the Canon PowerShot G7 X mainly due to its pretty epic image and video quality with full manual controls, 1080p video at 60 frames per second and RAW format. It really has everything you could want short of upgrading to full DSLR.
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The Canon G7x is a very good camera for every photographer no matter what skill level.
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The image quality and sharpness is almost on par with my DSLR which is probably about four or five times the price of this. One thing that I really love about this camera is it has a flip screen you can make sure that you're in the frame while you're vlogging.
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[...] I would say this camera is very, very good.
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It's a small camera. It fits in your pocket perfect.
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I think it's 100% worth it.
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This is a really good camera; I like it. If you're looking for a camera to set alongside as a sidearm to your main weapon, which is a big silly DSLR like mine, you should consider this.
