Amateur_Photographer_-_04_October_2019

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CAMERA TEST Testbench

T

herearecurrentlyfive
modelsin Canon’s
PowerShotG-series
premiumcompact
range.TheG7X MarkIII slotsin
abovetheentry-levelG9X MarkII
(£349),butbelowthemore
stills-focusedG5X MarkII (£899).
AbovethesesittheflagshipG1
X MarkIII (£999)andtherather
datedG3X (£779)from2015.
ThemainthingthatsetstheG7
X MarkIII apartfromtheG5X
MarkII is thatit lacksthepop-up
electronicviewfinder.In addition,
theG7X MarkIII’szoomrangeis
slightlynarrowerat 24-100mm

• comparedto24-120mmon
  the G5 X Mark II. That said, the

twocamerasalsohavequitea lot

in common:botharebuiltaround

thesame20.1MP1instacked

CMOSsensorandDigic8 image

processor,andbothcameras

sharebroadlysimilarstyling,

buttonlayoutand handling traits.

Features

Atfullresolutionthesensor

recordsimagesin a native3:2

aspectratio,althoughyoucan

opttoshootin 4:3,16:9and1:1,

albeitat reducedresolution.In

additiontoJPEGcapture,youcan

selectfromrawandCompressed

raw(C-RAW).Nativesensitivity

rangesfromISO 125 toISO

12,800, plus an expanded setting

of ISO25,600is available.

TheG7X MarkIII is equipped

withbotha mechanicalandan

electronicshutter;theformer

givesyoua shutterspeedrange

of 1-1/2000sec,whilethelatter

provides30-1/25,600sec.As

withtheG5X MarkII you’llneed

tousethemechanicalshutterif

youwanttotakeadvantageof

the20fpsmaximumcontinuous

shootingspeed,whilethe

electronicshutteris automatically

engagedwhenusingthecamera’s

new30fpsRawburstmode.

Built-inJPEG-processingtools

andoptionsincludeCanon’susual

arrayof PictureStyles,which

compriseseightpresetsalongside

threecustomsettings.TheG7X

MarkIII alsocomesequippedwith

Canon’sAutoLightingOptimizer

forboostingshadowdetail,along

witha HighlightTonePriority

tool,whichaimstopreserve

highlightdetailin tricky

lighting conditions.

TheG7XMarkIIIisanadvanced

compactaimedatenthusiasts

andvideobloggers.AudleyJarvis

fi nds out what else it has to off er

Canon PowerShot

G7 X Mark III

CanonPowerShotG7X Mark III

Price £699

Sensor 20.1MPCMOS,13.2x 8.8mm

Outputsize 5472 x 3648pixels

Lens 24-100mmequiv,f/1.8-2.8

Shutterspeeds 1-1/2000sec(mechanical)

30-1/25,600sec(electronic)

Sensitivity ISO125-12,800standard

(ISO25,600expanded)

Exposuremodes PASM,Auto,11xCreative

Filters,13xScene,Custom

Metering Evaluative,Centre-weighted

average,Spot

Exposurecomp ±3EVin 1/3EVsteps

Continuous

shooting

20fpsin AF-S

8fpswithcontinuousAF

Screen 3in,1.04-million-dottiltable

touchscreenLCD

AFpoints 31

Video 4K(3840x2160),30fps

Externalmic 3.5mmstereo

Memorycard SD,SDHC,SDXC

Power RechargeableNB-13LLi-ion

Batterylife Approx^265 shotspercharge

Dimensions 105.5x60.9x41.4mm

Weight 304g (with battery and card)

Data fi le

SettoISO1600,theG7X Mark

IIIproduceda pleasingJPEGof

theinteriorofTruroCathedral

24mm equivalent, 1/80sec at f/4, ISO 1600