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Canon PowerShot


G5 X Mark II


MichaelTophamlayshis

handsonCanon’slatest

compact camera arrival

Below:The
designofthe
G5X MarkII
(right)is quite
differentfrom
itspredecessor,
the G5X (left)

AFTERa quietfewmonths,Canon
hasintroducedtwonewzoom
compactsintoitsPowerShotrange,
alongwitha newmulti-purposezoom
lensforitsevolvingEOSR mirrorless
system.TheG5X MarkII we’relooking
at herelosestheSLRstylingof itsG5X
predecessortomakeit moreportable
andpractical.Itsalso-announcedcousin,
theG7X MarkIII,featuresthesame
1in,20MPstackedCMOSsensorandis
moretrouser-pocketfriendly,buthas
simplifiedcontrols and a shorter zoom.

Features
Aimedat advancedamateurswhoaren’t
fondof thefiddlinessthatcomeswith
pocketcompacts,aswellasthoseafter
a smallercameratocomplementtheir
EOSDSLRormirrorlesscamera,theG
X MarkII hascomea longwayfromits
predecessor. You’ll immediately notice it

Ataglance

£ 8 49.
■1in,20.1MPstacked
CMOSsensor
■24-120mmequiv,
f/1.8-2.8zoom
■Pop-up2.36-million-dotEVF
■3in,1,040k-dottilt-angle
touchscreen
■4K/30fpsvideo
■Wi-Fi/Bluetooth
■ 340g

Shutter
Shutterspeedsrange
from1sec-1/2000secusing
themechanicalshutter,
or30sec-1/25,600sec
usingthesilent
electronicshutter.

Burst
Thecamerashootsat
20fpsin itscontinuous
shootingmode.If a faster
burstis requireduserscan
shootupto30fpsin its
newrawburstmode.

losesthedistinctivecentralEVFand
mergesitsmodedialwithitsexposure
compensationdialonthecornerof the
topplatetocreatea simplifiedlookthat’s
lessbulkyandmoreakintotheG7X
series.Behinditslonger-reaching5x
opticalzoom(24-120mm)f/1.8-2.
lens, it has a 1in, 20.1MP stacked CMOS

sensor– thefirstof itstypetobe
featuredin anyPowerShotcompact.
It hasanISOrangeof 125-12,
(expandabletoISO25,600)andpairs
upwithCanon’slatestDIGIC8 processor
todelivera fastestshutterspeedof
1/25,600secusingitselectronicshutter.
There’s also a new high-speed burst

Screen
Canonhasintroduceda
new3in,1040k-dottilt-angle
touchscreen,whichis thinner
thanthevari-anglescreen
ontheoriginal
PowerShotG5X.

Controlring
Thecontrolringaroundthe
lensprovidesdirectaccessto
crucialsettingsfora more
hands-onapproachand
simpleoperation.
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