Amateur Photographer - UK (2019-07-26)

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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.