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Wireless Connectivity - In order to connect the camera and a smartphone or tablet, Canon’s Camera window app must first be installed on your Android or Apple, phone or tablet. The menus laid out well, and will feel very familiar those who have used Canon compact cameras before. To adjust more advanced settings you simply press the menu button and the options are spread over three screens. Menus – To change settings you can press the function button, located within the circular 4-way controller on the rear and this will bring up a number of common settings on the screen.
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You can also customise what the S, Movie buttons do, as well as what the front two control rings and rear scroll wheel do in P / M / Av / Tv modes. You can customise what settings are available here for example if you wanted to remove some of the options. Pressing the function button on the back of the camera brings up all of the most commonly altered photo settings on screen. You can also use the touch-screen to set the focus position on screen, and a large area of the screen is available to choose from. The 3inch screen has a good resolution of 1037k dots, looks good, and tilts down, as well as tilting all the way up, making it possible to take self-portraits.
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The camera features manual focus, with 2x and 4x magnification views, as well as focus peaking to aid focus, however it would be nice if it was possible to zoom in further. The front handgrip is rubberised, as is the rear thumb grip, although it would be nice if the thumb grip on the back was slightly larger.Ĭanon Powershot G1 X Mark II UK / European version on the left, vs USA / Japan version on the right The camera feels very well built with the large control rings surrounding the lens having a textured metal ring helping make it easy to change options. The Canon Powershot G1 X Mark II is a solidly built metal bodied camera with a large handgrip - which is specifically for the UK / European market. Quality appeared to be very good, with a quick refresh speed and good colour reproduction.ġ2.8 megapixel (3:2) and 13.1 megapixel (4:3) imagesĥx optical zoom lens, f/2-3.9, 24-120mm equivalentĭual Control Rings and touch-screen operation The EVF-DC1 is priced at £249. The EVF-DC1 connects to the flash hot-shoe, and has electronic connectors on the end, which are used for the connection. Gone is the optical viewfinder, and introduced with the Canon Powershot G1 X Mark II is a new electronic viewfinder (EVF), the tilting EVF-DC1, which features a 2.33million dot resolution, dioptre adjustment, eye-detection sensor, and side button to manually switch between the EVF and screen if necessary. Another new feature is the dual lens rings surrounding the lens, the closest to the camera with clicks, the furthest away rotates smoothly and can be used for manual focus amongst other things. On the back, a tilting 3inch touch-screen can be found with a 1037k dot resolution.
The camera will also shoot multi-aspect ratio shots, at 3:2 and 4:3 aspect ratios, whilst maintaining the same angle of view, as shown in the diagram below. The camera features a 1.5inch CMOS sensor, which is larger than most other compact camera sensors. The lens is now wider starting at 24mm equivalent compared to 28mm on the G1 X Mark I, and zooms to 120mm equivalent which is further than the 112mm on the original. The camera now features a brighter 5x optical zoom lens with an f/2.0 aperture at the wide-angle end of the lens and an f/3.9 aperture at the telephoto end, compared to f/2.8 and f/5.8 on the previous model, the Canon Powershot G1 X Mark I.
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The new Canon Powershot G1 X Mark II is an update to the Canon Powershot G1 X, and features a large 1.5inch CMOS sensor, a new 5x optical zoom lens, with improved macro performance, dual control rings around the lens that can be customised, and a 3inch tilting touch-screen.
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