Nice comprehensive review there, was comparing G7X to RX100 MkIII, I feel more natural with G7X's UI, e.g. exposure compensation is so easily accessible with the dedicated dial right on top together with the mode dial...awesome!
I am sorry that it don't work the way you would have like your camera. I like the lens ring, it is not wayyyy too stiff for me and felt that it was designed to feel that way, clicky... it work for someone, it don't works for other. As for movie mode, I don't use the movie digest mode at all, so I cannot comment on that. But I would really like to hear which other camera has a movie digest mode that is not laggy so that we can do side by side comparison.
As for whether you like or hate the way a camera handles it is very subjective and so not really relevant here. You hate how the camera handle doesn't equate to the camera's handling is bad, it is just that it don't handle as you like them, but to many, it is fine, or excellent or even better than other competitors.
(Edit: test a bit on the movie digest mode. I don't see the lagging thing you speaks of. You take the camera up, you point to your subject, you press the shutter button, and thats it. It took little less than 1 sec to record, because it is recording a still image as well as a short clip. Of course you are not going to get an instantaneous result. So I would say, it is an unreasonable expectation here.)
My old Canon S100 had no signs of lag at all when using movie digest mode. But then again, the movie digest mode of the S100 couldn't record in HD
and of course, I hate the way the G7X handles, but that's just me.. Some people like to drive sporty stiff suspension cars, some people like to cruise peacefully in a rolls royce lol
Nice comprehensive review there, was comparing G7X to RX100 MkIII, I feel more natural with G7X's UI, e.g. exposure compensation is so easily accessible with the dedicated dial right on top together with the mode dial...awesome!
well, my only comment is that one shouldn't just read the reviews and see the end results and then buy the cam... Can always visit courts megastore where the camera can be test driven and then decide.
I paid particular attention to this camera only because I was so close to buying it, having done extensive research, getting heavily intoxicated by poison, already prepared to spend $799 that day, only to have 1 major stumbling block from actually parting my cash: the stiffness of the lens ring.
There might be people who wouldn't care, there might be people who wouldn't use the lens ring. But I do, which is why I hope canon will loosen the tension in the next iteration.
I'm not even a pro photographer, just a casual shooter who owned no less than 5 canon PnS, including the Ixus 75, S90, S100, amongst them. My opinion may be considered by some, but not to others and that's fine. Like I said, the lens ring is too stiff for me, and that's MY honest opinion. Now, if I had been interested in any other cameras I'd definitely give my 2c worth as well.
Nearly bought this camera, thank goodness I went to play with it and discovered it's not for me. The lens ring is waaayyyyyy to stiff, fills almost as if it's stuck, and the real draw for the camera for me is the movie digest mode, which unfortunately in this camera, is wayyyy too laggy.
No doubt the image quality is good from what I've seen so far.. But the handling plays a huge part in choosing a camera too.. and I hate the way it handles.