Canon reveals PowerShot V1 Compact Camera

Except the fact that they have not included the horse and bird eye AF, it seems like a quite nice little camera with great features. When the sensor readout is not too slow and the battery life is good, then I guess there will be a lot of potential customers!

I guess they figured with a 16-50 focal length coverage that some forms of eye AF were not going to be necessary

I think cat / dog are there because of a lifestyle focus (pun intended)
 
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Looks nice and great sensor, but I'm quite suprised by the inusual zoom lens focal of 16 to 50mm (equivalent). I would have preferred a 24-105mm equivalent. 16 to 50 are the usual focals in mobile phones, I want a short tele at least. Then I would buy in a second!

Looks really oriented to the 4K video.

24-105 is really, really, really, REALLY hard. Consider even the consumer 24-105 RF lens; it has 11 groups and 13 elements. You have to squish all that down to less than 20-30mm thickness.

there is a limit unless the camera also ships with its own specific micro tear to the fabric of the universe or something, especially if you are shoving a micro four thirds sensor into there.
 
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I wonder how quickly this camera will be on backorder... :unsure:
16mm WA sound pretty interesting, the other features are also what I was hoping for. Time to sell my Olympus Mft.
 
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This is about what I figured. Basically DOA for photographers. Although I am a stills photographer and a long time Canon shooter, if I wanted something like this design for maybe travel but no EVA, I just get a Nikon Z30 for less money.
 
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Am I blind, or is there no mention of optical stabilization or high frame rates 120+? The lens says “IS” and I’d have thought that’d be a huge bragging point, and 1080p 120 has been in their cameras since at least Digic 8 days

It has 5 stops of IS and nothing above 60fps at this time. I don't know of any current compact like this with more than 60fps, and definitely not with a large sensor. Maybe it will be added down the road for 1080P.

It's likely a variation of the R7 sensor and that does 100fps in 1080P. Things would get toasty in a camera this size, so thankfully we get active cooling and a 4K 60P record time of an hour? That crushes everyone.
 
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Wow. Looks perfect in so many ways. 16-50mm, the perfect landscape/city cam. Fast enough, great AF, solid. The active cooling makes this a great vlog camera with a 17-52 lens and 10bit Clog3. Charging via usb, of course. Great camera.
In many ways more useful than the KING, the Fuji X100mk6. With a zoom and industry leading AF it might be the preferred choice for many. Personally I miss the recipes from the Fuji. I think they make a real difference in that aspect.
 
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This is about what I figured. Basically DOA for photographers. Although I am a stills photographer and a long time Canon shooter, if I wanted something like this design for maybe travel but no EVA, I just get a Nikon Z30 for less money.
Why DOA? Internal ND, 15 fps in a compact camera, DPAF II.... I can see families with kids are getting one.

It might not be your on your wishlist, but I don't see a problem Canon trying to make compact cameras interesting again.
In my 2 cents Z30 is too big, and we all know how "good" Nikon's AF with the Expeed 6 chip. It's behind DiGiC X. And you might as well get mint used M200/M6ii+18-150.
 
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