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Review Score:

8.6
Based on 23 reviews.

Price:

£619.99


CANON PowerShot G5 X High Performance Compact Camera

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Specification / Price Comparison

Feature Spec Comment
Camera type High performance compact camera The average price of Compact and bridge cameras with this Camera type spec is £699.55
Processor DIGIC 6 with iSAPS technology The average price of Compact and bridge cameras with this Processor spec is £518.70
Resolution 20.9 megapixels The average price of Compact and bridge cameras with this Resolution spec is £1,172.66
Type CMOS The average price of Compact and bridge cameras with this Type spec is £868.21
Size 1″ / 13.2 x 8.8 mm The average price of Compact and bridge cameras with this Size spec is £714.57
ISO sensitivity AUTO, 125 – 12800 The average price of Compact and bridge cameras with this ISO sensitivity spec is £639.59
Image stabilisation Image Stabilisation (IS) The average price of Compact and bridge cameras with this Image stabilisation spec is £665.63
Focal length 8.8 – 36.8 mm The average price of Compact and bridge cameras with this Focal length spec is £619.99
35 mm equivalent 24 – 100 mm The average price of Compact and bridge cameras with this 35 mm equivalent spec is £435.00
Maximum aperture f/1.8 – f/2.8 The average price of Compact and bridge cameras with this Maximum aperture spec is £572.99
Minimum distance 5 cm The average price of Compact and bridge cameras with this Minimum distance spec is £284.66
Normal distance 5 cm to infinity The average price of Compact and bridge cameras with this Normal distance spec is £257.80
Focusing Autofocus & manual The average price of Compact and bridge cameras with this Focusing spec is £744.83
Focus area points 31-point autofocus The average price of Compact and bridge cameras with this Focus area points spec is £653.32
Optical zoom 4.2 x The average price of Compact and bridge cameras with this Optical zoom spec is £579.99
Digital zoom 4 x The average price of Compact and bridge cameras with this Digital zoom spec is £466.35
Type Electronic viewfinder & Live View The average price of Compact and bridge cameras with this Type spec is £998.41
Screen 3‰Û / 76.2 mm vari-angle LCD touchscreen The average price of Compact and bridge cameras with this Screen spec is £666.33
Screen features Resolution: 1,040,000 dots The average price of Compact and bridge cameras with this Screen features spec is £805.11
Viewfinder 0.39″ / 10 mm OLED viewfinder The average price of Compact and bridge cameras with this Viewfinder spec is £949.50
Viewfinder features Resolution: 2,360,000 dots The average price of Compact and bridge cameras with this Viewfinder features spec is £1,134.00
Shutter speed – 30 secs – 1/2000th
– Bulb mode
The average price of Compact and bridge cameras with this Shutter speed spec is £584.74
Continuous shooting 5.9 fps The average price of Compact and bridge cameras with this Continuous shooting spec is £457.66
Self-timer – 2 seconds
– 10 seconds
– Custom
The average price of Compact and bridge cameras with this Self-timer spec is £601.30
Photo exposure modes Smart auto (58 scenes detected), Program AE, Shutter priority AE, Aperture priority AE, Manual, Custom, Hybrid auto, Creative shot, SCN (Portrait, Self-portrait, Star (Star nightscape, Star trails, Star portrait, Star time-lapse movie), Handheld night scene, Fireworks, High dynamic range, Nostalgic, Fish-eye effect, Miniature effect, Toy camera effect, Background defocus, Soft focus, Monochrome, Super vivid, Poster effect), Movie The average price of Compact and bridge cameras with this Photo exposure modes spec is £619.99
Photo effects My colours (My colours off, Vivid, Neutral, Sepia, Black & white, Positive film, Lighter skin tone, Darker skin tone, Vivid blue, Vivid green, Vivid red, Custom colour) The average price of Compact and bridge cameras with this Photo effects spec is £367.00
Time lapse Yes The average price of Compact and bridge cameras with this Time lapse spec is £1,080.66
White balance Auto (including Face detection WB), Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H, Flash, Underwater, Custom 1, Custom 2 The average price of Compact and bridge cameras with this White balance spec is £619.99
Maximum photo resolution 5472 x 3648p The average price of Compact and bridge cameras with this Maximum photo resolution spec is £669.57

Reviews of CANON PowerShot G5 X High Performance Compact Camera

Reading customer reviews will of course be a big part of your decision on whether to buy CANON PowerShot G5 X High Performance Compact Camera or another alternative. We’d advise reading reviews from trusted sources like ao.com or Currys, for the obvious reason that you know the people adding the reviews are verified buyers. Likewise we also suggest only buying from trusted online sources too, chances are, if you’ve found a deal that seems too good to be true, it probably is. Having a quick reference score/rating is also really useful as a benchmark to deciding between two products, we provide a score out of 10 for our reviews based on customer feedback from Currys. CANON PowerShot G5 X High Performance Compact Camera scored an incredible 8.6 out of 10, thanks to the feedback from 23 customer reviews. You can read these by clicking the “Read Full Review” button that’s hovering on the bottom of your screen now.

Alternatives to CANON PowerShot G5 X High Performance Compact Camera

As you can imagine, there’s absolutely loads of choice when it comes to buying Compact and bridge cameras. In fact there’s 116 products available in the Compact and bridge cameras category at Currys. There are also 245 products available from Canon. And 16 items from Canon in the Compact and bridge cameras category. So it’s not surprising that many people feel overwhelmed by choice, our advice is to not get too bogged down in comparing every product out there. Instead choose a brand, style, budget and pick some key features that you consider to be a ‘must’ as that will really help you to filter down the amount of choice available.

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