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The Canon PowerShot G1 X is 'The Master Compact' that performs like a DSLR. The 14.3 Megapixels provides the user with brilliant image quality and also enables you to shoot in even the most challenging lighting conditions. It boasts a large, high sensitivity Canon CMOS sensor, a DIGIC 5 image processor and a 4x optical zoom lens with a 4-stop optical Image Stabiliser to deliver DSLR-like levels of control and image quality in a compact metal body. The PowerShot G1 X is the most advanced compact camera Canon has ever produced. Designed to appeal to professionals and serious amateurs alike, the G1 X is fantastic for photographers looking to capture high resolution and high quality images without having to carry a Large SLR system around with them.

IMAGE SENSOR

Type:

18.7 mm x 14.0 mm Canon high-sensitivity CMOS

 

Effective Pixels:

Approx. 14.3M

 

Aspect Ratio/Colour:

4:3

 

Colour Filter Type:

Primary Colour

 

IMAGE PROCESSOR

Type:

DIGIC 5 with iSAPS technology

 

LENS

Focal Length:

15.1 - 60.4 mm (35 mm equivalent: 28 - 112 mm)

 

Zoom:

Optical 4x. Digital Approx. 4x (with Digital Tele-Converter Approx. 1.5x or 1.9x and Safety Zoom) Combined Approx. 16x

 

Maximum f/number:

f/2.8-f/5.8

 

Construction:

11 elements in 10 groups (2 double-sided aspherical UA elements, 1 double-sided aspherical element)

 

Image Stabilisation:

Yes (lens shift-type), 4-stop. Intelligent IS

 

FOCUSING

Type:

TTL

 

AF System/ Points:

AiAF (Face Detection / 9-point), 1-point AF (Any position is available, fixed centre or Face Select and Track)

 

AF Modes:

Single, Continuous, Servo AF/AE, Tracking AF

 

AF Point Selection:

Manual selection using FlexiZone AF/AE, Size (Normal, Small)

 

AF Lock:

On/Off Selectable

 

AF Assist Beam:

Yes

 

Manual Focus:

Yes

 

Focus Bracketing:

Yes

 

Closest Focusing Distance:

20 cm (W) from front of lens in macro

 

EXPOSURE CONTROL

Metering modes:

Evaluative (linked to Face Detection AF frame), Centre-weighted average, Spot (centre or linked to Face Detection AF or FlexiZone AF frame)

 

AE Lock:

Yes

 

Exposure Compensation:

+/- 3 EV in 1/3 stop increments

Enhanced i-Contrast for automatic dynamic range correction

ND Filter (3 stop)

 

AEB:

1/3 - 2 EV in 1/3 stop increments

 

ISO sensitivity*:

AUTO, 100, 125, 160, 200, 250, 320, 400, 500, 640, 800, 1000, 1250, 1600, 2000, 2500, 3200, 4000, 5000, 6400, 8000, 10000, 12800

 

SHUTTER

Speed:

1 - 1/4000 sec. (factory default)

60 - 1/4000 sec. (total range - varies by shooting mode)

 

WHITE BALANCE

Type:

TTL

 

Settings:

Auto (including Face Detection WB), Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H, Flash, Underwater, Custom 1, Custom 2. Multi-area WB correction available in Smart Auto

 

COLOUR MATRIX

Type:

sRGB

 

VIEWFINDER

Viewfinder:

Real-image zoom, optical viewfinder

 

Dioptre Correction:

Yes

 

LCD MONITOR

Monitor:

Vari-angle 7.5 cm (3.0”) PureColor II VA (TFT), Approx. 920,000 dots

 

Coverage:

Approx. 100%

 

Brightness:

Adjustable to one of five levels. Quick-bright LCD

 

FLASH

Modes:

Auto, Manual Flash On / Off

 

Slow Sync Speed:

Yes.

Fastest speed:

1/2000 sec. (built-in flash)

1/250 sec. (external flash)

1/4000 sec. (external using high-speed synchro)

 

Red-Eye Reduction:

Yes

 

Flash Exposure Compensation:

+/- 2 EV in 1/3 stop increments. Face Detection FE. Safety FE.

 

Flash Exposure Lock:

Yes

 

Manual Power Adjustment:

3 levels with internal flash (up to 19 levels with external EX Speedlites 270EX and 430EX II. 22 levels with 580EX II)

 

Second Curtain Synchronisation:

Yes

 

Built-in Flash Range:

50 cm - 7.0 m (W) / 1.0 m - 3.1 m (T)

 

External Flash:

E-TTL with EX series Speedlites¹, Macro Twin Lite MT-24EX, Macro Ring Lite MR-14EX

 

SHOOTING

Modes:

Smart Auto (32 scenes detected), Program AE, Shutter priority AE, Aperture priority AE, Manual, Custom (2 modes), SCN (Movie Digest, Portrait, Landscape, Kids Pets, Sports, Smart Shutter(Smile, Wink Self-Timer, FaceSelf-Timer), High-speed Burst HQ, Handheld Night Scene, Beach, Underwater, Foliage, Snow, Fireworks, Stitch Assist), Creative Filter (High Dynamic Range, Nostalgic, Fish-eye Effect, Miniature Effect, Toy Camera Effect, Monochrome, Super Vivid, Poster Effect, Color Accent, Color Swap), Movie

 

Modes in Movie:

Smart Auto (21 scenes detected), Standard, Program AE, Portrait, Landscape, Beach, Underwater, Foliage, Snow, Fireworks, Nostalgic, Fish-eye Effect, Miniature Effect, Monochrome, Super Vivid, Poster Effect, Color Accent, Color Swap, iFrame Movie

 

Photo Effects:

My Colors (My Colors Off, Vivid, Neutral, Sepia, Black White, Positive Film, Lighter Skin Tone, Darker Skin Tone, Vivid Blue, Vivid Green, Vivid Red, Custom Color)

 

Drive modes:

Single, Continuous, Continuous with AF, Self-Timer

 

Continuous Shooting:

Approx. 1.9 shots/sec., AF: Approx. 0.7 shots/sec., LV: Approx. 0.7 shots/sec. (until memory card becomes full) High-speed Burst HQ: Approx. 4.5 shots/sec., up to 6 shots

 

RECORDING PIXELS / COMPRESSION

Image Size:

4:3 - (L RAW) 4352 x 3264, (M1) 3072 x 2304, (M2) 1600 x 1200, (S) 640 x 480

16:9 - (L) 4352 x 2248, (M1) 3072 x 1728, (M2) 1920 x 1080, (S) 640 x 360

3:2 - (L) 4352 x 2904, (M1) 3072 x 2048, (M2) 1600 x 1064, (S) 640 x 424

1:1 - (L) 3264 x 3264, (M1) 2304 x 2304, (M2) 1200 x 1200, (S) 480 x 480

4:5 - (L) 2608 x 3264, (M1) 1840 x 2304, (M2) 960 x 1200, (S) 384 x 480

Resize in playback (M2, S, XS)

*XS is half the length and width of S

 

Compression:

Fine, Normal

 

Movies:

(Full HD) 1920 x 1080, 24 fps, (HD) 1280 x 720, 30 fps, (L) 640 x 480, 30 fps

Miniature Effect (HD, L) 6fps, 3fps, 1.5 fps

iFrame Movie (HD)

 

Movie Length:

(Full HD HD) Up to 4 GB or 29 min. 59 sec.

(L and M) Up to 4 GB or 1 hour

 

FILE TYPES

Still Image Type:

JPEG compression, (Exif 2.3 [Exif Print] compliant) / Design rule for Camera File system, RAW (14bit, Canon original RAW 2nd edition), Digital Print Order Format [DPOF] Version 1.1 compliant

 

Movies:

MOV [H.264 + Linear PCM (stereo)]

iFrame

 

DIRECT PRINT

Canon Printers:

Canon SELPHY Compact Photo Printers and Canon Inkjet Printers supporting PictBridge (ID Photo Print, Fixed Size Print and Movie Print supported on SELPHY CP ES printers only)

 

PictBridge:

Yes

 

OTHER FEATURES

Red-Eye Correction:

Yes, during shooting and playback

 

My Camera / My Menu:

Start-up image and camera sounds customisation. Menu customisation

 

My Category:

Image tagging feature

 

Intelligent Orientation Sensor:

Yes

 

 

Histogram:

Yes, live histogram

 

Playback zoom:

Approx. 2x - 10x

 

Self Timer:

Approx. 2 or 10 sec., Custom

 

Menu Languages:

English, German, French, Dutch, Danish, Finnish, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, Chinese (traditional), Japanese, Russian, Portuguese, Korean, Greek, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Turkish, Thai, Arabic, Ukrainian, Romanian, Farsi, Hindi

 

INTERFACE

Computer:

Hi-Speed USB (MTP, PTP) dedicated connector (Mini-B compatible)

 

Other:

HDMI Mini Connector (HDMI-CEC compatible) A/V output (PAL/NTSC)

 

MEMORY CARD

Type:

SD, SDHC, SDXC

 

SUPPORTED OPERATING SYSTEM

PC Macintosh:

Windows 7 SP1/ Vista SP2/ XP SP3

 

SOFTWARE

Browsing Printing:

ZoomBrowser EX / ImageBrowser

 

Other:

CameraWindow, Movie Uploader for YouTube, PhotoStitch

 

Image Manipulation:

Digital Photo Professional for RAW development

 

POWER SOURCE

Batteries:

Rechargeable Li-ion Battery NB-10L (NB-10L battery and charger supplied)

 

Battery life:

Approx. 250 shots

Approx. 420 min. playback

 

ACCESSORIES (NOT INCLUDED)

Cases / Straps:

Soft Case SC-DC75, DCC-1800

 

Lenses:

Lens Hood LH-DC70

Filter Adapter FA-DC58C (Compatible with Canon 58mm Filters: Circular Polarizing PL-C B, Neutral Density Filter ND4X-L ND8X-L, Protect, UV, Softmat No.1 2)

 

Waterproof / Weatherproof Case:

Waterproof Case (40m) WP-DC44

Waterproof Case Weight WW-DC1

 

Flash:

Canon Speedlites (including 220EX, 270EX, 270EX II, 320EX, 420EX, 430EX, 430EX II, 550EX, 580EX, 580EX II¹),

Macro Twin Lite MT-24EX, Macro Ring Lite MR-14EX (Both require Macro Light Adapter MLA-DC1),

Speedlite Transmitter ST-E2, Off-Camera Shoe Cord OC-E3, Bracket BKT-DC1, Speedlite Bracket SB-E2

 

Remote Controller/ Switch:

Remote Switch RS-60E3

 

 

Power Supply Battery Chargers:

AC Adapter Kit ACK-DC80, Battery Charger CB-2LCE

 

Other:

Canon HDMI Cable HTC-100

 

PHYSICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Operating Environment:

0 - 40 °C, 10 - 90% humidity

 

Dimensions (WxHxD):

116.7 x 80.5 x 64.7 mm

 

Weight:

Approx. 534 g (including battery/batteries and memory card)