Canon PowerShot G1X II sensor review: Strong contender?
Introduction Announced in February 2014, the G1X II is a significant revision of the G1X from early 2012. Like its predecessor the G1X II has an unusually large CMOS sensor – a 1.5” type, which is somewhere between Four Thirds and APS-C - the largest currently used in a compact camera with a fixed zoom. Canon has taken an unusual route with a large sensor and lowered the pixel count slightly from 14-Mpix in the G1X to 12.8-Mpix in the Mark II. They’ve also revised the body, removing the optical viewfinder completely while using the opportunity