Review on Canon PowerShot G16: 12.1 MP CMOS Digital Camera with 5x Optical Zoom, 1080p Full-HD Video, and Wi-Fi Connectivity by Bima ᠌

Name: Canon PowerShot G16: 12.1 MP CMOS Digital Camera with 5x Optical Zoom, 1080p Full-HD Video, and Wi-Fi Connectivity
Item: Canon PowerShot G16: 12.1 MP CMOS Digital Camera with 5x Optical Zoom, 1080p Full-HD Video, and Wi-Fi Connectivity
Rating: 4

September 13, 2022

The right product for me, the price suited me.

My first device after $150 soap dishes and phone cameras.
For the same money, it was already possible to take a DSLR / mirrorless camera, but I decided to abandon this idea (I was afraid that it would lie on the shelf and gather dust, because I would drag it with me).

Long chose, in the end the choice was between this and the Sony RX100 M3 / M2. To this day, I'm not sure I made the right choice. But I decided to give preference to the touch screen and more controls and chose Canon.

At the moment, the purchase is completely satisfied. Now I read the manual and look at photography blogs. I want to take a simple tripod to play around with at high shutter speeds.

I bought myself an additional battery (on aliexpress for 700), now it’s usually enough for a day (one was missing, especially at first).

I also got a leather case. Protects norms and the upper part of the cover is quickly unfastened. Of the minuses of the cover - access to the card / battery is blocked (you need to remove the lower part), plus the installed cover prevents you from folding the screen. So be careful when choosing a cover.

Pros

Swivel touch screen. Bright, fast and clear EVF. High-aperture optics and a 1" matrix size allow you to get a much better picture than soap dishes and cameras in your phone. The size and weight allows you to take it with you more often (carry it in your jacket pocket, or put it in a small bag / backpack in a case).

Cons

Battery life. External controls cling when you try to get / put the device in your pocket or a simple case (ala the same pocket). The cost is at the level of an entry-level DSLR / mirrorless camera (with whale optics).