Canon PowerShot G1 X Studio Sample Photos

Our Canon PowerShot G1 X studio sample photos are complete and available for perusal. The image quality of this camera is amazing! I’ve been critical of Canon’s high-end G-Series compact cameras for the past couple of generations because I thought the image quality wasn’t good enough to make up for their chunky bodies. But I’ve got no criticism about the image quality of the new Canon PowerShot G1 X. The G1 X’s image quality is almost on par with APS-C sensor digital SLRs and mirrorless cameras. The key to the G1 X’s excellent image quality is a large new 1.5-inch 14.3-megapixel CMOS sensor. It’s actually bigger than the sensors Olympus and Panasonic use in their Micro Four Thirds interchangeable lens mirrorless cameras. Thanks to the large sensor, the G1 X RAW files deliver DSLR-like image quality, with very low noise at high ISO settings and none of the highlight clipping that you get in most compact digital cameras photos. I used it right up to ISO 3200 and even photos I pushed hard in post-processing look great. I compared the G1 X studio samples below to our Nikon D7000 and Sony NEX-5N studio samples and the noise is only marginally higher.

I’ve only used the Canon G1 X for a few days so far but I’m impressed enough with what I’ve shot that I’m including a couple of very low light photos that show off what the camera is really capable of. These were shot handheld at ISO 3200 in a yurt lit only by gas lanterns. I shot both photos in RAW mode and pushed them hard in Lightroom and Photoshop. If I’d known how good the image quality was I probably would have gone ahead and just used ISO 6400.

Canon PowerShot G1 X Low Light, ISO 3200 Yurt Photo

Canon PowerShot G1 X ISO 3200 Dinner Photo

Canon PowerShot G1 X Low Light, ISO 3200 Chef Photo

You’ll find more G1 X photos in my member gallery here:

Photo-John’s Canon PowerShot G1 X Sample Photo Gallery >>

The thumbnails below link to full-size Canon PowerShot G1 X studio samples. They were shot RAW, converted to TIFF in Lightroom with no adjustments, and then the graybar, text and logo were added in Photoshop before they were resaved as maximum quality JPEGs. No noise reduction, sharpening or any other adjustments have been made. Feel free to download, print or pixel peep in whatever manner you prefer.

Warning: these files are BIG – be patient while they download.