Canon PowerShot G16, debuts the new compact top - Tom's Hardware Guide

Into Canon has announced the new PowerShot G16 , the latest G-series which is at the top of the category “compact”. Unlike the G1X, which represented a disruptive element and which is still a separate case, the PowerShot G16 continues in the tradition of the compact G, and updates the G15 keeping many fixed points but also introducing several new interesting .

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Into his debut here as the new DIGIC image processor 6 , which promises unprecedented performance: focus in 0.10 seconds and shutter release time lag of 0.13 sec to start ( to be compared with the analogous 0,36 / 0,40 sec of the G12 and 0.17 / 0.22 of the G15). But above all, promises a burst shooting is really stellar 12.2 fps for the first 5 shots, then going down to a still significant value of 9.3 fps maintained for over 500 shots in a row. The higher performance DIGIC 6 will also serve to better preserve the details of JPEG images. According to Canon, in 3200 the G16 retains 30% more detail than the DIGIC 5 based cameras.

Into lens and sensor resume analogs also mounted by the G15. Then we find the 5X zoom equivalent to 28-140mm which is now a sort of calling card for this series of cameras, with a maximum aperture of f/1.8-2.8 which is one of the strengths of this machine. The senso r was unchanged in size and resolution: 1/1.7 “12.1 megapixel . Due to the new processor, the maximum sensitivity is equivalent to ISO 12,800 well .

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Into Unchanged even the rear display, which remains the 3 “does not swivel 922,000 points of G15. Important news regarding instead the introduction of Wi-Fi and new image and video modes. Regarding the video, to signal the support Full HD 60p, while for the photos were introduced rules specific to the night sky (static photo and trail of stars, in addition to the time-lapse) and for checking the focus. course, as you can see from the pictures, were maintained all the manual controls typical of this series, and the camera supports RAW writing.

We close by mentioning Into the optical stabilizer 5-axis, which makes use of intelligent IS function to automatically select the mode from standard to “panning”, passing through the macro mode or exclusion when the camera is mounted on a tripod . It is not yet announced the price for Italy, but you know what UK – less than 650 € – and we expect that this is indicative for the entire European market.