Watch our video review for the Canon PowerShot G1X

Canon PowerShot G1X video review

The Canon G1X is the company's latest flagship advanced compact and benefits from a bespoke sensor that is only slightly smaller than that the company uses in its APS-C equipped DSLRs. This advantages of this larger sensor are immediately clear to overall image quality, with the G1X offering class-leading performance in this respect. However, in other areas the G1X lets itself down somewhat with sluggish operation and niggly performance issues. Image quality purists may well be willing to forgive these flaws, however anyone in the market for a snappy advanced compact with quickfire operation may well be slightly disappointed. Read full review