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With the demise of the small-sensor digicam market, Canon has turned its attention to developing its G-series PowerShots into the kinds of cameras more people require when they look for an alternative picture-taking tool to their smartphones.

The Canon Powershot G1 X Mark III has taken the great usability of a Canon DSLR, and the 24mp APS-C CMOS sensor with phase-detection AF built-in, and squished it into a compact camera, whilst maintaining excellent handling and usability.

24mp APS-C CMOS sensor in a compact camera; Excellent noise performance for class; 3x optical zoom lens with f/2.8 aperture; 3inch vari-angle touch-screen; A number of control wheels; Compact for the size of sensor; Auto Panoramic mode!

FullHD video - no 4K or high-speed video; Short battery life (200-250)

The Canon PowerShot G1 X Mark III is a new premium compact camera that replaces the three-year-old Mark II model. The weather sealed G1 X Mark III has a larger APS-C sensor offering 24 megapixels and a Dual Pixel CMOS AF system that can auto-focus in 0.09 seconds, an ISO range of 100 to 25,600, a 3x...

The Canon PowerShot G1 X Mark III is certainly a big improvement over the undercooked G1 X Mark II. The fact that Canon has managed to engineer a camera this size with a large APS-C sensor is very impressive – and even more impressive is the fact that this is the first APS-C format compact camera to...

APS-C sensor in a small body; Built-in EVF; Refined touchscreen interface; Compact size

Limited zoom range; Battery life restrictive; Only 1080p video capture

With budget compacts more or less killed off by the ever-advancing phone camera, dedicated cameras play a very different role these days. And as not everyone wants to lug around a massive lump, mirrorless and DSLR cameras simply won't suit all photographers all of the time.

It's so small considering the sensor size; great image quality from APS-C size sensor; Dual Pixel AF is a capable autofocus system; built-in EVF and vari-angle toucshcreen controls; solid dust/drip-proof construction

Maximum aperture quickly drops to f/5.6 which is limiting; zoom could be snappier through the range; autofocus won't rival a DSLR; it's obviosuly expensive

What Canon has done with the G1X Mark III is pretty remarkable. Although there are lots of compromises, having an (almost) DSLR in your pocket is pretty damn cool. It would make the ideal travel companion, for somebody who craves all the manual control, RAW format shooting and large sensor image quality that a camera like this brings, without being bogged down with a bulky DSLR. In fact, even the smallest compact system cameras are generally bigger than the G1X Mark III. Of course, you do pay a pretty penny for this miniaturisation, making it unlikely to be the camera of choice for those on a tight budget. In short - this isn’t a camera that lets you abandon your DSLR completely, but it’s a very good backup for shooting on the go.

Small body; Large APS-C sized sensor; Vari-angle screen;

Limited zoom; Limited aperture range; Poor battery life;

After all, between dual-lens smartphones and compact system cameras, we're already spoiled for choice when it comes to small, powerful snappers.

Canon's PowerShot G1 X Mark III exists in somewhat of a vacuum. It has a large APS-C sized sensor, is small enough to be considered pocketable, and has a permanently attached zoom lens with a versatile focal range.