The first thing you notice when picking up the new Canon G1 X is that it's big for a point and shoot. Larger than Canon's previous point and shoot flagship, the G12, it clearly isn't designed for a pants or shirt pocket. The second thing you notice is how fast it is. Snapping off frames with it feels like shooting with an entry-level DSLR — except that its sizeable 1.5-inch (18.7mm x 14mm), almost-APS-C-sized, 14MP sensor and 28mm-112mm (in 35mm equivalent focal lengths) lens are all contained in one "point and shoot" unit. At a time when just about every other camera maker is relying on interchangeable lens cameras with electronic viewfinders (sometimes called EVIL models), Canon has gone a different direction with the PowerShot G1 X. At a price of 9 the camera is positioned squarely above all its other point and shoot models, and very similarly to other vendors' mirrorless models, once you add any type of lens to them. Canon Executive Chuck Westfall shows off the new Canon PowerShot G1 X Camera. CES 2012 Images by David Cardinal One advantage of an all-in-one unit like the G1 X is that it is easier to add a conventional optical viewfinder — since it only has to work with the camera's integrated lens. So foes of the electronic viewfinders popular in EVIL cameras and many point and shoots will be happy that the G1 X has a reasonable optical version. Unlike the view through an SLR, the viewfinder is at an angle to the image — like with rangefinder cameras — so you won't ...
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