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Compact cameras are the best solution for many who wish to upgrade from their smartphones. They are cost-effective, easy to use, and stylish to look at. Some of the compact devices from yesteryear also offer some exciting image quality, which can’t be easily replicated by phone cameras. If you are someone who is looking to get a camera like this, then you must look at the offerings from Canon’s PowerShot range. The devices listed here were launched over five years ago, but they continue to be important for photographers even today.
Canon Powershot G7X
The Canon G7X offers a large sensor for compact cameras: a 1-inch 20MP sensor. The device comes with a 24–100mm lens, ISO up to 12,800, and a burst rate of 6.6fps. There is an inbuilt flash, a 3-inch 1,040,000-dots LCD, and it can record 1080p videos. There are also multiple creative modes, including toy camera. The camera feels great in your hand, fits into your jeans, has a fast focus, and the JPEG quality is exceptional. As we said in the review, “The Canon G7x is a really nice camera for the person that just wants to shoot and not worry about any of the exposure settings. Indeed, we’d recommend it for many amateurs.”
Canon Powershot N
The Canon PowerShot N has one of the coolest designs in the compact camera lineup. The device is small and square and comes with a 1/2.3-inch 12MP sensor. It also has a 28-224mm lens, ISO up to 6400, a 2.8-inch tilting LCD, and a burst rate of 2.3 fps. The camera fits in the palm of your hand, the build quality is great, and the autofocus is snappy. It is a camera designed to have fun, without delving too much into working on RAW files. “The Powershot N was a fun little camera to use; but that’s all that we could look at it as: fun,” we stated earlier. “It isn’t serious and it isn’t meant to be serious. It doesn’t even shoot RAW files. But it’s a nice new concept that more importantly shows that Canon is now trying to think out of the box a bit and try new things.”
Canon PowerShot S100
Launched in 2012, the S100 is the update to the iconic S95. The device has a 1-inch 12.1MP sensor, a 5.2-26mm f2 lens, and an ISO up to 6400. The camera also features a burst rate of 9.6fps, an inbuilt flash, and can record videos at 1080p. Some of the things we enjoyed about the device were its look and feel, quick autofocus, dials, GPS, and image quality. However, our only qualm was the battery life, which is not as great. As we said in our review, “As a previous owner of a Canon S95, I know that these little S cameras can produce some outstanding images. I can happily report that the S100 continues with the trend of producing very good images. I spent most of my time shooting JPEG+RAW, and while I usually go for RAW files so I can edit them to my liking, I found myself simply going with the JPEGs of the S100.”
Canon PowerShot G11
The Canon PowerShot G11 is almost 15 years old, and it features a 1-inch 10MP CCD sensor with a 5x wide-angle (28-140mm equivalent) zoom lens. The device has a DIGIC 4 processor, 26 shooting modes with manual control, and a 2.8-inch tilting LCD. The camera triumphs at fast autofocus, and its build is pretty unique for a compact camera. “The autofocus was tested with both moving objects (persons, rather) and still people. It worked without flaw most of the time,” we said in our review. There is also the image quality, which is very good, giving you unique colors. Even the high ISO images are good to work with. Overall, this is perfect for anyone looking for a higher-end compact camera.
