Canon G11 vs Panasonic GX7

Here is a extensive overview of the Canon G11 and Panasonic GX7, one being a Small Sensor Compact and the latter is a Advanced Mirrorless by competitors Canon and Panasonic. There exists a crucial gap among the resolutions of the G11 (10MP) and GX7 (16MP) and the G11 (1/1.7") and GX7 (Four Thirds) come with different sensor dimensions.

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The G11 was brought out 4 years before the GX7 and that is a fairly serious gap as far as camera technology is concerned. Each of the cameras come with different body type with the Canon G11 being a Compact camera and the Panasonic GX7 being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera.

Before going through a full comparison, below is a concise view of how the G11 scores versus the GX7 when considering portability, imaging, features and an overall rating.

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If you are intending to carry your camera frequently, you have to factor its weight and size. The Canon G11 comes with outer dimensions of 112mm x 76mm x 48mm (4.4" x 3.0" x 1.9") with a weight of 375 grams (0.83 lbs) while the Panasonic GX7 has specifications of 123mm x 71mm x 55mm (4.8" x 2.8" x 2.2") with a weight of 402 grams (0.89 lbs).

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Don't forget, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will vary based on the lens you are using at the time. The following is the front view measurements comparison of the G11 against the GX7.

Taking into consideration dimensions and weight, the portability score of the G11 and GX7 is 83 and 81 respectively.

Typically, it is very hard to imagine the gap in sensor sizing just by checking out specs. The visual here will give you a better sense of the sensor dimensions in the G11 and GX7.

As you can plainly see, both the cameras posses different megapixels and different sensor sizing. The G11 because of its smaller sensor is going to make achieving shallow depth of field trickier and the Panasonic GX7 will produce greater detail having its extra 6MP. Higher resolution can also let you crop pictures somewhat more aggressively. The older G11 will be disadvantaged when it comes to sensor innovation.