Canon V1 high-end compact resurrection

[Andrew Reid]

Canon will come with two new cameras this year, a retro mirrorless RF mount body and a high-end compact named the V1.

This is an interesting move as it would be first new large sensor compact for quite a while.

But the excitable rumours seem to have misunderstood what the V means.

Whereas G is the proper high-end compact range, V is a hateful little line that already has a V10 in it

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Canon-PowerShot-V10-Vlogging-Starter/dp/B0C4XSM4YM/

It's very expensive and basically resembles a webcam.

It had a 2 inch... yes... that small in 2023, at a piffling 460,000 resolution as if it came from 2005.

It had a fixed 18mm equiv. F2.8 prime lens and 1" sensor... but not the good Sony 1" stacked sensor... it was a cripple hammered 15 megapixel version.

This year's new V1 will just be a repeat of this with a slightly larger sensor.

What interests me about the current demand for compact cameras is stuff like this...

Back in 2010 Canon released the G12 which is currently one of the most popular CCD compacts lusted after by Gen Z... It fetches upwards of $350 on eBay now.

Just 2 years later however Canon made a Micro Four Thirds Canon Compact, the G1 X and that would be the final "golden era" Powershot G digicam.

After that they sadly moved away from the G10/G12 style body onto the G1 X Mark II which had the design panache of a wheelie bin.

The G1 X Mark III is the most recent, but with a slow lens that doesn't really make use of the APS-C sensor.

As you can see the G1 X had a sensor actually as close in size to Canon APS-C as it was to Micro Four Thirds. Almost as tall, at least, in a 4:3 aspect ratio.

It has the popular Gen-Z fun factor features.... you can close the screen and use the optical viewfinder, pretending that it's a disposable camera.... built in flash... RAW and for selfies the screen can turn around.

This is a really underrated camera today if you can pick one up for cheap.

Shouldn't Canon be doing more stuff like this rather than updating the V10?

[IronFilm]

7 hours ago, Andrew Reid said:

This year's new V1 will just be a repeat of this with a slightly larger sensor.

I expect it will likely be just the V10 with a MFT-ish sensor inside (maaaaybe APS-C). But there are people holding their breath (I wouldn't) that it will be more like a RX100/X100 type P&S.

My most optimistic guess for it would be they'll release a Canon flavored version of the Sony ZV-1F. Won't be as great as the latest RX100/X100 cameras are, but it's certainly a release I'd like to see Canon do.