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with the same 1 inch 20 megapixel sensor and 24 to 100 millimeter f-18 2 to 8 lens as its sibling the g7x the canon g5 x targets basically the same enthusiast photographers but it's got a somewhat photo nerdier design that includes a very nice high resolution built-in LED electronic viewfinder a hot shoe and a more useful flip and twist articulated touch screen instead of the selfie friendly flip up screen of the g7x important design differences between the two include a front adjustment dial a new lift up flash and yay a good size built-in grip while the movie record button looks like one of those flat hard to press models it's an easy to reach spot on the thumb grip as with other cameras that have one I like the control ring which you can program to operate for a variety of different mode specific functions you can't tilt the flash though and it doesn't pop up automatically if you're an auto only photographer photo shot and good light look very good you can safely shoot JPEGs up to about ISO 1600 ISO 6400 if you're not real picky or shoot raw it's got a decent tonal range and color rendering with slightly better highlight in shadow detail than comparable rx100 models the video is good with few artifacts but it's really not terribly sharp compared to competitors that have 4k it does perform a bit better than the g7x with solid continuous shooting speed at about 4.6 frames per second with autofocus and it has relatively fast single-shot focus and snapping photos unlike the g7 X the battery life is short while its physical features are nice for the money it lacks 4k video interval time-lapse shooting and advanced ways to use its relatively limited set of effects for example the G 5x is a fine camera but unless the flippin twist display and the above-average viewfinder matter most to you then it doesn't really stand out from the pack you