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hi I'm Lexy Avedis have seen at this is a first look preview at the canon g1x mark - now canon has had one previous attempt at the large sensor g series advanced compact camera it's a bit of a mouthful but this one is the mark ii and it follows up on the previous g1 ex that came out a couple of years ago the body design is totally different unlike the large very tall G Series g1 ex that came before this one is much more shaped like a traditional compact camera obviously a little bit bigger as you can see it fits in my hand but it's still quite hefty and definitely nice and pleasing to hold now depending on what market you're in around the world you'll either get the option of an included external grip to make this configuration a little bit chunkier and easier to hold or you're just going to have the standard grip configuration like so around the lens are two rings the one at the front is just a standard manual focus ring and it moves smoothly and freely you can also use expanded focus on the back of the screen to see more precisely what you're focusing on the one at the back however is much more interesting this is a full-on aperture ring it moves in one third stops so it clicks really nicely between each of your stops and it can also double when you're in manual exposure mode as your shutter exposure ring so you just need to press the exposure compensation button on the back of the g1 x mark - and then it flicks between either parameter if you're in manual exposure mode at the back use a giant LCD screen and also now totally flips up 180 degrees now even though the market for the g1 X Mark - I'm pretty sure it's not the selfie crowd it's still pretty useful to have nonetheless and it can also tilt back and pivot on a hinge like so which is really useful for some covert street photography if that's your particular style it's nice and bright high resolution 1.04 million dots it's also a touchscreen so you can get up close and personal with your images there's a pop-up flash included - at the top on the mode dial is a bunch of custom modes there's also a dedicated movie mode full PASM exposure control full automatic mode scene modes I could go on but you can find out more about those particular over on CNET also the new thing about the g1x mark 2 is NFC and Wi-Fi connectivity so if you want to pair it with an Android phone really quickly it's very simple although you can go to the straight Wi-Fi manual setup if you're on another operating system one nice thing about the g1 X is if you're shooting say for example in raw and JPEG mode and you want to delete a particular shot you've just taken the menu will actually give you the option to delete just the JPEG just the raw or both the raw and JPEG which is a really nice touch when it comes to video recording it's pretty standard on the g1 X Mark 2 it's 1080 30 papes there is no external microphone input unfortunately so you have to make do with the onboard mic and there is no optical viewfinder now this was a big selling point of the g1 X now as you move to the g1 X Mark - it's an electronic viewfinder which is a separate extra purchase however I'm pretty sure if you're the target market for this camera you're definitely going to want to buy that extra electronic viewfinder this is being a hands-on first look at the canon g1x mark - make sure to stay tuned to see net for the full review pretty shortly I'm Lexie Sabine