Compact Body Compact body of Canon G1 X III makes it much easier to carry it with you all day.
Environmental Sealings For a camera that you carry everywhere with you, being weather proofed is a big advantage. You will have one less thing to worry about.
Large APS-C (22.3 x 14.9 mm) sensor Large sensor in Canon G1 X III ensures a good low light image quality compared to smaller sensor, and it also provide shallow depth of field and a nice blurry background when needed.
RAW shooting capability RAW files contains much more color information compared to JPEGs, and gives you more room for post processing without significant quality loss. They provide wider dynamic range and option to recover shadow and highlight clipping to some degree.
399g Carrying this weight all day may not be very comfortable for you.
Body Thickness 51mm With a thickness of 51mm,Canon G1 X III is not a pocketable camera for sure.
3.0X Optical Zoom Having a camera with higher zoom ratio would be more practical.