Compact Body Compact body of Canon G1 X makes it much easier to carry it with you all day.
Large 1.5″ (18.7 x 14 mm) sensor Large sensor in Canon G1 X 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.
4.0X Optical Zoom A Lens with a higher zoom ratio would make it more practical as a carry everywhere camera.
534g Carrying this weight all day may not be very comfortable for you.
Body Thickness 65mm With a thickness of 65mm,Canon G1 X is not a pocketable camera for sure.