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Is the Canon G5 X MII good for Landscape Photography?

Canon PowerShot G5 X Mark II
$829.00

Canon G5 X MII Landscape Photography Score

AVERAGE
Canon G5 X MII has a score of 43 for Landscape Photography which makes it an AVERAGE candidate for this type of photography. If Landscape Photography is important for you, we recommend you to check the Alternative cameras at the bottom of this page.
Read our detailed Canon G5 X MII Review

Canon G5 X MII Landscape Photography Detailed Analysis
Manual Exposure Mode
A correct exposure of a landscape shot is very important. Even though modern digital cameras features advanced algorithms to calculate the right exposure, they still may fail some difficult conditions. Manual exposure mode in these conditions helps a lot in order to achieve correct exposure.
Manual Focus Mode
With the manual focus mode, you can make fine adjustments to have the perfect focus.
24 mm - Good Wide Angle Coverage
Even though there are very good examples of landscapes photos taken with tele lenses, most of the landscape photos are taken with wide angle lenses.
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.
Very High Resolution Sensor: 20.0MP
Canon G5 X MII's 20.0MP sensor is perfect for landscape photography. It will capture a lot of fine details and let you print them larger.
Average sized 1″ (13.2 x 8.8 mm) sensor
Canon G5 X MII's 1″ (13.2 x 8.8 mm) sensor size doesn't provide image quality of larger sensors but it is still much better then compacts with typical small sensors.
No Environmental Sealings
Landscape photographs are taken outdoors and you should be prepared for all kind of weather conditions.

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Canon G5 X MII Alternatives in Large sensor compact cameras for Landscape Photography

Leica Q2

Compare G5 X MII vs Q2

47 MP | Full frame CMOS Sensor
28 mm Lens

Rank in All Cameras: #50
Rank in Compact Cameras: #1
Leica Q2
Imaging
Features
Value for Money
Portability
Overall Score
Portrait
Street 91
Sports
Daily
Landscape

Leica Q2 Monochrom

Compare G5 X MII vs Q2 Monochrom

47 MP | Full frame CMOS Sensor
28 mm Lens

Rank in All Cameras: #166
Rank in Compact Cameras: #7
Leica Q2 Monochrom
Imaging
Features
Value for Money
Portability
Overall Score
Portrait
Street
Sports
Daily
Landscape

Sony RX1R II

Compare G5 X MII vs RX1R II

42 MP | Full frame BSI-CMOS Sensor
35 mm Lens

Rank in All Cameras: #90
Rank in Compact Cameras: #4
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX1R II
Imaging
Features
Value for Money
Portability
Overall Score
Portrait
Street
Sports
Daily
Landscape

Zeiss ZX1

Compare G5 X MII vs ZX1

37 MP | Full frame CMOS Sensor
35 mm Lens

Rank in All Cameras: #86
Rank in Compact Cameras: #3
Zeiss ZX1
Imaging
Features
Value for Money
Portability
Overall Score
Portrait
Street
Sports
Daily
Landscape

Leica Q

Compare G5 X MII vs Q Typ 116

24 MP | Full frame CMOS Sensor
28 mm Lens

Rank in All Cameras: #113
Rank in Compact Cameras: #5
Leica Q
Imaging
Features
Value for Money
Portability
Overall Score
Portrait
Street 91
Sports
Daily
Landscape
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