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Is the Canon XC10 good for Landscape Photography?

Canon XC10
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Canon XC10 Landscape Photography Score

POOR
Canon XC10 has a score of 24 for Landscape Photography which makes it a POOR candidate for this type of photography. If Landscape Photography is important for you, we strongly recommend you to consider the Alternative cameras listed at the bottom of this page.
Read our detailed Canon XC10 Review
Canon XC10 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.

Average sized 1″ (12.8 x 9.6 mm) sensor

Canon XC10's 1″ (12.8 x 9.6 mm) sensor size doesn't provide image quality of larger sensors but it is still much better then compacts with typical small sensors.

Average Resolution Sensor: 12.0MP

Canon XC10's 12.0MP resolution is not ideal for landscape photography but you can still achieve large prints with good framing and technique.

No 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.

No Environmental Sealings

Landscape photographs are taken outdoors and you should be prepared for all kind of weather conditions.

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Canon XC10 Alternatives in Large sensor compact cameras for Landscape Photography

Leica Q3

Compare XC10 vs Q3

60 MP | Full frame BSI-CMOS Sensor
28 mm Lens

Rank in All Cameras: #38
Rank in Compact Cameras: #1

Leica Q3
Imaging
Features
Value for Money
Portability
Overall Score
Portrait
Street 94
Sports
Daily
Landscape

Leica Q2

Compare XC10 vs Q2

47 MP | Full frame CMOS Sensor
28 mm Lens

Rank in All Cameras: #76
Rank in Compact Cameras: #2

Leica Q2
Imaging
Features
Value for Money
Portability
Overall Score
Portrait
Street 91
Sports
Daily
Landscape

Leica Q2 Monochrom

Compare XC10 vs Q2 Monochrom

47 MP | Full frame CMOS Sensor
28 mm Lens

Rank in All Cameras: #240
Rank in Compact Cameras: #18

Leica Q2 Monochrom
Imaging
Features
Value for Money
Portability
Overall Score
Portrait
Street
Sports
Daily
Landscape

Zeiss ZX1

Compare XC10 vs ZX1

37 MP | Full frame CMOS Sensor
35 mm Lens

Rank in All Cameras: #181
Rank in Compact Cameras: #7

Zeiss ZX1
Imaging
Features
Value for Money
Portability
Overall Score
Portrait
Street
Sports
Daily
Landscape

Fujifilm X100V

Compare XC10 vs X100V

26 MP | APS-C BSI-CMOS Sensor
35 mm Lens

Rank in All Cameras: #110
Rank in Compact Cameras: #3

Fujifilm X100V
Imaging
Features
Value for Money
Portability
Overall Score
Portrait
Street
Sports
Daily
Landscape

Fujifilm X100F

Compare XC10 vs X100F

24 MP | APS-C CMOS X-TRANS III Sensor
35 mm Lens

Rank in All Cameras: #227
Rank in Compact Cameras: #15

Fujifilm X100F
Imaging
Features
Value for Money
Portability
Overall Score
Portrait
Street
Sports
Daily
Landscape

Canon G1 X III

Compare XC10 vs G1 X III

24 MP | APS-C CMOS Sensor
24-72 mm Lens

Rank in All Cameras: #175
Rank in Compact Cameras: #6

Canon PowerShot G1 X Mark III
Imaging
Features
Value for Money
Portability
Overall Score
Portrait
Street
Sports
Daily
Landscape

Fujifilm XF10

Compare XC10 vs XF10

24 MP | APS-C CMOS Sensor
28 mm Lens

Rank in All Cameras: #231
Rank in Compact Cameras: #14

Fujifilm XF10
Imaging
Features
Value for Money
Portability 92
Overall Score
Portrait
Street
Sports
Daily
Landscape

Sony RX100 V

Compare XC10 vs RX100 V

20 MP | 1″ Stacked BSI-CMOS Sensor
24-70 mm Lens

Rank in All Cameras: #294
Rank in Compact Cameras: #32

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 V
Imaging
Features
Value for Money
Portability 92
Overall Score
Portrait
Street
Sports
Daily
Landscape

Panasonic ZS200

Compare XC10 vs ZS200

20 MP | 1″ MOS Sensor
24-360 mm Lens

Rank in All Cameras: #248
Rank in Compact Cameras: #17

Panasonic Lumix DC-ZS200
Imaging
Features
Value for Money
Portability 90
Overall Score
Portrait
Street
Sports
Daily
Landscape
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