Canon XC10 for Street Photography

Is the Canon XC10 good for Street Photography?

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Canon XC10 Street Photography Score

GOOD

Canon XC10 has a score of 68 for Street Photography which makes it a GOOD candidate for this type of photography. Canon XC10 will satisfy most of your needs, but if you are looking for a camera that is even better suited to Street Photography, we recommend you to check the Alternative cameras at the bottom of this page.
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Canon XC10 Street Photography Detailed Analysis

Manual Focus Mode

You can use the manual focus mode of your camera to Zone Focus which is a popular technique used in street photography.

Live-view

Live view lets you take photos without using the viewfinder which makes you less obstrusive and this works very well during street photography where you don't want to get people's attention.

Face-Detection Focusing

Face detection focusing mode is very helpful in the street scenes where you focus on a face, since you can concentrate on framing and other adjustments while the camera handles the focus for you.

Tilting LCD Screen

An articulated screen gives you the flexibility to shoot in non traditional positions such as waist level, which helps you to be more creative and unobtrusive in the streets.

Image Stabilization

Image stabilization reduces the effects of camera shake at long exposures and long focal lengths in street photography thus ensuring sharper photos.

Fast Lens at Wide: f2.80

Wideangle is used more common then the tele angle in street photography. A larger aperture will give you extra shutter speed without boosting the ISO in order to reduce blur in low light conditions which is a common scene in street photography.

24 mm - Good Wide Angle Coverage

Having a good wide angle coverage becomes very important in street photography.

Small Body

Small body of Canon XC10 will get less attention from the people in streets and give you an amateur look, which is indeed an advantage for street photography.

Average sized 1″ (12.8 x 9.6 mm) sensor

Canon XC10's 1″ (12.8 x 9.6 mm) sensor size is ideal for many street photographers as it provides a good level of low-light performance and depth of field control while keeping the camera body small.

No Built-in Viewfinder

In the lack of a a viewfinder, holding the camera away from the body while using live view is not very stable, especially with heavy camera bodies and lenses. Besides, LCD screens are very hard to read under bright sunlight.

No RAW shooting capability

JPEG files are generally more attractive direct out of the camera but 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.

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Canon XC10 Alternatives in Large sensor compact cameras for Street Photography

Leica Q2 Compare XC10 vs Q2	47 MP \| Full frame CMOS Sensor 28 mm Lens	Rank in All Cameras: #30 Rank in Compact Cameras: #1
	Imaging Features Value for Money Portability Overall Score	Portrait Street 90 Sports Daily 90 Landscape

Leica Q Compare XC10 vs Q Typ 116	24 MP \| Full frame CMOS Sensor 28 mm Lens	Rank in All Cameras: #61 Rank in Compact Cameras: #4
	Imaging Features Value for Money Portability Overall Score	Portrait Street 90 Sports Daily Landscape

Canon G5 X Compare XC10 vs G5 X	20 MP \| 1" BSI-CMOS Sensor 24-100 mm Lens	Rank in All Cameras: #155 Rank in Compact Cameras: #9
	Imaging Features Value for Money Portability 90 Overall Score	Portrait Street 90 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: #129 Rank in Compact Cameras: #6
	Imaging Features Value for Money Portability Overall Score	Portrait Street Sports Daily Landscape

Panasonic LX10 Compare XC10 vs LX10	20 MP \| 1" BSI-CMOS Sensor 24-72 mm Lens	Rank in All Cameras: #187 Rank in Compact Cameras: #15
	Imaging Features Value for Money Portability 93 Overall Score	Portrait Street Sports Daily Landscape

Leica Q2

Leica Q

Canon G5 X

Canon G1 X III

Panasonic LX10