Competition
Images: Canon PowerShot G1 X, Nikon P510 to be tested
Although lacking the huge zoom of the Fujifilm X-S1, Canon’s PowerShot G1 X may offer the X-S1 some stiff competition. In terms of image quality, the G1 X is far superior, with a 14-million-pixel sensor that is based on Canon’s 18-million-pixel APS-C sensor.
However, one of the main attractions of the X-S1 is its powerful zoom lens, to which the 28-112mm equivalent offering of the G1 X does not come close.
However, Nikon’s latest Coolpix P510 bridge camera goes a step further by having a 24-1,000mm equivalent lens, 16-million-pixel resolution, 921,000-dot screen and built-in GPS. Its image sensor is a lot smaller, though, with only half the surface area, so image quality shouldn’t be able to match anything like the detail that the X-S1 can produce at all but the very lowest sensitivity.
