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Does anyone know if the Canon G16 is mirrorless or not ....Thanks

bmike101 Loc: Gainesville, Florida

I don't know where they would hide the mirror in the powershot/cybershot.

bmike101 Loc: Gainesville, Florida

or any of those thin cameras

RichardTaylor Loc: Sydney, Australia

It doesn't have a mirror or interchangeable lenses.

Kuzano

I believe the full designation for Mirrorless is MILC, for Mirrorless Interchangeable Lens Camera, which would preclude any fixed lens camera from that naming convention.

So No!

RichardTaylor Loc: Sydney, Australia

Also see the answers in your previouss post.

http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-503657-1.html

Wingpilot Loc: Wasilla. Ak

Whatever the configuration may be, if it's not a DSLR, it is a mirrorless camera, although that type of camera is commonly referred to as a point and shoot camera. I have one and it's a pretty good camera, used within its limitations. If you're thinking of getting one, it's not a bad choice, especially since it has a larger sensor (1/1.7") than most P&S cameras.

HarryBinNC Loc: Blue Ridge Mtns, No.Carolina, USA

It doesn't have a mirror, but it does have a really craptastic optical viewfinder. And it has a tiny point-and-shoot sensor with crummy low-light performance to go with the crummy OVF. There are a bunch of better choices if you are in the market for a big-pocket fixed-zoom compact camera.

Here are a selection of 10 - http://cameradecision.com/alternatives/Canon-PowerShot-G16 They are all small sensor cameras, and all suffer the poor low light noise problem, but at least the ones that have eye-level viewfinders have Electronic finders that are vastly superior to the optical finder in the G16.

Personally, I wouldn't have any of these tiny sensor compacts, when there are a bunch of 1" sensor compacts that have much better image quality - My favorite in this category is the Panasonic Lumix ZS-100. That is what I bought to replace my old tiny sensor Nikon compact when it died.

rlv567 Loc: Baguio City, Philippines

I've had one also, for a couple of years, in addition to a Canon 70D, and have found it to be an excellent camera within its category. It has remarkable capabilities and takes excellent pictures - including in low light situations. It is "mirrorless", but not in the customary use of the term.

Loren - Baguio City

achesley Loc: SW Louisiana

The Canon G16 is not mirrorless. Tis not a DSLR either. High end point and shoot is more like it. Excellent low light camera and easy to carry camera. Out of the 6 cameras I have , tis the most used by about 80% of my pictures.

Nosaj Loc: Sarasota, Florida

No - it is not mirrorless.
It is a fantastic P & S.

Wingpilot Loc: Wasilla. Ak

It doesn't have a mirror. Wouldn't that make it mirrorless? It doesn't have an EVF,which would make it EVF-less, too. But yes, by the nature of its design, it does fall into the point and shoot category of cameras, which is unfortunate, because it is a very capable camera. I just wish it had a larger, 1" sensor and stopped to f/11. Wait! Doesn't that describe the G7XII? It just has a shorter zoom and no viewfinder at all.

amfoto1 Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA

To pick a few nits...

Canon Powershot G16 is "mirrorless", in that it doesn't have a mirror the way a DSLR does.

But it is NOT a "mirrorless" in the normal usage of that term, which refers to MILC or "mirrorless interchangeable lens camera". G16 is NOT an interchangeable lens camera.

Yes, G16 uses an optical viewfinder. But, so do SOME mirrorless (though most use an electronic viewfinder, if they have a viewfinder at all).

Yes, G16 uses a smaller size sensor. But it's 1/1.7" sensor is a little larger than a lot of other point n shoot cameras use... Especially the "ultra zoom" P&S, which achieve those extremes by using a very tiny 1/2.3" or 1/2.5" size sensors. Compared to so-called "full frame" (i.e., 35mm film image size approx 24x36mm) which has a 1.0X lens factor or APS-C which have 1.5X or 1.6X lens factors... a 1/1.7" sensor has 4.7X lens factor... and a 1/2.3" has 5.6X... 1/2.5" has 6.0X. This means that on this last size sensor, it's tiny size causes a 50mm lens to "act like" a powerful 300mm telephoto would on the film/full frame camera. Camera phones commonly use even smaller size sensors.

C16 also is modest resolution (12MP) and it's sensor is CMOS type, both of which help it achieve better image quality than many other P&S. CMOS particularly offers better noise control than CCD sensors at higher ISO settings (i.e., low light shooting).

Introduced in mid-2013, G16 is the "last of the line" that started with the G1 in 2000 (there were no G4 or G14). Each of those were the top of the line Powershots in their day. The next step up was an entry-level DSLR.

The G1X was introduced in 2012, using a slightly larger 1/1.5" CMOS sensor (also called 2/3", 3.9X lens factor.... this was actually the first Powershot model to use CMOS).

Top of the line Powershot models GX3, GX5, GX7 and GX9 followed, all using an even larger 1" CMOS sensor (also called "CX" format, 2.7X lens factor).

The G1X Mark III was intro'd last year using a 24MP APS-C sensor (1.6X lens factor), same as found in many of the current EOS DSLR and MILC cameras.

Ched49 Loc: Pittsburgh, Pa.

Canon G16 is not mirror less nor does it have interchangeable lens. It's a five year old advanced point & shoot camera. Yesterday someone was selling a G15 in the classified section claiming it was a mirror less camera.

Wingpilot Loc: Wasilla. Ak

Technically it is mirrorless because it has no mirror, however terminology-wise it falls into the point and shoot category