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Hands-on Canon PowerShot V1 review: is this compact camera comeback a Sony ZV killer?
Feb 27, 2025
After 6 years, is the Canon PowerShot V1 the compact camera comeback that everyone's been hoping for?
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The Canon PowerShot V1 is a camera that, while not quite what I expected, is one that the market is probably going to adore.
Let's be clear; while speculation was that the Canon PowerShot V1 would be a traditional compact camera, along the lines of the Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark III, it is in fact more of a compact vloggiing camera along the lines of the Sony ZV-1 II.
While the market expected Canon to launch a compact that would replace the G7 X, instead it's launched one that complements it – and threatens the stranglehold that the ZV series previously enjoyed on cameras for vlogging.
I played with the Canon PowerShot V1 at the CP+ 2025 show in Japan. Here are my first impressions (skip to the video overview section for a quick visual tour of the camera)…
Canon PowerShot V1: Specifications
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Sensor
1.4-type CMOS
Lens
8.2-25.6mm f/2.8-4.5 (35mm Equivalent: 16-50mm stills / 17-52mm video)
Viewfinder
No
Screen
3.0-inch fully articulating touchscreen, 1.04 million dots
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