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| PowerShot V1 | 25.6mm (50mm equiv.) | F4.5 | 1/640 sec. | ISO 125 Photo: Mitchell Clark |
Canon recently made its PowerShot V1 compact available globally, after it was initially launched for the Asian market. While the company’s marketing it as a vlogging camera, photographers also seem to have taken an interest in it, with its reasonably large Type 1.4 (18.4 x 12.3mm) sensor paired with a 16-50mm equiv. F2.8-4.5 lens.
We’ve gotten the opportunity to shoot with it a bit and have put together a sample gallery, which should give you some idea of how the sensor and lens perform. We’ll dig deeper into image quality in our full review.
Given that it’s a vlogging camera, we’ve also put together some sample footage taken with it. It’s embedded below, though, so note that you may need to click through to watch the video on YouTube if you want to see it at its maximum quality.
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Our DPREVIEW Tribute:
After nearly 25 years of operation, DPReview closed on 10 April 2023. This difficult decision was part of the annual operating plan review that parent company, Amazon, shared earlier this year.
Over the course of 25 years, DP Review built up a reputation as being one of the most informative places to go for information about that new camera or lens you’re after. DP Review began as an independent reviews site based in the UK in 1998, the brainchild of Philip and Joanna Askey, but it was eventually purchased by Amazon in 2007 and relocated over to Seattle in the USA in 2010.
Cheers DPReview – thanks for the great work and content that guided photographers, videographers and techno junkies the world over!

