Canon Powershot compacts

[roughcutter]

Suggesting this on here (well for me personally) feels a little bit retrograde, because I use a DSLR camera (Canon EOS 1DX). I was at Fairford on Tuesday to see the Turks & Romanians (Ramstein Flag). All the action was happening at the 09 end (Marston Meysey), which was great for parking, and having the Sun behind us was a bonus. Because of the ongoing construction at the North side of the field, all the aircraft that day used the southern taxiway, which offered some wonderful head on taxiing shots, however when they came up close, although I had no problem framing the aircraft with my lens, and although setting the widest aperture, I found shooting through the chain-link was a challenge. Being a bit long in the tooth and weak kneed nowadays, I no longer use steps and it was rather windy that day anyway. To get around this challenge, I'm weighing up the practicality of investing in a decent compact camera (not a bridge camera mind), but something that can poke through the chain-link to get a decent shot. They're no good for flying shots (I know that), but for close-ups, static/museums compacts are ideal. There is a plethora of compacts on the market, I am focusing on a Canon model because I use their photo software. I'm after a camera that shoots in RAW format with a large sensor/crop factor. Can anyone on here recommend any particular models, what are your experiences?

[Yunglee]

How about the Canon G5 X Mark II, I’ve never used one but it has a following. I do have a Sony RX100 II which has many faults but would be able to shoot through a fence and the later models have a 24-200mm lens

What I’ve done often is to take off the lens hood and hold the front element up against the fence. With practice I can normally keep the wire out of the shot

Lee

[roughcutter]

Hi Lee, thanks for your feedback. Likewise I had already tried your suggestion - selecting AV mode with the widest aperture, then removing the lens hood, to get closer to the fence. Ordinarily that works fine when the subject is at distance. When it's close up to the chain-link it becomes a problem, even with a wide angle zoom, It is what it is I guess.
I did consider the G5 X, along with the G7 X, G9 X as well as the SX 740 (which has a 40 x zoom lens). They're all very good cameras, with their various pros & cons. However, I've had an offer for a G1 X III, which I've decided to take the plunge on. The best feature on this model is it's large APS-C sensor ( which is actually larger than some dslrs), and 24 mega pixels, the downside is the lens focal length is only 24mm - 72mm (3 x), max aperture is just f2.8, but then it does have a massive ISO range. The camera's main feature for me is it's massive crop factor, it's the biggest you can have in a compact. I'll let you know how it goes. Cheers