The new Canon PowerShot V1 is the brand’s first compact camera in years, outside of the odd vertical vlogger V10. But the PowerShot V1 is a video-focused camera that comes as all of the brand’s stills-focused compact cameras are all out of stock. That’s thanks largely to the viral status of the Canon G7 X series.
Cameras like the Canon G7 X Mark III have earned viral fame as influencers share the difference between selfies taken with a smartphone – and portraits taken with a camera with a stronger flash and a longer lens. But the new Canon PowerShot V1 isn’t meant to replace the G7X series, instead sitting in a completely separate category as a video-first, stills-second sort of camera.
