Long involved story but short version is we have been trying to find the 'right' camera for the bride. She has arthritis in the hands and now thickening of something affecting the movement of her fingers. So camera selection has been pretty harsh. As he hands have deteriorated the size and weight of the DSLR's have put them out of her reach. We have tried the point and shots, but they are getting too small and rather finky to be user friendly.

Brand has not been an issue and over the years have had just about something from most makers trying to find that one camera that would tick all boxes, or at least most boxes. Recently our local Camera House had a birthday anniversary and they had organised for their customers a mini trade fair week with one camera rep and one accessory rep each day. Must say from an enthusiast view point it was great. May have meant going into the shop each day but just to check out and be able to use and play with all the gear and toys was awesome. So many things now on the list to get.

On the Canon day I was really impressed with the range the reps had on display, particularly after the other reps maybe having 6-10 cameras out, the Canon guys just about had all their camera range out. The bride wasn't have a good day so she stayed at home while I looked. After looking at their new full frame mirrorless got talking about the bride's situation and started at the other end of the table at there G3X, also referred to as a Bridge Camera. https://www.canon.com.au/cameras/powershot-g3x

So impressed with what the G3X offered later that afternoon I took the bride back to the shop and set her up with the Rep to go through the features etc of the G3X and allow her to play with the camera which was a good day to play as due to the colder weather her hands were not good. She found the weight and size of the camera to be good in her hands and the larger fixed lens barrel to be ideal to hold. The zoom of the lens is more then adequate for her needs and the stabilisation at full zoom pretty impressive.

While some of the controls on the camera body were proving difficult, the rear screen is full touch control and apart from zooming the lens all other adjustments could be made on the screen proving that on a bad day she can still easily use the camera. The other big plus was the image she settled on in the screen is what the photo will be, what you see is what you get. Which was one of the bigger issues with there current camera she has. The shutter button needed to have that half press to get the iris to close/open to see what the shot would be. Some what annoying for her.

After playing with the camera on and off over the next maybe half to 3/4s of an hour she was very impressed with the G3X and looks like this week she will be getting one.

Does anyone here own or used one, any real issues anyone has found with the Powershot G3X? Our searches online have the cons as ; no EVF, no 4k video, Max aperture of f2.8. These are not issues that will affect her photography or use of the camera so they are not a problem for her.