Canon PowerShot V1

The Canon PowerShot V1 is a compact camera released in 2025. It weighs 426g and pairs a fixed 16-50mm equivalent lens with a 1.4-inch, 22.3-megapixel sensor.

That combination suits photographers who want one light camera for everyday and travel pictures. The built-in zoom covers wide scenes through to short telephoto, so nothing needs swapping and no extra lenses need buying.

The lens is part of the body, so the camera is designed to be picked up and carried rather than expanded into a system.

The built-in zoom runs from a 16mm equivalent wide end to a 50mm equivalent short telephoto. That range covers interiors, landscapes and street scenes at one end and portraits or details at the other, all without changing anything.

The maximum aperture is F2.8 at 16mm, which helps indoors and toward evening. It closes to F4.5 at the 50mm end, so expect to raise the ISO when shooting longer focal lengths in dim light.

The 1.4-inch sensor sits behind the fixed zoom, so the two form a complete imaging package with nothing interchangeable. At this resolution there is room to crop shots after capture.

A 3-stop ND filter is built into the lens. In bright light it lets the aperture stay open, and it also makes longer exposures possible for blurring moving water. No screw-on filters to carry or fit.

4K at 30 frames per second records across the full sensor width and is oversampled. That makes it the 4K mode with the widest framing.

4K at 60 frames per second is available too, but it applies a 1.4x crop. The crop tightens the frame, so wide scenes become less wide even as motion looks smoother.

Full HD records up to 120 frames per second for slow motion. It is the mode for action shots where you want to stretch a moment out.

Footage can be recorded in 10-bit color with Canon Log 3, which holds up better when you adjust exposure and color during editing. That matters most if you grade clips rather than share them straight from the camera.

At 426g, this is a light, compact camera that fits into a bag beside other essentials instead of needing its own space. The fixed zoom means the body, lens and sensor travel as one self-contained unit, with nothing to assemble before shooting.

There is no viewfinder, so every shot is framed on the screen rather than at eye level, which changes how you hold the camera.

The body has no weather sealing. It needs care in rain, at the beach or anywhere dust is in the air.

Wi-Fi is built in, so the camera can make a wireless connection to other devices.