Compact camera for mountain biking pics - advice?

[matt_fsr]

Hi,
I'm looking at getting a good quality compact camera to take with me to Morzine this summer, as well as being used around the UK when I'm biking. I know the trend these days it to GoPro everything in video, but I still like some still shots of me doing various stuff where possible.

With that in mind it would need to be fairly light and compact, hopefully quite well built, and ideally able to handle a wide range of lighting conditions, low light especially, and a good burst mode would be beneficial.

Initial reading leads me to the Canon G1X Mark II, which seems to review quite well, although is a little on the pricy side given the potential for damage to it if I crash!

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canon-powershot-g1-x-mark-ii

Can anyone else suggest anything similar, or what might be more suitable, or anything that they have experience with?

Cheers

 

[matt_fsr]

If you've got a decent phone, Id just chuck it in a lifeproof case.

Gopro would be rubbish for low light action and the batteries aren't really up to using it a a main camera. Not sure I'd personally choose to spend and carry around a point and shoot, just for the odd bit of low light stuff when phone cameras are so good and handy these days.

My phone sucks, its' a cheap Android job and I'm not "interested" in phones so I'm never going to have the latest and greatest phone.

The G1X Mark II is actually far from compact, the best AF and low light performance for this money sits with the Sony A6000. I've had a couple of high end Canon compacts and they've always been a bitter disappointment, I did try the G1X Mark II but just didn't get on with it (despite having Canon DSLRs for the last 5 years). A6000 can shoot at 11fps and video quality is epic when using the XAVC S format.

An A6000 with the kit 16-50mm F3.5-5.6 (which has OSS) is about the same size.

With the 20mm pancake lens, it's smaller.

Cheers for that, I had appreciated that the G1X isn't as small as a proper 'compact' camera, but just trying to decide between size, quality, performance and cost.

Can I ask why you didn't get along with the G1X? What didn't you like about it?

My initial thoughts had been to aim at a max budget of around £250... given that there's a possibility of an 'over the bars' moment, ending up with not only a bike mending bill, but a new camera needed too!

 

[matt_fsr]

Cheers Columbo, that is a pretty big difference - which is certainly a consideration.

Do you have a RX100? Some example shots/video would be awesome, always better to see real results rather than just reading reviews.