Canon PowerShot G9 12.1MP Digital Camera with 6x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Canon PowerShot G9 12.1MP Digital Camera with 6x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom
Customer Review: My best digital camera yet!
Summary: 5 Stars
My previous digital was a Canon SD 550. I wanted a digital that would give me a stronger zoom and better macro capability since I particularly like taking close-up macro shots of foliage. What a pleasant surprise! My friends and family have been "oohing and aahing" the photos I've taken from this latest camera. The color is absolutely vibrant and the size of the LCD screen is perfect for my aging vision. The appearance of the camera in the ads didn't look very remarkable but when I got it in my hands and started taking photos I found it a very comfortable grip and the classic look takes me back to childhood. Thank-you Canon for continuing to feed my amateur photography hobby obsession!Customer Review: Canon PowerShot G9
Summary: 5 Stars
This camera is awesome and takes great pictures. In the point and shoot category, this is a very advanced camera and one should be prepared to spend some time learning to use all its various features. I bought a book written specifically about the G9 and I am still studying. Of course, you can simply set the camera on auto and it will take great pictures but then you're only using a small part of the capabilities. I use Photoshop to edit my photos before I print them. The G9 can take pictures in RAW which allows you to do all your photo processing in the computer rather than in the camera. I bought this camera rather than a Canon SLR because it is lighter for traveling.Customer Review: Great Camera / Brilliant Interface
Summary: 5 Stars
The camera is big. Now get over it. It's not going in your jeans pocket. So put it in your jacket pocket instead. There's not another flaw that an intermediate-level photographer is going to find. The pictures are brilliant. The video is great, for that matter. And the interface is so perfectly dynamic and simple that everyone I've met is now jealous of the camera. The big bright screen is also wonderful. You know immediately if you have a good picture, a great picture, or if you have to re-take. And it's fast, fast, fast. You take a picture and you get what is happening at that moment. Not like other digital cameras that make you wait 2 seconds and miss the shot.Customer Review: Best Point-and-Shoot Around
Summary: 5 Stars
As a working professional photographer, I think this is the best point-and-shoot around. This is my second G9 (the first died tragically when the Canon underwater housing leaked). What is most useful for me is the high pixel count and RAW mode. The images are definitely noisy at ALL iso's, especially in the shadow areas, but nothing I can't live with. This is my recreational camera and the underwater color balance setting for video makes this camera a standout for all of the time I spend with wild dolphins, whales and sharks (check out examples at mauidon on blogspot). I have even used this camera in a pinch for work and images can be seen in national magazines.Customer Review: Awesome
Summary: 5 Stars
I got this camera as an always at hand when I don't have a D300, D2X, etc. My previous always at hand is the Nikon P 5000, which while good, is clearly outclassed by the G9 in shooting speed, ease of manual control. etc. I've had it just a week but it was so easy to adjust by sequential shooting while changing exposure to get the moon over the Blue Ridge just right at dawn. I do find the P 5000 just a bit easier to work through the menus on but that may just be because the G9 is new to me. The battery is way bigger on the G9 as well. Flash seems to have more power (i.e. depth) as well. The other stuff is well presented by others below and above.