Canon PowerShot G9 12.1MP Digital Camera with 6x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom
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Customer Review: Worth a look ........very nice
Summary: 5 Stars
I was deciding on purchasing a digital slr, but could not choose among the many on the market. Having own a canon eos film camera I thought it would be best to look at the canon line so I could use the same lenses. The canon 40d was too expensive but the quality was great. What could I do? I had to lower my standards so I look at the canon g9. WHAT A SURPRISE! Not only was the price fantastic but the quality equalled if not surpassed the 40d. I can shoot in raw, it has the image stabilizer, fantastic zoom. and best of all 12 megs. Oh by the way I have over 25 years doing photofinishing and believe me I have seen just about every conceivable photo from nearly every camera on the market today and I must say it doesn't get any better than this camera. Is there any things I don't like about this camera? Yes! It is noisy at higher iso and the grip is not well designed, battery life is short and the dials are located too close together if you have big fingers. For some you may not like the feel of the camera. It has the weight of a slr but not the pro look as the 40d. This is not a compact camera, so do not expect to just slip it into your shirt pocket. Having looked at a lot of cameras in the same category as the canon g9, this camera is going to be hard to beat.Customer Review: One amazing Canon
Summary: 5 Stars
I love it, It feels so great. It even makes me horny at times. It is heavy and solid, which helps you feel like you have a real camera and it helps stabilize your shots, as oppose to lighter cameras.ItStrap around your neck like an SLR not on you wrist, which I love too. Has all kind of cool features that as a wannabe photographer, you can have fun playing with it to get the best result. I suggest getting the extra battery cause it will trick you in to thinking it has a lot of juice left and then it runs out of battery. It happen to me when I was getting to the end of a 3 hour hike in Zion National Park, and all of a sudden, NO BATTERY. But that was my bad, I should have known... The screen is great in terms of resolution and size. Makes your pictures look pro. Then you can work your pictures with the canon program and make them even better with some cropping, brightness and color and contrast adjustment. They have enough quality so you can crop and still have great quality, no grains. The panoramic software is great and easy to use, you just take the pictures and it will guide you through each step to get an amazing panoramic or even 360 picture.Customer Review: Fast, sharp, serious compact camera!
Summary: 5 Stars
Great: Very fast on, fast shutter, not so bad time to next picture. Big, bright display with terrific choices of info presented (magnified manual focus assist, real time histogram, exposure settings, etc.). Easy manual exposure, focus, ASA, overrides, etc. Excellent image stabilization. Phenomenal sharpness from tele to wide to 1 cm macro, corner to corner. Respectably low noise at very high ASA. Terrific, near 1:1 macros (but poor stand-off distance - 1 cm). Many clever and useful auto focus modes that all seem to work very well.
Not so great: Small enough, but not a shirt pocket camera. Built-in flash very limited useful range. Viewfinder limited use at close range and wider zooms. Complex feature set, but not so difficult to learn with reasonable ease/access to all functions -- reading the manual is important for many features, but the manual is well indexed and easy to use, and once a feature is understood, the manual is not likely to be needed again (easy to remember operations).
Less than good: Expensive for a compact camera, but far more serious capabilities than others.
Customer Review: As good as it gets for a point & shoot
Summary: 5 Stars
The Canon G9 is as good as you can find in the small point and shoot format. It is an extremely sophisticated camera that that can do almost anything that you can do with a SLR camera. Although it is a 12 mpx camera it isn't quite up to the same quality as a SLR since it's sensor is smaller, but it is still very good.
It isn't easy to learn how to use and requires hours of study to learn how the various buttons work. It does do a very reasonable job as a point and shoot when set in the automatic mode for those who don't feel like using the built in features of this camera. For those who do their own printing, you can use camera RAW which gives you extreme versitiliy in getting the best out of a photograph.
I have both this camera and a Nikon D80. This camera is much easier to take on a trip and you can put it in your pocket if you have to and that is a plus.
I strongly recommend this product for someone that wants quality in their photographs. It also reduces blur from camera shake so that your pictures are sharp even if you move the camera as you press the shutter release
Customer Review: G9 freeze issue
Summary: 5 Stars
I would like to share my opinion of the G9 and some information on a common issue. The G9 is a wonderful upper-end p/s camera. I have owned mine now for about 3 years. I love taking it snorkeling and using my canon underwater housing.
In the following reviews you will see a common issue coming up concerning the camera freezing with the lens extended and will not power on. A likely cuase is a common issue with the G9 stemming from 2 screws inside the camera that come loose and short out the camera. Canon is aware of the issue but will not admit problems because of a recall. However do not let this be a downfall to a great camera.
I have a found an excellent company that can not only repair this issue but any issue that might come up and do it in a very professional way.
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This company is excellent in their work and in their customer service. They have repaired my camera and did a terrific rush service to get the camera back to me within only a few days ready for our family vacation.
Dont step away from the G9, its an awesome camera!!