http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/canons-powershot-g9-the-dslr-wannabe/ Engadget Comments for Canon's PowerShot G9: the DSLR wannabe http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/canons-powershot-g9-the-dslr-wannabe/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/canons-powershot-g9-the-dslr-wannabe/Aug 20th 2007 5:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/canons-powershot-g9-the-dslr-wannabe/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/canons-powershot-g9-the-dslr-wannabe/
Not a bad price neither...

I'm not sure if this could replace my Lecia R8 with digital add-on though..

Maybe as a nice quick point and shooter?

~Humho..]]>Aug 20th 2007 5:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/canons-powershot-g9-the-dslr-wannabe/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/canons-powershot-g9-the-dslr-wannabe/Aug 20th 2007 6:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/canons-powershot-g9-the-dslr-wannabe/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/canons-powershot-g9-the-dslr-wannabe/Aug 25th 2007 8:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/canons-powershot-g9-the-dslr-wannabe/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/canons-powershot-g9-the-dslr-wannabe/and I agree, optical viewfinder is essential!]]>Aug 25th 2007 1:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/canons-powershot-g9-the-dslr-wannabe/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/canons-powershot-g9-the-dslr-wannabe/http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canong7/

Not saying its not a great compact camera, but asides from resolution, what is 'new' about it?]]>Aug 20th 2007 6:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/canons-powershot-g9-the-dslr-wannabe/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/canons-powershot-g9-the-dslr-wannabe/But hey, where's G8?]]>Aug 20th 2007 6:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/canons-powershot-g9-the-dslr-wannabe/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/canons-powershot-g9-the-dslr-wannabe/Aug 20th 2007 7:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/canons-powershot-g9-the-dslr-wannabe/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/canons-powershot-g9-the-dslr-wannabe/The name "G8" sounds really, really disgusting in Chinese. Believe me, people speaking Chinese just won't buy anything named "G8".]]>Aug 20th 2007 8:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/canons-powershot-g9-the-dslr-wannabe/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/canons-powershot-g9-the-dslr-wannabe/Oct 9th 2007 12:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/canons-powershot-g9-the-dslr-wannabe/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/canons-powershot-g9-the-dslr-wannabe/
Awkward shape with poor grip/ergonomics
slow lens
no swiveling/tilting LCD display

These are the features that propelled the G-series cameras to super-stardom since the very first model - along with superb image quality of course. And that brings us to the wholly unnecessary 12 MP resolution, which guarantees noisy low light images and chromatic aberrations - two unacceptable flaws unheard of in the older G-series cameras.

So no, this new model is nothing to write home about. It's a minor update of the last G-model (inexplicably the G7) which was the point where Canon evidently decided that the G-series was drawing too much interest away from their SLR models and had to be dumbed down substantially to correct that problem.


]]>Aug 20th 2007 7:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/canons-powershot-g9-the-dslr-wannabe/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/canons-powershot-g9-the-dslr-wannabe/Aug 20th 2007 9:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/canons-powershot-g9-the-dslr-wannabe/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/canons-powershot-g9-the-dslr-wannabe/Aug 29th 2007 1:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/canons-powershot-g9-the-dslr-wannabe/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/canons-powershot-g9-the-dslr-wannabe/
As much as I hate some of their marketing decisions, I am still a big Canon fan, and can't say I'm very tempted by any other models out there. I currently have an SLR and an SD400, plus a G3 that I don't use as often as I used to.]]>Aug 30th 2007 7:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/canons-powershot-g9-the-dslr-wannabe/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/canons-powershot-g9-the-dslr-wannabe/ -Better zoom (5x or more)
-Better low-light use
-Image stabilization
-As good, or no worse shot-to-shot speed, shutter lag

I'm ok with a bit more size/weight and even with the price. Does anyone have any experience moving from a sub-compact point & shoot to G7 or G9?

Also, I don't really care about the MP count (I usually just shoot 6 meg anyways for flexibility in cropping) or RAW support. So in that case, is there any upside or downside to the G7 or G9? If I shoot in 6mp format, will I get any noticeable noise? I don't even really print very often.

Any advice appreciated.
Thanks
--Zack ]]>Sep 12th 2007 1:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/canons-powershot-g9-the-dslr-wannabe/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/canons-powershot-g9-the-dslr-wannabe/Aug 20th 2007 11:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/canons-powershot-g9-the-dslr-wannabe/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/canons-powershot-g9-the-dslr-wannabe/Aug 20th 2007 12:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/canons-powershot-g9-the-dslr-wannabe/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/canons-powershot-g9-the-dslr-wannabe/
I like the camera. Great optics, just enough flexibility for an amateur/wanna-be photographer without the the cost of a DSLR.]]>Sep 17th 2007 2:45PM