 "Phenomenal camera" | 2009-11-02 |
| - Reviewed By User: A42HT9CXZXHXD |
| I have owned the G3 camera with the swivel screen ---loved it.... It took great pictures. Sadly it no longer works. My daughter purchased the G7 and just loves the ease of use, and the picture quality. I checked out the G10 but wasn't pleased with the reviews and certain aspects of the camera, so I purchased the G9 a tad bit late and paid a premium (but not as high as it is now). I have used it for a month and the picture quality, ease of use, and the capture ability of pictures is just phenomenal. The flash on this camera is powerful too. It takes great shots in the dark, you just need to wait for the camera to focus and great shots were taken at Halloween in the dark. It is so much more than the G3 and G7 but the quality is just great. I own the RebelTi as well, and the quality doesn't compare to the G9 for picture quality. Now all it needs is the swivel screen to come back to take better self-portraits. You won't go wrong with this camera!!! |
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| "There is no better point and shoot camera!" | 2009-10-15 |
| - Reviewed By User: AG8F2HHFBX5FP |
This camera has provided years of excellent service and nearly 40GB of pictures, some published. The availability of add-on lensing and filters has been a boon, and only lacks in some low light conditions. I have a Casio EX3000 circa 2000 with f2.0 that puts the G9 to shame under high speed movement or low light conditions. Regardless, this amateur finds this camera to be a perfect point and shoot, multipurpose, multifunction (panorama) source of art, entertainment and capture.
If you go to France for a week, you need more than 8GB of storage :-)
If I lost this camera, this, or it's follow-on would be a must have. |
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 "A very solid, workhorse point-and-shoot" | 2009-10-10 |
| - Reviewed By zachthejazzer |
The Canon G9 is a solid, well-designed and well-built point-and-shoot designed for someone who is serious about photography. Most of its drawbacks are due to the nature of its "compact", non-DSLR design. These drawbacks include poor low-light shooting (very noisy shots at ISOs over 400), poor action shooting and other annoying bits such as shutter lag (noticeable lag between when you press the shooting button and when the picture is actually taken), slow zoom, etc. Of course, these problems are balanced out by having a small camera that will fit in your pocket and which is equipped with a good degree of versatility.
Besides the "comes with the territory" flaws mentioned above, that virtually all point-and-shoot cameras share, there are a few more flaws that could have been fixed, but weren't. One is the lack of RAW output. This has been corrected in later G10 and G11 cameras, but the G9 is stuck with JPEGs. Another issue is the lack of built-in geo-tagging with a GPS chip, which is more common now but was not so widely available at the time this camera was released.
On the whole, once you get over the limitations required by its size and design, the G9 is a great camera. |
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 "Great Camera when it works" | 2009-10-07 |
| - Reviewed By schooder |
In the overall picture this is and should be a great little camera. You can talk about the tech specs all day if you want
I like it because of the 12mp and movie/time Lapse function , it's basic but it's fine for entry level/fun time Lapse movies. I used the movie function quite a bit.
It's a good way of documenting an event and the quality seem good on play back. I also like the metal body. OK Heres the BAD I bought it in January 08 after about 6 months it completely quit on me with no warning. You hit the power button and nothing happens. Just like the batteries are dead so I get another battery and nothing.
So off to Canon it goes (Chicago) Comes back good but no explanation of the problem. So now I posting this in Frankfurt Germany on vacation at a friend's place
We went to Paris.. You know the place. And the camera DOES IT AGAIN !!! Now I'm really mad. I have found this camera to be unreliable when I need it most.
The first time should have fixed it for good but the second time in Paris, please !! I gave it 2 stars. Praise this camera all you but if it doesn't turn on it's just a worthless brick in your bag. I will have it fixed again at Canon then put it on ebay.... |
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| "Canon G9 Rocks" | 2009-10-01 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1DE8XJ8TX8KAL |
| I chose this camera not only because of all of the features, but because of the size. It is so portable, slips in my purse, laptop case etc... It has a ton of options to give the above average amateur photographer everything they need to enjoy their hobby. It took a little getting used to, but once you have the options figured out it is a fun camera to own. The cost vs size vs options is what sold me. I would buy this camera again in a heart beat. |
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| "fantastic camera!" | 2009-09-20 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1JMI2HRX0VZH7 |
| Its small but it can do all! its by far the best little camera i've ever had! well done canon! |
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