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Stephen Sinclair, Unregistered user Friday 19th of October 2007 08:40:08 PM: Bought this to replace my beloved Sony DSC H1 which I managed to lose. This is without doubt the most well laid out camera I have had. It is really \"usable\" and encourages one to take photo after photo. The controls have a logic about them and it\'s easy to be creative. Manual mode is excellent. RAW image mode (you have to work out how to tell the camera to store them) gives great control and produces better \"post production\" images. The main drawback is that with such a small sensor using 12.1 million pixels, there is more noise over 400iso than with a DSLR. If this bothers you then stick to DSLR\'s. But if you have a good noise removal program such as \'Noise Ninja\' then this is not such a big problem. The usability factor of this beautifully built, solid, camera, puts it way ahead of the DSLR\'s in sheer practical usability and enjoyment. It takes great photos and you will not put it down. The bright 3\" LCD screen, gains up and down giving a good idea of the final image. The 6*zoom is really adequate considering at 12 megapixels you can double up if you want to using the digital zoom. The image stabilisation works better than my old sony. I\'ve had good results at ridiculously slow speeds. The battery has a very good life too. A real joy.
A Clark, Unregistered user Friday 19th of October 2007 08:39:14 PM: Wow, I am going to have so much fun with my G9! It arrived 24 hours ago and I\'ve barely had it switched off since. My new G9 is a companion to my dSLR; it\'s going to be great for taking more spontaneous, creative photographs in places where I simply wouldn\'t take my dSLR & equipment.
The first thing you notice when you take the G9 out of the box is its solid contruction. This is a very sturdy, well contructed camera. It\'s quite heavy (reassuringly so) and is too big to fit into a shirt or trouser pocket, but will easily slip into a jacket pocket. The G9 feels like it will last for years of pretty hardcore use.
I\'ve been a Canon user for a few years, so I found the menu system and settings very easy even without reading the manual. If you\'re new to Canon, you\'ll see that the manual is very helpful and you\'ll be up to speed in no time.
The shots I\'ve taken so far have been every bit what I hoped for: sharp where I want them to be sharp, with very good colour and contrast. Metering and exposure are mostly spot-on, with or without flash. Noise is a problem at ISO 800 and above, but no more so than with any other digital compact I\'ve used; and with excellent image stabilisation, you can often keep the ISO to 400 or lower even in relatively low light. Focusing is fast and accurate, and I love the Face Detection!
I feel like I have much more control over how my images look than I\'ve ever had with a digital compact before; this camera does precisely what you want it to do. But of course, if you\'re not in the mood for choosing all your own settings, it has some genuinely useful scene modes and automatic settings that do a lot of the hard work for you and still produce very good images.
The G9 is aimed at two types of photographer: SLR users who want a more portable alternative; and people who have already got to crips with the manual settings on their P&S camera who want a step-up without all the expense & fuss of lenses and other dSLR accessories. I strongly recommend the PowerShot G9 to both groups of consumers. Now I\'m going back to play with mine!
