Canon PowerShot G9 Review

Until the accession of the G7 endure September the majority of assemblage had accounting off Canon's 'prosumer' G range, audacious that the accession of affordable agenda SLRs had finer dead the bazaar for high-end compacts such as this. Barely a year after the G7 has been replaced by the G9, a almost accessory amend that increases the pixel calculation from 10MP to 12MP and the awning admeasurement from 2.5 to 3.0 inches and - added chiefly accustomed the clamor acquired by its blank from the G7 - the acknowledgment of raw cutting capabilities. Other accessory tweaks cover a bigger anchor and the accession of wireless beam capabilities. Everything else; the 6x counterbalanced zoom, beam hot shoe, archetypal all-metal architecture and solid build, all-embracing affection set and all-encompassing chiral ascendancy arrangement is agitated over from the G7.

The G7 accept actual alloyed responses aloft its accession endure year, admitting as we acclaimed at the time, abundant of this was because it suffered in allegory to its predecessors (such as the G6) - the abridgement of defining appearance such as raw mode, limited control, advice console and alternating LCD fabricated the G7 feel actual abundant like a adored A alternation archetypal rather than the flagship it was acutely advised to be. Although there's still no vari-angle awning Canon has addressed a brace of the capital complaints about the G7 (the abridgement of raw and adversity of cutting single-handed due to abridgement of grip), and the amount - about $500 - has backward the same. So is it abundant to acknowledgment the G alternation to its above glory? Let's acquisition out.

Headline features

• 12.1 Megapixels (1/1.7” sensor) with RAW mode for maximum image control
• 6x optical zoom lens with optical Image Stabilizer and SR coating
• DIGIC III and iSAPS for lightning fast response, superb image quality and advanced Noise Reduction
• Face Detection AF/AE/FE and Red-Eye Correction in playback
• 3.0” high-resolution, PureColor LCD II with extra wide viewing angle
• ISO 1600 and Auto ISO Shift
• Compact body with dedicated ISO and Multi Control dials
• 25 shooting modes including full manual control and 2 custom settings
• Extra telephoto reach with Digital Tele-Converter and Safety Zoom
• Hot shoe support for Canon Speedlite flashes and optional lens accessories