Canon PowerShot G9 hits 12
Canon PowerShot G9
(Credit: Canon USA)
Canon PowerShot G9
(Credit: Canon USA)Despite the plethora of cheap dSLRs on the market, there's still room for some all-in-one, relatively compact enthusiast cameras--at least that's what seems to keep Canon's PowerShot G series going year after year. The latest model, the PowerShot G9, replaces the G7; the model naming skips a digit, lest it be confused with the more economically inclined G8 summiteers.
Key specs:- 12 megapixels
- f/2.8-to-4.8, 35mm-to-210mm-equivalent (6X) optically stabilized lens
- Raw file support
- 3-inch LCD
- Digic III image processor
Still smarting from users' response to its having dropped raw-format support form the G7, Canon reinstates support with the G9. The 12-megapixel sensor is the same as that used by the new A650 IS, as is Digic III image processor. It uses the same lens as its predecessor, which we found had quite a bit of distortion at the 35mm-equivalent end.
Canon expects to ship the PowerShot G9 in late September for $499.
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Senior Editor Lori Grunin has been covering digital imaging for two decades, but her memory's kind of sketchy on the details. You can hear about it every week on Indecent Exposure, the podcast she co-hosts with Matt Fitzgerald. 
the-ground shots and for shooting over the head of crowds, etc. Plus when
folded in for storage it fully protects the screen from damage, scratches, etc.
I think the articulating LCD is one of the best features ever to reach a camera. I
have so been looking forward to a new Can G-series camera ... but now that it's
here, I won't ... actually, can't ... but it. I'll just stick to what I have ... with it's
articulating screen.
Give me a G6 with an updated digicIII processor and improved lens..not more megapixels. And definitely not this 12mp piece of garbage. No more G's...may as well get an elph..
Strange that CRAVE neglected this one....THIS is the one to get that genuinely sits between the dSLR and the point-and-shooters. I would definitely vote for the A650 over the G9. Once you have the articulating LCD you never want to go back!
- Almost... but no cigar
- by Gloverboy August 28, 2007 7:37 PM PDT
- There were 2 features of the G-series that won me over years ago: 1) the flip-out LCD and 2) the hot shoe. I find it critical to have an external flash and hardly ever use the internal one. I agree the A650 looks great -- all the important G9 features. But they forgot the hot shoe !! I can't win.
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