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Summary: Canon G9
Comment: I just lost my Canon Power Shot S45 camera on a trip to Europe, so I wanted to replace it with an upgraded model of Canon. My Power Shot was fabulous and the G9 promises to be an even greater camera with so much more control over the image! It is a very exciting, semi-professional camera to own without the expense of the digital SLR. I also bought the "Canon PowerShot G9 Photography" short course book and it is more helpful than the manual that came with the camera.
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Summary: Super little camera
Comment: The perfect camera for anyone. It has so many features I haven't even attempted most of them. But, for the ease of use it can't be beat!
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Summary: What a GREAT camera!!
Comment: The sensor in this camera is unreal. The depth of detail and color makes the images pop out like a film camera with Fuji film.
I expected a great camera but am blown away by the images this little workhorse produces.
Easily the best digital camera I've ever owned.
Perfect 10/10.
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Summary: Bad color on LCD screen
Comment: Could anybody help me how to fix this?
I got this G9 from Canon as refurbished after paying for $250 upgrade (from S50) in the loyalty program. I was very excited and tested it right away
However, the photos I got are terrible. It's darker/warmer/red/greener no matter if I use auto (and auto ISO) or whatever scenes or manual settings. It's so noticeable. Then I borrowed a PnS Canon SD790 from neibour to compare (again, using auto and try other settings). The images there are so real in color - bright and accurate.
I thought maybe it's not the sensor/lense problems, but the LCD. SO I swap the memory card to show the images from one camera to the other. Here it is - the bad looking images on G9 looks normal in the SD790.
I google and found one article say that the images on G9 LCD look actually much warmer than on the other PnS camera, and than on computer screen after downloading. However, I can not imagine that it can look so bad.
I also tried many settings/adjustment for colors and brightness as the manual wrote, but none can make the LCD shows correctly. WHy do we need big LCD for digital camera?
What should I do?
Thank you in advance
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Summary: Excellent Casual-use Camera
Comment: I think that Canon may have created its own monster with the G series cameras. Far too many people think that they are going to get DSLR performance from what is essentially a point and shoot camera.
Sorry, but there is no free lunch. You can build a camera to high standards. You can have it save in RAW. You can do all sorts of things to improve it. The bottom line is that the G9 is a small-sensor camera and suffers the same fate as every other camera with a small sensor.
Given current technology, nobody can make a small sensor perform like a larger one. Going much beyond native ISO is going to substantially lower image quality by introducing digital "noise". That's just the way that it is and neither Canon nor anyone else has solved the problem. In fact, it may not even have a solution.
That said, the G9 may just be the best small-sensor, high-end p&s on the market. Granted, it doesn't have much competition, but Canon has itself a winner. You'll hear gripes from older G series owners about the G9 having a slower lens and a non-articulated LCD. I'd prefer a faster lens too, but it is what it is so make the best of it.
Image quality, within its limits, is excellent. At 12.1mp, the resolution of this sensor can allow for prints larger than many of us will ever make on a regular basis. The catch is to not shoot at an ISO over 100 and ISO 80 would be even better.
That's the price that we must pay for having 12.1mp on a small sensor. Small price, as far as I'm concerned. The G9 is not meant to replace your DSLR. If that's what you think this camera will do you are wrong. What it will do is allow you to capture high quality images, in good light, with a camera that will fit into a large pocket.
Having shot with numerous cameras over the past 40 years, I'd like to see Canon make a few improvements. For one thing, the "grip" (or what there is of it) stinks. Sorry, I don't know of any other word that accurately describes it. Having to pay $25 for a third-party grip annoys me since the much less expensive A series cameras feel much more secure in my hands.
My pet peeve, and it's not only with Canon, is small sensors with too many pixels. Up to a point, I have to agree that more pixels are better than less pixels. That point is reached when a manufacturer (and they all do it) crams so many pixels on the sensor that image quality is compromised by the time you reach ISO 200. I think that most people who want a camera like the G9 would be happier with 1/3 fewer pixels and improved medium ISO performance.
Well, nothing is perfect but the G9 is pretty darned good. If you can work within the limits imposed by cameras of this type, the G9 is the class of the field.
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