My first impressions of the Canon G9

Monday, July 28th, 2008
by Greg

My first impressions of the Canon PowerShot G9 is that it’s a very solid camera with a good weight to it. The well constructed camera body gives it a PRO like feel much like my previous 1D Mark2. It’s the closest thing to a PRO level camera in point-n-shoot category. The settings are easy to navigate; both the external buttons and the onscreen menus are nicely laid out.

One very pleasant surprise, I found is the physical Neutral Density Filter built in to the camera lens; which you can turn on and off in the onscreen menu. I really like the fact that it’s a real filter and not a software applied one. 

I normally don’t like manual focus controls on a point-n-shoot camera. Because, they are a pain in the ass. However, the G9’s manual focus is pretty well thought out and easy to use. Granted the only time your really going to be turning on is to shoot some macro photography shots.

The scroll wheel on the back, controls the manual focus along with the majority of other settings. It’s a common feature on Canon’s PRO line of DSLRs; which adds to why the G9 has a PRO like feel to me.

Photos

Self-Portrait with camera.

Macro Shot of my Olympus-Pen EES-2

Linkage

• Canon PowerShot G9 in Photograview’s Camera Store
• G9 Flickr Group Photo Pool ( Flash Slideshow )

It’s been along time since I’ve had access to a camera that shoots in a RAW format. I have a notebook full of ideas of things I want to photograph. So far I’m very happy with my purchase.