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PowerShot G9
Given the success of Canon's highly acclaimed G Series, it's no surprise that ambitious photographers have been eagerly anticipating the next model in its evolution. The wait has paid off handsomely with the introduction of the PowerShot G9. In image quality and functionality, the G9 stands above the competition with 12.1 megapixels of resolution, a 6x optical zoom with Optical Image Stabilizer, and RAW mode for the ultimate in creative control. Sophisticated design and high-quality construction complement the technology and make the G9 a camera to be reckoned with.
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35 out of 41(85%)customers would recommend this product to a friend.
Customer Reviews for PowerShot G9
Review 1 for PowerShot G9
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Nickname: G9 PowerUP
Well worth it
Date: January 3, 2010
Pros: Bright LCD, Lightweight/Portable, Simple controls/menu, easy to use, long lasting
Cons: chargable battery not always the best thing
This was well worth what i payed. A professional camera, with professional usage...
Many pros including it's long-lasting0life, charger V.S. battery, great brand, MANY more.
Many pros including it's long-lasting0life, charger V.S. battery, great brand, MANY more.
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Review 2 for PowerShot G9
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Nickname: GP Photos
Location: Cleveland OH
Used this product for: more than 1 year
Expertise Level: Advanced Amateur
Product replacement: Yes
Great in almost every way
Date: December 16, 2009
The pros are many -- fast, convenient, intuitive, quiet, easy to carry, provides stills and video. On an extended trip, doing mostly outdoor daytime shooting, I took this camera and left the my big new DSLR at home. Only problem was it was hard to adjust polarizer in bright sunlight. otherwise, no compromises.
Cons -- I can't get it to produce correct color using studio lights and colors are disappointing when shooting with just the on camera flash Based on its features, for its size I don't don't think you can beat it.
Cons -- I can't get it to produce correct color using studio lights and colors are disappointing when shooting with just the on camera flash Based on its features, for its size I don't don't think you can beat it.
8 of 9 people found this review helpful.
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Review 3 for PowerShot G9
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Nickname: Weiss
Location: Michigan
Used this product for: more than 1 year
Expertise Level: Hobbyist/Enthusiast
Product replacement: Yes
Well Worth It
Date: November 29, 2009
Pros: good battery life, Nice features/settings, excellent image quality, durable, Lightweight/Portable, Simple controls/menu, easy to use, light gathering ability
I went through a few less expensive cameras that lacked durability, lost picture quality and had battery issues. Mega pixels aren't everything. I was hesitant to spend the extra money but found it well worth it to move up a notch in quality. Much more durable and better light gathering ability and lot's of manual settings. I shouldn't have to replace it for a long time. It is a nice option when I don't want to lug around my big lense.
7 of 7 people found this review helpful.
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Review 4 for PowerShot G9
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Nickname: schooder
Location: Oklahoma city OK
Used this product for: more than 1 year
Expertise Level: Advanced Amateur
Product replacement: No
Unreliable
Date: October 7, 2009
Pros: easy to use, Simple controls/menu, Nice features/settings, excellent image quality, durable
This camera has stopped working twice once in california under warranty and once in PARIS Fr that time it really irritated me. Nice camera WHEN it works.
7 of 14 people found this review helpful.
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Review 5 for PowerShot G9
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Nickname: g9 friend
recommended
Date: September 30, 2009
Pros: easy to use, Nice features/settings, excellent image quality, good battery life, durable
Rugged little camera with lots of features of a SLR like bracketing, and real exposure controls for those that know how to use them. Can also be fully automatic and works nicely for any novice. One great feature is that there is an adapter that you can get for about $20 bucks that facilitates the use of standard filters, like a polarizer. Another nice feature are some built in filters for different light sources like flourescents that tend to make people look a little green. There's also a basic time-lapse mode that is pretty nifty. Image quality is great, have made 8x10 that look amazing. As with most digital cameras, they don't perform well in low light. But you can compensate but using a tripod like the gorilla grip and adjusting for a longer exposure. Only con is the back LCD display tends to be really susceptible to scratches so invest in some screen protectors.
17 of 17 people found this review helpful.
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Review 6 for PowerShot G9
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Nickname: Dave
Location: Pasadena, CA
Used this product for: more than 1 year
Expertise Level: Advanced Amateur
Product replacement: Yes
EXCELLENT Buy
Date: September 25, 2009
Pros: easy to use, Simple controls/menu, Nice features/settings, Bright LCD, excellent image quality, Lightweight/Portable, durable, the macro focus!
Cons: Poor Low-Light Performance, Short battery life
I think this G9 is the best point and shoot on the market. The picture quality is great, and it is unusually simple to figure out. My favorite setting is the macro focus though. I have NEVER seen such a clear and crisp macro focus when it come standard on a camera. In fact it is clearer than most macro lenses on cameras twice as expensive as this. Some downsides. Unfortunately, the camera does not work very well in low light areas, even if it is not that "low light". The lens (on mine at least) has been known to fish-eye SLIGHTLY. Battery life is not so good, but i think it is just because i take hundreds of pictures every time i use it, so don't go by that :). Overall, I don't think I'll be getting another camera for a long time.
7 of 9 people found this review helpful.
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Review 7 for PowerShot G9
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Nickname: Sir Ted
Location: Boca Raton Florida
Used this product for: more than 1 year
Expertise Level: Advanced Amateur
Product replacement: Yes
Best Camera Yet!
Date: September 23, 2009
Pros: easy to use, Simple controls/menu, Nice features/settings, Bright LCD, excellent image quality, Good Low-Light Performance, Lightweight/Portable, good battery life, durable
I travel overseas to remote locations doing missionary work. I bought this camera just as it was introduced. The megapixels got my attention as I like to enlarge photos from INDIA and CHINA from my international travels. It is rugged and the hard case can take the knocks on a rough road. The quality is terrific. I just bought a wide angle lens for large crowd photos. I cannot go to any other product as Canon far excels them all.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful.
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Review 8 for PowerShot G9
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Nickname: turtle power
solid unit
Date: September 23, 2009
Pros: easy to use, Simple controls/menu, Nice features/settings, Bright LCD, excellent image quality, Good Low-Light Performance, Lightweight/Portable, good battery life, durable, body size
Cons: slow trigger
I shoot professionally at a newspaper. This is my go-to camera on assignments when I don't want to carry a lot of equipment (rock climbing, hiking...) The quality of photo is outstanding; skin tones show nicely; manual mode is a dream. I have shot video with the G9 for multi-media assignments, and while it's not like a pro-grade video camera, it gets the job done and even surprised me with its abilities to capture action.
Cons with the camera are it's lag time between pushing the trigger and the shutter going off. Not great for sports, but that's what SLR's are for anyway.
Cons with the camera are it's lag time between pushing the trigger and the shutter going off. Not great for sports, but that's what SLR's are for anyway.
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Review 9 for PowerShot G9
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Nickname: Photochix
Location: Indiana
Used this product for: more than 1 year
Expertise Level: Advanced Amateur
Product replacement: No
Amazing Point and Shoot
Date: August 19, 2009
Pros: easy to use, Nice features/settings, Bright LCD, excellent image quality, Lightweight/Portable, good battery life
Cons: video not so great
Gives great control over images and quality rocks! I love being able to carry this around with me everywhere I go and knowing that I can still have complete control over my images.
The best part is I can shoot in RAW mode
The best part is I can shoot in RAW mode
Video could be better quality is not so great but I am more into using it as a camera not as a video camera.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful.
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Review 10 for PowerShot G9
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Nickname: l_lentz
Location: Williamston, MI
Used this product for: more than 1 year
Expertise Level: Advanced Amateur
Product replacement: Yes
Best Camera in G Series since G5
Date: July 25, 2009
Pros: easy to use, Simple controls/menu, Nice features/settings, Bright LCD, excellent image quality, Good Low-Light Performance, Lightweight/Portable, good battery life, durable, raw file output
I believe the G9 is the best compact digital point and shoot camera in Canon's G series since the G5. I would prefer the G9 over the G10 as well.
8 of 8 people found this review helpful.
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Review 11 for PowerShot G9
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Nickname: kena
Location: utah
Used this product for: more than 1 year
Expertise Level: Casual User
Product replacement: Yes
Stop turning on
Date: July 21, 2009
Pros: excellent image quality, good battery life
Purchased the G9 in Feb 2008 and it has taken great shots of family gatherings and scenery. At our last family gathering just 15 minutes before a special event was to take place, the G9 would not turn on and there was no back up camera. I was very upset, the store that it was purchased from is out of business. I would suggest that you buy the additional warranty for two to three years. I now have a back up camera while waiting for the G9 to be repaired.....
5 of 5 people found this review helpful.
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Review 12 for PowerShot G9
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Nickname: sellers
Location: Coral Springs
Used this product for: more than 1 year
Expertise Level: Advanced Amateur
Product replacement: No
I am thrilled with my G9
Date: July 12, 2009
Pros: easy to use, Simple controls/menu, Nice features/settings, Bright LCD, excellent image quality, Good Low-Light Performance, Lightweight/Portable, good battery life, durable
Cons: i wish there were a variable lcd screenable
I came back from Alaska just recently, and before that, a Greek Island cruise. Comparing pictures with my friends--my pictures stood out every time!!
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Review 13 for PowerShot G9
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Nickname: SweetMom528
Used this product for: 6 to 12 months
Expertise Level: Advanced Amateur
Product replacement: Yes
Love this Camera!
Date: June 25, 2009
Pros: easy to use, Nice features/settings, excellent image quality, Lightweight/Portable
This is the best Powershot ever. I've owned G3 and G5
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Review 14 for PowerShot G9
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Nickname: Marlowec
Location: Seattle
Used this product for: 6 to 12 months
Expertise Level: Professional or Expert
Product replacement: Yes
Great find
Date: June 16, 2009
Pros: easy to use, Simple controls/menu, Bright LCD, excellent image quality, good battery life
Cons: Short battery life
Looks like a Contax G1 or G2 film camera which I love. The 1st shot I took with this camera was remarkable loved it. The camera is simple to use for a point and shoot this is a great camera to own. The manual settings is what drew me to this camera. The only con is the F-stop range which I think I am going to still invest in an Digi SLR.
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Review 15 for PowerShot G9
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Nickname: t
Used this product for: more than 1 year
Expertise Level: Professional or Expert
Product replacement: No
dust on sensor
Date: June 8, 2009
This camera will get dust on the sealed sensor within a year...
4 of 20 people found this review helpful.
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Review 16 for PowerShot G9
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Nickname: Wellcraft19
Location: Kirkland, WA
Used this product for: more than 1 year
Expertise Level: Advanced Amateur
Product replacement: No
Pretty good, but far from perfect
Date: April 25, 2009
Pros: easy to use, Simple controls/menu, Bright LCD, excellent image quality, good battery life, durable
Cons: Difficult to use, Complicated controls/menu, Poor Low-Light Performance, Heavy/Bulky
Have had the G9 for a bit over 16 months by now. due to its size, I do not use it as much as I should (with a similarly rugged camera in smaller package). Still not worked through all the controls, some pretty confusing. ISO control wheel is in a bad spot since it easily twists when pulling camera out of a tight bag (tight bag in order to keep size down), or just having it on the stomach in a sling. This has been fixed on the G10 though.
Camera LOOKS good, really great classic design, and picture quality is for the _most part_ excellent - as long as you turn off auto-ISO and stay on ISO at 200 or less. As others stated, higher ISO just renders horrible noise. I wish Canon would have kept MP down to 8 or 10 instead of jumping on the totally unnecessary MP race, or gone to a larger sensor. High MP on small sensor just does not work...
that proof can be seen in one of my old 2.1 MP S330s, which actually can challenge the G9 in certain situations. As always, Canon has a great color balance, but there is as with almost all digicams issues when you have very high contrast in the pictures (like snow and shadow).
that proof can be seen in one of my old 2.1 MP S330s, which actually can challenge the G9 in certain situations. As always, Canon has a great color balance, but there is as with almost all digicams issues when you have very high contrast in the pictures (like snow and shadow).
Battery life is as good as one could expect. An added lock on the lid would be neat (like on the A720 IS), but have not lost anything yet. Always concerned when getting water droplets or (melting) snow on the extended lens but no problems resulting from that so far.
Controls are easy in "mostly" auto mode, but it IF you want to make adjustments, it takes time due to the wheel and menu design. NOTE, this is no worse than similar cameras of same caliber, just not as good as it COULD be. Why is it that the engineers always gets away with too much "features" at the cost of "good design"?
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Review 17 for PowerShot G9
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Nickname: Richie
Location: Gainesville, FL
Used this product for: 6 to 12 months
Expertise Level: Advanced Amateur
Product replacement: No
Nearly perfect point and shoot!
Date: March 16, 2009
Pros: easy to use, Simple controls/menu, Nice features/settings, Bright LCD, excellent image quality, good battery life, durable
Cons: Poor Low-Light Performance
I've had my G9 for nearly a year now, and I'm quite happy with it. I took it to Italy on vacation, and got a lot more great pictures than I would have with a fancier SLR, mostly because I could carry it everywhere. The SLR would have been left behind in the hotel most of the time because of its bulk. Also, on vacation, one always worries about theft. The grab and run artists are not so sophisticated that they would distinguish between the G9 and any other P&S, but the big SLR is always a target. Others have criticized this camera as "difficult to use." but I disagree. The features available to a serious photographer are many, but set it on "P" and set the ISO to 200, and you can pretend it is a simple P&S and the camera will work well to get those nice snapshots. If you don't know what a neutral density filter is for, you don't need it. (That said, if you are going to spend the day shooting in bright sun on a beach or in the snow, you might want to Google "neutral density filter" before you go!) True, this camera is not great for low-light photography, but even the best of digital cameras are far from ideal for this use. If you want to do that, drag out that old film camera and push some Tri-X or one of the fast color films for far better results than any digital.
75 of 75 people found this review helpful.
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Nickname: cfk
Location: Cross Country
Used this product for: 6 to 12 months
Expertise Level: Advanced Amateur
Product replacement: No
Rushed Purchase, Bad Decision
Date: March 7, 2009
Pros: Nice features/settings, Bright LCD, Lightweight/Portable, good battery life, durable
Cons: Difficult to use, Complicated controls/menu, Poor image quality, f-stop does not control dof
Although I like the features, such as color accent and flash output control... I am not happy at ALL with how the background will not blur when set on a low f-stop. The background is just as clear as when using a higher f-stop. And there's a small range of f-stops too, not happy with that either. And like another reviewer said, the manual does not tell why you would want to turn the ND filter on or off and what it even is. For background blurring, I'm forced to go back to my SLR for a portrait shoot coming up... how embarrassing! How I wish I would've tested DOF in the store before buying this camera!
27 of 59 people found this review helpful.
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Review 19 for PowerShot G9
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Nickname: Bob
Location: Painted Post, NY
Used this product for: 3 to 6 months
Expertise Level: Hobbyist/Enthusiast
Product replacement: No
G9
Date: March 1, 2009
Pros: easy to use, Nice features/settings, Bright LCD, excellent image quality, good battery life, durable
My digital camera evolution within Canon has been SD450 to S80 to G9, with no disappointments in each step!
The G9 has features that I've just started to explore even after 6 months..., battery life is good, predictable and shares with the S80. The lcd is beautiful and I use the 'face' technology features frequently with the kids.
I do however find my self grabbing the S80 because of the size, I need to find a better case for the G9 than the bulky recommended Canon unit that I presently use.
This is a great camera with no reservations from my perspective.
---Bob
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Review 20 for PowerShot G9
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Nickname: John
Location: Chicago, IL
Used this product for: more than 1 year
Expertise Level: Casual User
Product replacement: Yes
PowerShot G9 Is A Great Camera
Date: February 27, 2009
Pros: easy to use, Nice features/settings, Bright LCD, excellent image quality, Good Low-Light Performance, good battery life, durable
Cons: Complicated controls/menu, Heavy/Bulky
I had the Canon PowerShot SD450 and the Canon PowerShot SD900 before the G9. Both cameras were fantastic compact cameras. But the G9 is far superior. If you don't mind carrying this camera around in a small camera bag then this is for you!
It's too big for your pocket but it is a great digital camera overall. I have yet to discover all the features of this but it is a fantastic camera for the casual user. Controls are confusing to me, but that's because i'm an amateur! Maybe i'll learn one day.
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