When the Canon PowerShot G7 launched in September 2006, he was met by some lukewarm reviews, mainly because it was seen to lack many of the qualities that made its predecessor, the PowerShot G6 such an apparatus with fans People, especially the f / 2.0-f/3.0 lens and RAW mode. Well, it seems that someone at Canon is listening, because the new PowerShot G9 is here, and that the RAW mode is back with a 1/1.7-inch sensor 12.1 megapixels. He always f/2.8-f/4.8 the 6x zoom though.

Canon G-series cameras have always been the company’s flagship compact models, and they have always commanded a higher price for their position. There are very few other manufacturers of cameras that compare directly with the G-series models, but some that you may include a study of 10 megapixel Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX2 (£ 280), the Sony Cyber 8MP - Shot DSC-H3 (£ 210), the 12MP Nikon Coolpix P5100 (£ 260), even 10MP Leica D-Lux 3 (£ 490!). You might even consider the PowerShot G7, which is still available for some time to come around £ 240, a bit cheaper than its launch price of £ 449. The PowerShot G9 was launched in September at a retail price of £ 449, which is higher than the current retail price of a EOS 400D with a goal and a hell of a lot of money for a compact. Three months later, it is available for around £ 320 by some online retailers, even if a more usual price is about £ 350. It is a little less than the RRP, but the G9 is still very expensive camera.

The lens is not all G9 shares with the previous model. As you can see from these photos, G9 is physically almost identical to the G7, and shares many of the features that the camera. In many ways, the G9 is really just an upgrade, adding a few new features. The body is exactly the same, a little utilitarian black box measuring 106.4 x 71.9 x 42.5 mm. It weighs exactly the same to a heavy 320g. Apart from the doors and control screen, the body is made entirely of metal, and you might expect from a £ 350 camera build quality is superb. There is no doubt that the G9 is to survive serious on the part of a semi-professional or amateur photographer and advanced rangefinder-like design is practical and robust. Control layout is also identical to the G7, with a 10-position main mode dial on the top plate, with a dial for selecting the ISO setting. zoom is a rotating bezel around the trigger. On the back is another rotating bezel, this time around the pad. It is used to capture the values of openness and filling, the development and manual adjustment can also be used for navigating through menus. I know that some people really hate this control, but personally I like. Combined with the on-screen display, it is very fast and accurate way to adjust the settings, manual focus and control is particularly accurate. Rather, I think they have a small pad a bit fiddly though.