Canon Powershot G9: Review

The G-series has been at the pinnacle of Canon's digital compact camera range for almost as long as there has been a Canon digital compact camera range. There have been a few autumns where the latest G-model did not surface, fuelling fears that Canon had decided to leave the pro-grade compact user left out in the cold. Each time, Canon answers this with a bigger and better model. Which is why the Canon PowerShot G9 is the best compact camera Canon currently makes. It also makes a very strong case for being the best compact camera anyone currently makes.
Specs
Megapixels 12.1
Screen 3" LCD (230,000 pixels) + OVF
Zoom 6x optical zoom (35-210mm equivalent), 4x digital zoom
Picture Modes
Auto, Program, Aperture Priority, Shutter Priority, Manual, Custom user modes (x2), Stitch Assist, Movie mode, 16 scene modes (portrait, landscape, night scene, sports, night snapshot, kids & pets, indoor, foliage, snow, beach, fireworks, aquarium, underwater, ISO3200, colour accent and colour swap)
Stabilisation Yes - lens-based
Sensitivity ISO80-1600
White balance
Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent (x2), Flash, Underwater, Custom (x2)
Storage SD No internal memory
Battery 720mAh Lithium Ion pack NB-2 (CIPA rated 240 shots)
Other / Key features
RAW facilityAuto ISO shift Hot shoe for Canon speedlights and wireless flash systemFace DetectionOptional wide angle and teleconvertersCanon and Pict-Bridge direct printSound memo recording

The full review at thinkcamera.com is a very interesting read.

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