Canon G9

[Andrew Wheeler]

...anyone know when this little wonder is hitting these shores?

(Fingers crossed it's before I head off to OZ..)

Andrew

[Brian Lalor]

The detail page just says "September". :(

[Brian Lalor]

I'm sorry, I know this isn't adding much, but I saw a discussion yesterday that implied the person was expecting theirs on the 15th.

[Brian Lalor]

Now in stock at Amazon! $499.00, You save $0.98! ;)

[Andrew Wheeler]

Now in stock at Amazon! $499.00, You save $0.98! ;)

Really? Well I go check...

Thank you.

Andrew

[Andrew Wheeler]

ordered!

[Brian Lalor]

I hope you'll give us a full review when you get it! :)

[Andrew Wheeler]

I hope you'll give us a full review when you get it! :)

It should be in my grubby little hands on the 18th...along with two 4GB SD cards...

Actually kinda excited to have something so compact and IMO quite powerful - I've been waiting for them to bring back the RAW file creation and they did!

We'll see what it can do....

Andrew

[Brian Lalor]

I've been wanting a compact, high-capability P&S for some time now, too. I was eyeing the Panasonic with RAW (I forget the model number; it's one of the badge-engineered Leicas) and was planning on going that route, especially after OS X was updated to support the RAW files in Aperture. Now I guess I should wait and see how it compares to the G9. Unless one drops precipitously in price in the near future, however, I'm probably just going to hold off for a while. I want a 40D, now. :)

[John Thawley]

I have the old G5 and it's a wonderful camera. I'm often tempted to take it with me... but my Leica D-Lux 3 wins out due to size... and I like the 16:9 "letterbox" format. But, sometimes it does lack a little heft. And of course, the noise in anything over 200 ISO is scary. But the convenience is nice.

I may have to get a G9 anyway. Looks like a great camera.