MY GEAR - Point and Shoot
My point and shoot camera is one of the hardest working digital products I own. It’s a really convenient ‘tool of the trade’ that always finds itself in the jacket pocket, the backpack or the camera bag.
The Canon G9 was a great addition to the toolbox, as I hadn’t been using many digital point and shoot cameras before this model (the Yashica T4 was my ‘go-to’ during the film days). Once the G9 dropped and included the following list of features, I was sold:
1. Hot Shoe
2. Raw File Image (with or without jpeg)
3. Time Lapse Mode
4. High Resolution Filming Mode
5. Macro Focus
6. Manual Shutter Speed/Aperture adjustment
7. Lens attachment ring
These were the items I needed in a point and shoot to feel comfortable with making the investment and subsequent lugging around of another work item.
Durability is always a question to be asked of your photography equipment…the G9 has done really well. The little guy gets punished in the line of duty and has withstood every mission to date. I don’t run a case with this camera because I have yet to find one that’s super quick to break into when you need to snap a photo immediately (and isn’t bulky).
Canon has since released the G10 with some much-needed improvements:
1. Larger Raw File image size (15.1 as compared to 12.1)
2. Improved sensor
3. Additional noise reduction
For some reason the engineers designing the G10 decided to remove the Time Lapse Feature and High Resolution Filming Mode. These are the two reasons why I’m still shooting with the G9. Having the ability to film, record time lapses and take photos is too good to be true…but the proof is in this little camera.
Check out the photos below for the ease of installing a wide angle lens, remote and flashes on the hot shoe.
Hit me up with any other questions about the G9.
Peace, blotto
The Canon G9 measures 2.75 x 4 x 1.5 inches
The Canon G9 with Conversion Lens Adaptor LA-DC58H, 58 to 55 step down ring & a Sony .5 Video Wide Angle Lens. Also pictured is a Canon Speedlite 580EX.
