Canon PowerShot G9 Digital Camera

I'm a semi pro photographer who mainly works in the glamour industry... I wanted a camera to back up my 5d, which was also small enough to use as my point and shoot when I'm travelling....

OK backing up my professional camera.. the G9 is quite good... the lens is superb, very sharp and with little distortion at the extremes of its focal range... My reason for buying this camera was the RAW facility plus being able to run flashgun off it.. At time of writing I'm not tried using the G9 with a radio remote to set off my studio light.. but I have tried it with my 550ex flash.. The flash is not totally integrated... you have to go to the later caon flashes for that but with a bit of trial and error using the camera on manual I achieved stunning results....

RAW is excellent and the superfine JPEGs are superb too....

Menu structures are very comprehensive, but if you know your way around a camera then you should quickly become familiar with them...

The only downsides are the lack of remote facility and the focal length of the lens could be wider... I'd love to see 24mm at the expense of the zoom capability........

As a point and shoot i dont think you can get a better camera for the money. The G9 is superb and the facilities availible are light years ahead of the sony I bought just 18 months ago..... But my opinion about the point and shoot capabilities are dependant on you having some knowledge on how to work a camera... To just use this camera in green auto mode is a waste... if this is what you want save yourself money and go for a cheaper camera... get away from green auto and whammo you have a camera capable of challenging the quality of lower end digital slrs....

So overall, as the title of this review says, the G9 is so near to being a great, great camera..... a future classic... Please Canon a 24mm focal length would make it a great great camera!!!