Michael,

You mentioned that you planned on taking a G9 to Madagascar. I was wondering if 1) you got to put it through its paces? and 2) what your opinions were as to its performance?

I'm obviously not looking for the technical / pixel-peeping type of feedback (there is plenty of that elsewhere), but rather some of your real-world comment.

Thanks.

I used it a bit, and I like some of the new features over the G7, and also of course raw mode. This makes it unique among digicams. I also found the movie mode to produce quite nice results.

I was sad when I had to return the loaner to Canon, and found that I didn't want to go back to the G7 as my P&S, so later today I plan on buying a G9 for my own use.

I have started a G9 report and it will appear here some time before Xmas.

Michael

Thanks for the reply.
I look forward to it.

Welcome to the G9 Club!

No doubt you've taken note of the discussion thread on noise reduction techniques specifically for the G9. I hope you'll contribute and include recommendations in your report.