Anyone have experience with Canon G9?

[JCMach1]

have been thinking about one...

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

1. looks good

http://strobist.blogspot.com/2008/04/on-assignment-par-for-course.html

[mth44sc]

2. I loved my G3 and G6

here is a review on the G9

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0708/07082005canong9.asp

[priller]

3. Yes, I have one

It's a great little camera. I keep it in the car and use it as my "every day" camera, when I don't want to lug around my big Nikon D300. I also added an aftermarket grip and extension tube, which makes it much easier to hold and I can add filters to it. Makes it look better, too, I think.





The pictures I posted recently of the Disney Concert Hall were all taken with it:




Here are a few more recent ones:

[priller]

4. I guess I should add a few more impressions

Things I like about it:
-- Lots of detail in the photos
-- Good RAW support
-- Live histogram
-- Nice sharp lens, nice range
-- Metal body, has a little more heft than most compacts
-- ISO knob on top is great
-- Big LCD is nice

Things I don't like about it:
-- Slow focusing (of course, I'm spoiled by DSLRs)
-- If you pixel peep, you can see some noise even in ISO100. But then, I don't think it's really detrimental to photo quality.
-- Not much room for your thumb on the back (since the LCD is so large), I tend to hit buttons back there accidentally. And I have small hands.