Paul F Thompson
Active member
What I can’t understand is that we are getting such widely different results and opinions about the H9. I’ve seen dozens of excellent H9 photos on this forum – and a good number of poor ones too – and we have at least two professional reviews that clearly don’t like this camera plus a number of very unhappy users as well, and some that are not exactly happy but not totally p-off.
Is ‘beauty’ in the eye of the beholder? Or are there some definitely sub-standard cameras out there? I was earlier interested in the Olympus SP-550 ultra zoom. It had more range and features than the H9 but it too earned a poor review from this site. As well there were happy users and unhappy ones. Again was it a question of poor quality control or something else that apparently affected some cameras but not others?
I settled the issue for myself by trying one out and found it clumsy and erratic in its picture taking. I was hoping for better from the H9. But in view of the negative comments from here and elsewhere I’m not so sure I even want to try one.
The Canon S5 is coming out this month and I’m going to try that first. If it’s a keeper I don’t think I’ll even try the H9. Or should I? The need for a firmware fix seems evident to many users. If Sony doesn't come up with one very soon it won't get my $$ even on a trial basis.
Paul
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Is ‘beauty’ in the eye of the beholder? Or are there some definitely sub-standard cameras out there? I was earlier interested in the Olympus SP-550 ultra zoom. It had more range and features than the H9 but it too earned a poor review from this site. As well there were happy users and unhappy ones. Again was it a question of poor quality control or something else that apparently affected some cameras but not others?
I settled the issue for myself by trying one out and found it clumsy and erratic in its picture taking. I was hoping for better from the H9. But in view of the negative comments from here and elsewhere I’m not so sure I even want to try one.
The Canon S5 is coming out this month and I’m going to try that first. If it’s a keeper I don’t think I’ll even try the H9. Or should I? The need for a firmware fix seems evident to many users. If Sony doesn't come up with one very soon it won't get my $$ even on a trial basis.
Paul
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