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Canon G9Xii vs Samsung Galaxy S6?

Started Aug 22, 2017 | Discussions thread
rpm40
rpm40 Senior Member • Posts: 2,411
Re: Canon G9Xii vs Samsung Galaxy S6?

MaxPowers37 wrote:

rpm40 wrote:

The g9x will be more capable in low light, but I don't know how much he will notice in 4x6 prints (especially if he's not cropping the photos, editing, etc.). It will be more noticeable in larger prints, though.

If he felt it was worthwhile to carry his old Sony for slightly better images, he will probably feel the same way about the g9x, but he would get more benefit out of it if he gave the added features and controls a try.

Thanks for your help. When he had his old Sony smartphone cameras were laughably bad so there was a huge picture quality difference. Now I'm not so sure. What about the optical zoom with the G9x ii?

We might blow up 1 or 2 pictures at some point so if the Canon is noticeably better I'm thinking it will be worth it.

When you say you might blow up 1 or 2 pictures, how large? I would think his new cell phone could print beautiful 8x10s, but very large could be a challenge.

Since he already has the cell phone, maybe he should try printing our a photo he likes now, at the size he would print, and see how it turns out. He may be pleasantly surprised!

In low light, or for prints much larger than 8x10, I think the better quality from the G9x would be pretty apparent.

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