Robin Wong G9 Review - Thoughts?

I do have a G9 for tests in my arsenal since Friday afternoon. I plan to use it mainly with my PL100-400. I can NOT confirm Robin's EVF blackouts, but I DO confirm that in low light, especially with this lens, AF gets tricky. I run some tests in my home environment with not entirely consistent but similar enough conditions, and the G9 fails to lock focus once you get below a certain light threshold - this is no Nikon D500. I have run these tests with literally dozens of cameras and the G9 is no slouch in AF speed in good light, but breaks down fairly quickly in low light. Granted, I have only tested PinPoint AF so far, so this is therefore non-conclusive. I can also confirm that I changed the JPEG profile from "standard" to "neutral" since I like the color rendering better (early Sat morning shot attached).

That being said - I like the camera much better than I thought I would, and I seriously consider to keep it. It's a photographers camera (unlike my Sony A7RII). I like (and still keep) the Panasonic GM1/GM5 models (just for sheer size and fun of it) but have been mostly in the Olympus m4/3rd camp for travel and m4/3rd 'reach'. The G9 is a positive surprise for me. Very positive actually.

The EVF pin cushion distortion for me as an eye-glass wearer is pretty severe - that being said it's still better of an EVF as for instance my Leica Q. Pretty amazing actually.

C-AF Test and BIF etc. still outstanding - the weather was not cooperative here over the weekend, and I did not want to test the weather sealing on a camera I don't own - yet.

G9 and early morning light - initial tests w/ PL 100-400 - original size OOC JPEG