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About to get a G9 X. Any thoughts?

Started Feb 26, 2019 | Discussions thread
Tom_Bruno Senior Member • Posts: 1,388
Re: About to get a G9 X. Any thoughts?

The G9X is a wonderful camera, and great fun to use. The IQ is much better than a smartphone, and it's very small and truly pocketable.

I have mark I of the G9X, and have taken thousands of pictures with it. I also have a FF DSLR, which takes better pictures, but -- for most of my pictures, which are not meant ot be professional, and at the size I present or print them, up to 11x14 books or computer screens, the G9X with a little simple post processing, holds its own nicely against the FF camera. The detail is very good, the colors are rich and warm, skin tones look natural, and if you don't shake when making the exposure you can crop in if needed to a surprisingly good level.

I almost always shoot RAW, but I have taken quite a number of JPEG's with the G9X, and they look really good sooc. The AF is quite fast, and face detect works well.

The small size is a key for me.  It's really small, like really small! That makes it easy to carry and use, but also means it's unobtrusive. People don't notice it, and don't mind having their picture taken with it.

The mark II has significant improvements, and the price is still very good.

I love my G9X! And did I mention -- it's really small!
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Tom B

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Canon G9 X Nikon D750 Nikon AF-S Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8G ED Nikon AF-S Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G ED Nikon AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II +3 more
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