G9 vs G90

kalisti wrote:

Qadri wrote:

Hi. Can you tell me where it can be bought for £799 including with it the things you mentioned?

Thanks

It was deal, over a year ago as far as I remember.

The price has since gone up a bit.

yeah - you had to be at the right place at the right time for a split second to get the deal Windmill Golfer got - the best new deal you see thesedays is about £799 body only when Amazon etc have spot deals  ... The real best buys are when WEX get mint boxed ones used for £600 as you still get a 12 month warranty

One on ebay today at £765 body only.

It has come up on Amazon.co.uk a few times at that price, but you need to keep watching and waiting.

As Adam T said. That was an exceptional offer, in March 2020.  I hade resisted the G9 until then, being quite happy with my G80s, but the price was too good to resist. Not seen prices as low since.

Re price, for those in the EU: Until the end of June, a store in Italy sells the G9 body for 749 euros. I just got one. The G9 is a camera that I really, really like.

https://www.attualfoto.it/listino_promo?field_category_tid=All&field_correlati_tid=All&field_brands_tid=126&sort_by=title_field_value&sort_order=ASC

olrett wrote:

Re price, for those in the EU: Until the end of June, a store in Italy sells the G9 body for 749 euros. I just got one. The G9 is a camera that I really, really like.

https://www.attualfoto.it/listino_promo?field_category_tid=All&field_correlati_tid=All&field_brands_tid=126&sort_by=title_field_value&sort_order=ASC

that is a GREAT price indeed ...

great opportunity for many to get the G9 or even get a second body

Me, I already have two 

Harold

glassoholic wrote:

Yes... comparing specifications on paper vs in the hand can be very different things. I agree with the G9 being the best in specification, but would always recommend a "touch and try" to anyone. I have a lady friend who finds an EM1.2 without a grip way too big for her... it doesn't matter to her what the specs are over an EM5 size body (her max size limit). The only spec a G9 might be worth persevering with if the size is too big over a G95, is the much better IBIS... depending on usage criteria, great IBIS/ Dual IS2 can be a game changer.

Sorry to say you have made an error, the G90/95 does have Dual IS2, and Composite.

From advanced manual page 148

Ken Yull wrote:

glassoholic wrote:

Yes... comparing specifications on paper vs in the hand can be very different things. I agree with the G9 being the best in specification, but would always recommend a "touch and try" to anyone. I have a lady friend who finds an EM1.2 without a grip way too big for her... it doesn't matter to her what the specs are over an EM5 size body (her max size limit). The only spec a G9 might be worth persevering with if the size is too big over a G95, is the much better IBIS... depending on usage criteria, great IBIS/ Dual IS2 can be a game changer.

Sorry to say you have made an error, the G90/95 does have Dual IS2, and Composite.

From advanced manual page 148

CIPA image stabilization 5 stop(s) vs 6.5 stop(s) is perhaps good vs great

Harold66 wrote:

olrett wrote:

Re price, for those in the EU: Until the end of June, a store in Italy sells the G9 body for 749 euros. I just got one. The G9 is a camera that I really, really like.

https://www.attualfoto.it/listino_promo?field_category_tid=All&field_correlati_tid=All&field_brands_tid=126&sort_by=title_field_value&sort_order=ASC

that is a GREAT price indeed ...

great opportunity for many to get the G9 or even get a second body

Me, I already have two

Harold

too tempting! I may want my third G9

just checked the link. It's out of stock

Thanks for reply glassoholic, I agree, I was just trying to say that G90 had the option, nothing about being equal. Though still worth having.

Current pricing here in Aus makes the G9 hard to look past though - AUS$999 camera body at Amazon and Camera House - I'm sorely tempted at that price especially when G95 is just under AUS$1200 body only - though I probably don't really need many of G9 additional video features as my interest is photos. If it was an OMD1 em1 mark II at that price I'd probably go for it.

ccfandango wrote:

Current pricing here in Aus makes the G9 hard to look past though - AUS$999 camera body at Amazon and Camera House - I'm sorely tempted at that price especially when G95 is just under AUS$1200 body only - though I probably don't really need many of G9 additional video features as my interest is photos. If it was an OMD1 em1 mark II at that price I'd probably go for it.

I have ZERO interest in videos and yet for stills the G9 is vastly superior to the Em1 mark II so i am surprised by your comment 🧐 and compared to the G95 the difference is even bigger. it is not even close

I have been relying on my G9 for my professional work for more than three years  and it is BY FAR the best digital ILC that I have ever used 😇😎

Harold

I'm by no means at your level of experience or expertise - I have only recently had more time to explore photography again as a hobby as working for myself part time - unfortunately not photography related - but hope to have more time to practice.

The reasoning on the em1 mkII was literally just the significant price difference - in Australia even now the em1 mkII is always at least $200 or $300 more than the G9. Yet from reviews I've read they are rated pretty similarly with pros and cons for each. As almost all my lenses are Panasonic a G9 would make more sense.

I like the idea of the G9 at the price it is a bit of a steal really compared to other cameras - I had tried one a few years ago when I purchased my G85. The G9 was new on the market and almost double the price of the G85 which came with additional kit (2nd battery, 2 lenses etc).  However I could not justify the expense for something I may only use at 30 percent of its capabilities - even now.