tan oak said:
My spouse received her G9X last week and I have played with it briefly. It takes about a second for it to wake up and another second to extend the lens and beep indicating readiness to capture an image. She is replacing a ten year old compact Panasonic Lumix that is smaller physically and has a 2GB maximum memory card limit. The 64GB card installed in the G9X promises 9999+ large JPEG images or 324 minutes of HD 30FPS video. Besides the tiny zoom toggle knob around the shutter button the frontside ring (auto mode) can adjust the zoom in steps: 28, 35, 50 and 84mm and the click stops are very quiet unlike the G7X. Hand held, my half shutter focusing seems to hunt front and back once before showing green in-focus boxes to indicate it is ready. In my dimly lit room, with the camera lens wide open and f/2.0, I pick different objects in live view with my finger and it identifies the objects very quickly with white brackets but spends a second sometimes auto focussing. So it is not going to be an action capture camera unless it is in video mode.
Thanks for your response. You have addressed the second half of the title of this thread in a very readable way. I have also found these:
A. http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/canon-g9x/canon-g9xA6.HTM
and
B. http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/canon-s120/canon-s120A6.HTM
...where A. and B. contain data comparing the responsiveness of the G9X and the S120.
Looks to me like the 'responsiveness' of the G9X and the S120 are approximately the same (which gives me pause).
As to the first question ('G9X: Overpriced?')...after '10% cashback' or whatever it is called, the price is now ca. four hundred dollars...from dealers I trust.
What do CR forum readers think about the green tint (look near the ceiling) to this one?
https://www.flickr.com/photos/cameralabs/22908553192
Bottom line for me is this--I have hundreds of S95 images that are 'good enough' for my needs (sometimes)...mostly because the darn thing is in my pocket and I know it is there.
Would the G9X and its pocketability (like the S95) work a lot better than the S95, or somewhat better, or a little better?
The M2 + 22mm combination is quite tiny but not nearly as pocketable as the S95...undoubtedly better in low light...but also requires an external flash for afternoon vacation pictures that include people (and the attached flash balloons the size).
Lots to digest.
I guess what I want is the biggest sensor I can get in an inexpensive body that fits in my pocket...that includes a flash. And Canon skin tone.
Or, I guess what I want is the $3K full-frame 35mm fixed lens Sony!