Recently I took my vintage Canon G9 out of the back of the cupboard and armed with a new battery purchased from a Chinese seller on eBay I gave it a little workout including this shot of a huge hibiscus flower in my garden.
By today's standards the G9 is rather basic with its very small 12mp CCD sensor but it did, and still does, turn out great photos under the right conditions. Its achilles heel is that it does not handle low light well as you have to shoot at ISO 200 orbelow for reasonable quality.
In terms of handling it is compact and easy to operate.The controls and menus are very straightforward and the zoom lens is very sharp. The body is metal and the camera feels solid and very well made. It also has an integrated optical viewfinder.
There would be no place even for an updated version of the G9 in today's market-smartphones have killed the segment-which is a pity because it really is a very competent little camera and I took some great photos with mine.
The photo was taken at 1/1000th at f4.0 at ISO 80 .
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