Canon G9 in decline!

[Milan Vjestica]

My long standing and faithful G9 is dying. It no longer sets to Tv or Av. The image view does not work and it produces some horrible yellow toning on skin in close portraits. Apart from that it is still pretty good. I must admit I really like this camera for its quality and portability. It suits my long fingers well.

Now the crunch. Replace with a new G15 or go one better with either a G1x or other brand like the Panasonic GX1 or Fuji X10?

I can get a 14-42 PZ pancake for my GF-1 and get close to the portability with a better sensor? This would be about half the price of a replacement and reduce my camera count which may buy me more latitude to add another SLR sometime later this year. Unfotunately I have the 14-45 with the GF-1 but it is not that compact so often gets left and the G9 taken instead. The 14-45 may not be worth much on ebay!

I am currently leaning toward the pancake option and putting the rest aside toward a D600 or D800 around April.

Sanity check or advice welcome.

 

[Hamish Gill]

I think the pancake zoom for the panny sounds like a good option if that is going to get the size down to more like a g9
the image quality is likely to be a lot better and as you say you will save you some cash ...
i can't find any holes in your logic on that one!

 

[Pete Askew]

Sounds pretty sensible to me to - even though I rarely do 'sensible' myself!

 

[Milan Vjestica]

I have been doing some research. According to DxO there is little difference in the sensor quality between the GF-1 and the GX1. The Canon is better scoring 60 versus the GX1 at 55 and the GF-1 at 54. The Canon also wins on low light. However, a pancake zoom for $236 delivered is on order.

I also really like the images I have seen from the Fuji X-Pro 1 but the lenses and pricing make it neither pocketable or financially viable as a second camera.

Pete, I am with you on the sensible, or rarity thereof. My wife was not convinced that D600 was pocketable and when she saw the price of the Leica M9 she threatened parts of my anatomy I would rather keep! Sensibility, self preservation and amateur psychology got the pancake zoom ordered!

 

[Milan Vjestica]

It looks like the G9 has finally gone lens up!

However, here are the 2 lenses for my GF-1 side by side! A quick snap for comparison.

 

[Hamish Gill]

How do you find the zoom on the x lens?

 

[Milan Vjestica]

Hamish

I do prefer a manual zoom. The power zoom is not bad though. I'll try some images with both soon.

 

[Hamish Gill]

I think I could live with the power zoom quite happily concidering the size gains ... Smaller-ness ... You know what I mean!

 

[Milan Vjestica]

A couple of pictures with the pancake zoom.

 

[Pete Askew]

Very nice Milan. I like the saturation and narrow DoF.