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i know here there are several people that have a knowledgeble opinion on cameras, so i thought i'd ask....is the powershot g9 really he best big copmact digital out there or there is something better or at least coparable??? eg ricoh caplio r8??

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I got a 10mp Sony W170 , an extra wide angle & tele lens & broke the LCD in less than a month ..... grrr
My wife got a Panasonic TZ5 & its awesome . Leica lens , 9mp & one of the 1st medium compact cams with a 10x optical zoom .

I got a 10mp Sony W170 , an extra wide angle & tele lens & broke the LCD in less than a month ..... grrr
My wife got a Panasonic TZ5 & its awesome . Leica lens , 9mp & one of the 1st medium compact cams with a 10x optical zoom .

whats it like for noise?

Im on a mad hunt for any compact with minimum noise and good colour tone.

I have tried new Casio, pentax, samsung compacts and they were awful. Kodak seemed quite good, but not nearly as wide as I would like.

I dont care if its 3 years old and 3-4megapixel as I only want it for posting to the net.

well, depending on your budget...

if wanted THE BEST... i would follow the little red dot.. http://www.leica.com/

well, depending on your budget...

if wanted THE BEST... i would follow the little red dot.. http://www.leica.com/

Im after something sub £100, dont care if its well old like I said. And the res is poor. Just want the images to "look nice" if you know what I mean?

I have access to a 400D whenever I want, this is just something to carry around if I see anything cool, take pictures of bike bits etc.

well, depending on your budget...

if wanted THE BEST... i would follow the little red dot.. http://www.leica.com/

they are just rebadged panasonics. buy one of those instead and save yourself ££'s

As a G9 owner, I can't recommend them enough.
And some hefty bartering down on Totty Court Rd can get you a pretty sweet deal…

the G9 is a good compact camera but not really noise free...
I've been lucky and had it brand new in box on gumtree for 200 and for that money is well worth.
if you want to give it a try pm me...

they are just rebadged panasonics. buy one of those instead and save yourself ££'s

And thats the truth. I've got a TZ5 and a guy at work has the Leica equivalent, cost almost 3 times as much, red dot screams steal me, and apart from the appearance it is identical. Same controls, picture quality just heaps less $$$.

... I dont care if its 3 years old and 3-4megapixel as I only want it for posting to the net.

then it really doesn't matter.

my kiwi friend in Melbourne actually had a G9, i had a few shots with it, it felt good and seemed to do the job efficiently....

then it really doesn't matter.

oh but it does,

stuff you see by accident, things you do, people you meet are all so much better than planned stuff you lug around a big slr for.

The majority of my pictures will be taken through whatever this camera may be.

And thats the truth. I've got a TZ5 and a guy at work has the Leica equivalent, cost almost 3 times as much, red dot screams steal me, and apart from the appearance it is identical. Same controls, picture quality just heaps less $$$.

?

There is no Leica equivalent of the TZ5.

If you like wide-angle shots you might prefer the recently announced Panasonic LX3 to the G9.

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0807/08072102panasoniclx3.asp

G9 is 35mm at it's widest. And noisy over ISO 400, but the best compact, and it'll shoot RAW

The LX3 is 24mm at it's widest (18mm add-on lens is available), shoots RAW, and has an external viewfinder.

http://a.img-dpreview.com/news/0807/Panasonic/LX3_accessories.jpg

The LX3 looks nice but I hear the RAW write times are appalling and the noise is unbearable above ISO 400. Based on preproduction reviews, mind, so they might sort that out before it launches.

Also, remember just because it said "Leica" on the lens does not mean it's brilliant, it just a bog standard lens.

best compact is the Sigma DP1 - first APS-C sized sensor on digital compact, but otherwise go for the Ricoh.

I have a G9 and really really like it
I'd recommend it
great photos, built like a tank too
but its big in comparison to say, the ricoh r8, which I recently had a fiddle on
the r8 is cool, but -especially in low light conditions- the full manual controls are a major advantage
I like my camera a lot

I have the G7 which is brilliant and the g9 is much of the same with most of the criticisms of the g7 answered for, basically the RAW ability.

Solidly built, I dropped it from standing height, dent on one corner but still working perfectly. Great in lowlight conditions, noise is really only an issue once you start hitting the higher ISO settings, at 1600 it becomes really grainy. i rarely ever use it past 400.

I also have the canon wide angle lens, unfortunately the lens is so big that the viewfinder is rendered useless.

definitely recommend the g9.

noise is really only an issue once you start hitting the higher ISO settings, at 1600 it becomes really grainy. i rarely ever use it past 400...

true of any camera and back in the day true of any equivalent film. Also down to user.

true of any camera and back in the day true of any equivalent film. Also down to user.

yep. just echoing the fact.

so basically, the g9 is the best you can get if its true of any camera.

yeh, I have the Ricoh, best compact camera ever...

true of any camera and back in the day true of any equivalent film. Also down to user.

decent digital camera nowadays have 800 decent ISO, full-frame digital can look usable by 1600.

about film, they actually have usable 1600 ISO, like the Fujifilm Natura 1600, the Kodak Portra 800, etc.

so basically, the g9 is the best you can get if its true of any camera.

The Sigma DP1 I think, give less noise than that thought, the sensor is bigger.