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Landscape: 4.73MB, Program, 1/800, f4, ISO 80, 7.4-44.4mm at 7.4mm (equivalent
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Our first sample image was taken on a very bright day with the G9 zoomed-out and set to its lowest 80 ISO sensitivity. As such this represents near-perfect conditions and you'd expect a good result.
The G9 doesn't disappoint under such conditions, delivering images packed with detail, and while they're not as clean as a DSLR, you'd really have to pixel-peep to notice much noise.
The G9 also avoided fringing on the high contrast areas of the boat deck. |
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Landscape: 6.34MB, Shutter Priority, 1/4, f4.5, ISO 100, 7.4-44.4mm at 7.4mm (equivalent
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To blur the waterfall in this shot we set the G9 to Shutter Priority mode and selected a shutter speed of 1/4 of a second. The G9's controls make this as easy as a DSLR, and the stabilisation has eliminated any camera shake.
The crops reveal plenty of detail and low noise at 100 ISO. There's a small amount of fringing, but possibly more due to sensor blooming than the optics. Either way, it's small enough not to be a problem when printed. |
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Portrait: 5.67MB, Aperture Priority , 1/1250, f4.5, ISO 200, 7.4-44.4mm at 37mm (equivalent
to 175mm)
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Our portrait shot was taken with the G9 zoomed-into an equivalent of 175mm and its aperture wide open. The sensitivity was increased to 200 ISO.
The G9's great manual controls make it easy to select a small depth of field and throw backgrounds out of focus if desired.
Pixel peepers will notice a very slight increase in noise here at 200 ISO, but the results are still very good. |
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Macro: 5.86MB, Program, 1/1250, f4, ISO 200, 7.4-44.4mm at 7.4mm (equivalent
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The G9 can focus as close as 1cm which allows impressive macro results. Here we were almost touching the surface of the circuit board, with the capacitors looking almost like tower blocks in an aerial shot.
The crops reveal an image that's packed with detail, although for a larger depth of field, you'd want to manually close the aperture a little.
Interestingly the G9 in Program mode here selected f4 depsite very bright conditions. This is the sweet-spot of the lens though. |
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Macro: 4.67MB, Program, 1/1250, f4, ISO 400, 7.4-44.4mm at 7.4mm (equivalent
to 35mm)
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The macro facilities of the G9 are so good we wanted to show another example here, this time taken at an increased sensitivity of 400 ISO.
The G9's again gone for its optimal aperture of f4 in Program mode and the results are very sharp and detailed.
The increase to 400 ISO has however resulted in a noticeable increase in noise, visible as textures on flat coloured areas like the blue sky. Given this is a 12 Megapixel image though, you're unlikely to notice on anything but the biggest prints. |
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Indoor: 4.92MB, Program, 1/60, f2.8, ISO 400, 7.4-44.4mm at 7.4mm (equivalent
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The first of our indoor shots was taken at 400 ISO.
There's a clear increase in noise over the 200 ISO samples, although modest noise reduction means fine details haven't been smeared-out. This gives you the chance to apply noise reduction later if desired.
It's also interesting to note the G9 zoomed-out with its aperture open to f2.8 has a relatively small depth of field. Unlike most non-DSLRs, the background magazines here weren't sharp. |
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Indoor: 3.78MB, Program, 1/15, f2.8, ISO 800, 7.4-44.4mm at 7.4mm (equivalent
to 35mm)
Indoor: 3.70MB, Program, 1/60, f3.2, ISO 1600, 7.4-44.4mm at 7.4mm (equivalent
to 35mm)
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Our final shot was taken with the G9 set to 1600 ISO, and there's a significant drop in image quality.
Both noise and noise reduction are much higher than earlier samples and there's also a loss in saturation.
This may be acceptable on the smallest prints and in emergency situations, but at all other times, we'd recommend avoiding 1600 ISO on the G9.
That said, the G9 performs well at other sensitivities, and dropping to 800 ISO would give a much better result. |
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