fuzzybabybunny wrote:
quick question: How fast does it store RAW files? Back in the day I used an Olympus C-750 and each shot with TIFF took about 7 seconds to complete as the camera wrote the image to the card. During those 7 seconds the camera was essentially inoperable.
it's fast. continuous ain't so hot, even with jpg, but for shot to shot, it's plenty quick.
Interesting news. I've been on vacation in Europe for the past couple of months with my 5D kit. Was wishing I had a G7 on some of those days when my gear was too bulky.
The G9 sounds great. I have a couple of questions...
1. Is the wide angle adapter any good?
2. Can the G9 sync with a manual flash at high shutter speeds? I want to use this with my 430EX on sunny days with the ability to reduce ambient light with a fast shutter.
i've done some tests with my nikon speedlites. on the hotshoe it syncs right up to max shutter. with ebay radio slaves, syncs to about 1/500 - 1/640. gotta love ccd sometimes.
Kevin Yong wrote:
Interesting news. I've been on vacation in Europe for the past couple of months with my 5D kit. Was wishing I had a G7 on some of those days when my gear was too bulky.
The G9 sounds great. I have a couple of questions...
1. Is the wide angle adapter any good?
Cheers
Kev.
I'll let you know later in the week. After looking at the Canon and the Raynox 7000--weight and size and IQ, I opted for the Raynox. I'm a WA shooter so I did feel limited.
picnic wrote:
I'll let you know later in the week. After looking at the Canon and the Raynox 7000--weight and size and IQ, I opted for the Raynox. I'm a WA shooter so I did feel limited.
Diane
Does it vignette at all?
I bought a WA adapter for the G7/G9 from a HK seller on UK ebay and it cuts all 4 corners off to render it utterly unusable.
I contacted the seller and he said that was what it was supposed to do and I should just zoom in!
So I said what is the point of having a wideangle converter you can't use at wideangle! Got my money back luckily.
If this one doesn't vignette I will buy one. I assume you still need the Canon 58mm adapter anyhow. Super camera.
I bought a WA adapter for the G7/G9 from a HK seller on UK ebay and it cuts all 4 corners off to render it utterly unusable.
I contacted the seller and he said that was what it was supposed to do and I should just zoom in!
So I said what is the point of having a wideangle converter you can't use at wideangle! Got my money back luckily.
If this one doesn't vignette I will buy one. I assume you still need the Canon 58mm adapter anyhow. Super camera.
David
Love those pups.
My understanding is that it does not vignette at the very widest whereas the 6600 does with a filter (mine isn't here yet---and because of Columbus Day today the mail will be a day later I'm sure)--but one step in takes care of that--and its still the widest even with this. I chose the 7000 because it seemed to have the second best IQ (Canon first, but not as wide and WAY bigger and heavier).
Here's the link to the Lensmate site and the WA converters with samples for the G7/9 http://www.lensmateonline.com/newsite/G7wide.html
You do need the 58mm converter to add the WA, tele or macro. I had the original Lensmate for the G1--ugly LOL. Haven't used a small cam since, but I do like this one---and the LM doesn't detract from it. Biggest con is that it takes it out of 'pocketablity'. With the bayonet mount I find I can just screw off the LM if I want to put it in my pocket.
I don't understand why a wide angle shooter would buy a camera without wide angle capabilities. Those WA converters are so huge, you might as well carry a Rebel XT...
dhphoto wrote:
I bought a WA adapter for the G7/G9 from a HK seller on UK ebay and it cuts all 4 corners off to render it utterly unusable.
I contacted the seller and he said that was what it was supposed to do and I should just zoom in!
So I said what is the point of having a wideangle converter you can't use at wideangle! Got my money back luckily.
If this one doesn't vignette I will buy one. I assume you still need the Canon 58mm adapter anyhow. Super camera.
So far I think the controls are at least as good if not better than the Panasonic LX-1/2 / Leica DLux 3. The ISO dial is something I didn't expect to like all that much but it's grown on me -- very convenient to see the setting and change it quickly.
I just got the RRS L-Plate today and it fits really well. Doesn't block the battery door. It's a really small plate compared to the one on my SLR. Now I can use it with the tripod for product photos instead of the jerry-rigged B86 plate I was using before.
Edited by amalgam on Oct 08, 2007 at 01:42 PM GMT (Reason: spelin)
amalgam wrote:
The ISO dial is something I didn't expect to like all that much but it's grown on me -- very convenient to see the setting and change it quickly.
I just wish the 'high' setting wasn't next door to the 80 ISO, too easy to knock. Should be next to 1600 instead. It's a small detail but it seems obvious to me.
Kevin Yong wrote:
Interesting news. I've been on vacation in Europe for the past couple of months with my 5D kit. Was wishing I had a G7 on some of those days when my gear was too bulky.
The G9 sounds great. I have a couple of questions...
1. Is the wide angle adapter any good?
2. Can the G9 sync with a manual flash at high shutter speeds? I want to use this with my 430EX on sunny days with the ability to reduce ambient light with a fast shutter.
Cheers
Kev.
The wide adapter is oversized in appearance and pretty weighty. Circumferance of the objective lens is like a DVD. You won't be able to attach filters to it. Though adapters by others might be threaded for this purpose; but the large mm size makes for one expensive filter, far outweighing the wide adapter's price. IQ hit is negligable. Canon's and other makers wide adapter adds some barrel, but it's fixable. Canon's adapter was superior in the outer periphery. Compromises, just like the point and shoots.
G9 handles hi-speed sync. External flash works very well with it.
ChrisDM wrote:
I don't understand why a wide angle shooter would buy a camera without wide angle capabilities. Those WA converters are so huge, you might as well carry a Rebel XT...
Diane B wrote:
I'm primarily a DSLR person--with a 12-24, 15-30, 20 f/1.8, 24-70L, 28 f/1.8---so I'm well covered for WA. On the off chance that I feel the need for WA for the small cam I'll have it--and its more likely I'll carry the G9 with all my gear--esp. for travel--and choose for the day
. No--actually, there is a good bit of difference in size/weight between the Rebel and the G9 with the Raynox. I've looked at the Rebels for several years and knew if I carried that and my 15-30 or 12-24, that's still a big thing to carry--in bulk--plus to get the range you'd have to carry a second zoom. And--I don't like the handling of the Rebel for myself---I'd rather carry the 5D.
I looked at 3 other cameras--the Ricoh, Leica and Panny. They are all too small for me--the G9 is the bottom limit in size I want to handle -- my husband has the F30 and I hate shooting with it and they are all closer in size to that. They also exhibit more noise than I like--and even without the WA--I can stitch. I do it all the time with the 5D, both on tripod and handheld, so I know how to do it. However, I prefer a 'higher' format for some things and don't want to get into shooting a 3 x 3 or 2 x 2 for panos as I do with the 5D at times.
So--for me, having the WA as a possibility--still light, relatively small, AND the option to just screw off the Lensmate and have a pocketable camera makes very good sense.
Savas K wrote:
[ You won't be able to attach filters to it. Though adapters by others might be threaded for this purpose; but the large mm size makes for one expensive filter, far outweighing the wide adapter's price. IQ hit is negligable. Canon's and other makers wide adapter adds some barrel, but it's fixable. Canon's adapter was superior in the outer periphery. Compromises, just like the point and shoots.
G9 handles hi-speed sync. External flash works very well with it.
I don't plan to use filters--not even for protection. I have handled the Sigma 15-30 for 6 years without a filter so I'm not worried--plus the converter (Raynox) is relatively inexpensive. Others might feel they have to have one, but I have 2 big bulbous lenses without--the 15-30 and 12-24 and you just have to take care--they do have hoods however.
Compromises as Savas says. I suppose it depends upon how you are going to use it.
I took my SD card and went to a local Camera shop, take a few pictures with G9 and went home, tried to use the bridge to download the pictures. I can open the Jpeg files but not the RAW (CR2), even though I am able to open the "old" CR2 file from my archive that I shoot with 30D. Does it means that Canon or Adobe has a different CR2 format out there?
Please drop me a note if you encountered the same problem, or know how to get the CR2 convert that i can see the IQ of the G9.
Sam tran wrote:
I took my SD card and went to a local Camera shop, take a few pictures with G9 and went home, tried to use the bridge to download the pictures. I can open the Jpeg files but not the RAW (CR2), even though I am able to open the "old" CR2 file from my archive that I shoot with 30D. Does it means that Canon or Adobe has a different CR2 format out there?
Please drop me a note if you encountered the same problem, or know how to get the CR2 convert that i can see the IQ of the G9.
Sam: I had the same problem. I saw the CR2 desiganation and assumed it was the same format I was used to. Neither Photoshop or ZoomBrowser would load them. I had to upgrade zoombrowser from the enclosed disk and went to Adobe to download ACR 4.2. All is well now.
