Should the Canon G9 still matter?

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I know I know, were talking about a two year old point and shoot here right, why should I care? The answer is pretty simple with the global recession still holding strong you are thinking about more then photography lately you’ve been thinking about saving money. Too bad saving money usually takes a back seat to new camera gear, you can always find something photographic that you need more then those new shoes.

So why would you want a point and shoot, you’ve got a high end DSLR sitting in your bag at home. For me at least the answer is size, I commute to work every day and on occasion at least I see something great to take a picture of. Lugging my big camera and lens is really not an option for me every day add that bad in with my laptop bag and I’d be up over 30lbs. On the other hand lugging a point and shoot with me is a perfectly viable option and something I can live with; on the other hand I can’t live with the shots from a normal off the shelf point and shoot. I still want all the features I’ve come to rely on, RAW support, manuel exposure controls, ISO setting controls, metering options etc etc.

That brings me to the 2 year old G9 it’s got a nice big LCD screen plus a normal view finder (one of the things I think is most important). I know some of the latest point and shoot’s on the market offer lots of newer better features but most of them don’t offer the viewfinder. They force you to shoot via LCD screen rather then being able to pull the camera to your face to frame it up the old fashioned way. I just can’t see relying on the LCD for all the shots you want to take, if you in the sun you can’t see it if you doing slow exposures your hands shake too much and you get blurry images. I don’t understand why camera manufactures keep moving away from one of the best parts of cameras the viewfinder.

I’ve had this little beauty in the laptop bag I take to work every day for while now and more and more I’m starting to see great shots I’ve been missing each and every day. This is the true value of the camera isn’t it? The more pictures you take and the more it makes every day a great picture opportunity the higher it’s value.