Canon widens its ongoing hardware portfolio this week with the newest edition of its PowerShot range with the flagship but affordable PowerShot G9 digital camera. Canon outlines that its G9 model will offer "serious shooters and value-minded professionals a feature-packed camera" that offers top of the line capabilities of a high-end Digital SLR unit in a compact and lightweight package.
The 12.1 megapixel PowerShot G9 comes equipped with 6x optical zoom and Canon’s Optical Image Stabiliser (OIS), along with the latest "most advanced technologies" usually found on more expensive SLR cameras including RAW Mode and RAW+JPEG simultaneous capture functionality. Other G9 features include the Image Inspection Tool, which is now combined with the camera’s Advanced Face Detection technology.
"The PowerShot G9 digital camera brings our highest levels of performance and usability to the G-series," said Yuichi Ishizuka, senior vice president and general manager of Canon U.S.A.’s Consumer Imaging Group. "By combining RAW Mode with our other key technologies in this camera, we’re providing a high-performing and affordable option to advanced photo enthusiasts who want the creative power of a Digital SLR in a smaller body form."
Equipped with 23 separate shooting modes to deliver a mass of available preferences including Automatic, Manual, Shutter-speed-Priority, Aperture-Priority, along with two Custom modes and special scene modes such as Portrait, Landscape, Night Scene, Sports, Indoor, Beach and Snow, the G9 has something for everyone.
"The PowerShot G9 digital camera is also compatible with optional high-quality Canon wide-angle, telephoto and macro supplementary lenses, as well as EOS Speedlite flashes and a waterproof case rated to a depth of 40 meters/130 feet, giving photographers more robust photographic capabilities that are in line with professional and expensive SLRs," points out the official release.
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