Canon PowerShot G9, reviewed by Bob_A

I had a G9 and loved it. It was the best compact I have ever owned. It felt extremely well made to me and the files it produced were very DSLR like. I would by again.

hammaggot wrote in post #17349575
I had a G9 and loved it. It was the best compact I have ever owned. It felt extremely well made to me and the files it produced were very DSLR like. I would by again.

Other than the sensor having pretty poor dynamic range it was a nice little camera. In good light the images were terrific. It was a shame when it shorted out on me, and then finding out it was a pretty common problem. Kinda broke my heart to toss it in the garbage, but the cost to repair it was way more than what the camera was worth.

Wife & i have had 8-9 of the fine G9s,,with in its limits it still hard to beat ,,we never had any lose screw problems ??i think its how you handle it ??we still have 2,she uses hers loaded with RF add-ons and a lens-mate adapter and filters as needed...i used mine as "born
' in a custom leather case..we have taken some fine pics with a G9 and even printed a few 11x14 prints from them..
IOHO the G9 is a fine camera,,we had a G15 and sold it likeing the 9s better

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Ron

Ronnie H wrote in post #17350435
Wife & i have had 8-9 of the fine G9s,,with in its limits it still hard to beat ,,we never had any lose screw problems ??i think its how you handle it ??we still have 2,she uses hers loaded with RF add-ons and a lens-mate adapter and filters as needed...i used mine as "born
' in a custom leather case..we have taken some fine pics with a G9 and even printed a few 11x14 prints from them..
IOHO the G9 is a fine camera,,we had a G15 and sold it likeing the 9s better

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Ron

You were seriously lucky. It's a manufacturing defect and has nothing to do with how the camera is handled ... unless it just sits on a shelf and isn't used. For the G7 and G9 apparently Canon didn't use any threadlock on some of the screws. One will eventually fall out and with the right movement will end up touching a sensitive component and cause a short. Just do a Google search and you can see it's a widely known issue.

The key is, if you hear a rattle and it's not the orientation sensor and your camera still works, take out the battery and then follow the steps shown on a few sites to disassemble the camera. After finding the offending screw put everything back together but this time use some Locktite on the screw that fell out along with all others that can possibly come loose. Wish I knew about the problem (and solution) earlier because with a hour's worth of effort I'd still have a working camera.