Canon PowerShot G9 - Test shots

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Canon PowerShot G9 - Test shots - Full-res crops

A range of general test shots are shown over the next two pages. In some cases, the full size image has been reduced for bandwidth purposes, and a crop taken from the original full resolution image has been placed below it to show the overall image quality.

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Here's my usual detail test shot of the West Window of Exeter Cathedral, for you to compare with other cameras. Unfortunately the full-size shot is over our 5MB download limit, so you'll have to compare the crop below.

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The level of detail is amazingly high. Compare this shot with the 12mp Panasonic FX100.

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As you can see, the lens produces very little barrel distortion at wide angle. Unfortunately however the AiAF system decided to focus on the garden behind this wall, which I didn't notice until it was too dark for a re-shoot. I'll update with the centre and corner sharpness pics tomorrow.

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At the maximum telephoto setting the lens does produce a little pincushion distortion, but not much.

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