PowerShot G9

Summary

This camera has features including a 12.1 Megapixel, 1/1.7-inch CCD, DIGIC III Image Processor, 6x optical zoom lens with a shift-type optical Image Stabilizer (IS) system and 3.0-inch LCD monitor with wide viewing angle. It uses Battery Pack NB-2LH to shoot up to approx. 240 images (based on the CIPA standard when the LCD monitor is on), and SD memory cards, SDHC memory cards, MultiMediaCards, MMCplus cards and HC MMCplus cards for the recording media. Images are utilized with a direct print compatible printer, computer and TV via USB 2.0 Hi-Speed.

Specifications

(W): Max. wide angle (T): Max. telephoto
Camera Effective Pixels

Approx. 12.1 Megapixels

Image Sensor

1/1.7-inch type CCD (Total number of pixels: Approx. 12.4 megapixels)

Imaging Processor

»DIGIC III

Viewfinder

Real-image zoom viewfinder
･ Picture coverage: approx. 80% (representative value)
･ Eyepoint: 15 mm (0.6 in.)
･ Dioptric Adjustment: - 3.0 to +1.0 m-1 (dpt)

Lens

6x Optical Zoom Lens with the Lens Shift Type Image Stabilization
7.4 (W)–44.4 (T) mm (35mm equiv. : 35 (W)–210 (T) mm) f/2.8 (W)–f/4.8 (T)

Digital Zoom

Approx. 4.0x (Up to approx. 24x in combination with the optical zoom)

Safety Zoom

Large: 6x Medium 1: 7.4x Medium 2: 9.3x Medium 3: 15x Small: 24x

Digital Tele-converter (35mm equiv.)

1.5x: 52.5 (W)–315 (T) mm 2.0x: 70.0 (W)–420 (T) mm

Focusing Range

･ Normal: 50 cm (1.6 ft.)–infinity
･ Macro: 1–50 cm (W) (0.4 in.–1.6 ft. (W))
･ Manual focus: 1 cm (0.4 in.)(W)/50 cm (1.6 ft.) (T)–infinity
･ Sports mode: 1 m (3.3 ft.) (W)/3 m (9.8 ft.) (T)–infinity
･ Kids&Pets: 1 m (3.3 ft.)–infinity

LCD Monitor

Wide Viewing Angle 3.0-inch type, low-temperature polycrystalline silicon TFT color LCD, Approx. 230,000 pixels (Picture coverage 100%)

AF System

･ TTL autofocus
･ AF lock and Manual focus are available
･ AF frame mode: Face Detect/AiAF (9-point)/Center/FlexiZone

Shutter

Mechanical shutter + electronic shutter

Shutter speed

15-1/2500 sec.

･ The shutter speed varies depending on the shooting mode.
･ Slow shutter speeds of 15 to 1.3 sec. or slower operate with noise reduction.

Built-in Flash

Auto, On, Off
Flash output compensation (±2.0 stops in 1/3-stop increments), Red-Eye Reduction, flash output settings (3 steps), FE Lock, Slow Synchro, 2nd-curtain Synchro and Safety FE are available.

Flash Range

Normal: 30 cm–4.0 m (12 in.–13 ft.) (W), 50 cm–2.5 m (1.6–8.2 ft.) (T) (ISO speed: Auto)


External Flash

Flash output compensation (±3.0 stops in 1/3-stop increments), flash output settings (19 levels), FE Lock, Slow Synchro, 2nd-curtain Synchro and Safety FE are available.


22 levels with 580EX II

Terminal for External Flash

･ Hot shoe flash-sync contacts
･ Use of the following external flashes is recommended:
Canon Speedlite 220EX, 430EX, 580EX and 580EX II.


Drive Modes

Single Shooting, Continuous Shooting, Self-timer

Continuous Shooting

･ Approx. 1.5 shots/sec. (Large/Fine mode)
･ Approx. 0.7 shots/sec. (Continuous shooting AF, Large/Fine mode)
･ Approx. 0.8 shots/sec. (Continuous shooting LV, Large/Fine mode)

Self-timer

Activates shutter after an approx. 10-sec./approx. 2-sec. delay, Custom Timer

Computer-controlled shooting

Shooting possible when connected to a computer using supplied software.

Exposure Control

ND Filter, Exposure Compensation, Metering Methods, ISO Speed

ND Filter (built-in)

Light intensity reduction: 3 stops (Intensity becomes 1/8 of actual level)

Exposure Compensation

±2 stops in 1/3-stop increments

Metering Methods

Evaluative, Center-weighted average or Spot (Center or AF-point)

ISO Speed (Standard Output Sensitivity, Recommended Exposure Index)

Auto, High ISO Auto, ISO 80/100/200/400/800/1600


When [Face Detect] is selected, the brightness of the face is also evaluated.


Camera automatically sets the optimal speed.

White Balance

Auto, Day Light, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H, Flash, Underwater, Custom 1 or Custom 2

Shooting Modes

Auto, Creative zone, Image zone

»Auto

Creative zone

»Program, »Shutter-speed Priority, »Aperture Priority, »Manual, »Custom 1, »Custom 2

Image zone

Special Scene, »Stitch Assist and Movie


»Portrait, »Landscape, »Night Scene, »Sports, »Night Snapshot, »Kids&Pets, »Indoor, »Foliage, »Snow, »Beach, »Fireworks, »Aquarium, »Underwater, »ISO 3200, »Color Accent and »Color Swap.


Standard, High Resolution, Compact, Color Accent, Color Swap and Time Lapse.

Recording Media

SD memory card/SDHC memory card/MultiMediaCard/MMCplus card/HC MMCplus card

File Format

Design rule for camera file system and DPOF compliant

Data Type

･ Still images

Exif 2.2 (JPEG) or RAW (CR2) Sound memo: WAVE (monaural)

Sound recorder: WAVE (monaural)

･ Movies

AVI (Image data: Motion JPEG; Audio data: WAVE (monaural))


Exif Print is a standard for enhancing the communication between digital cameras and printers. By connecting to an Exif Print-compliant printer, the camera's image data at the time of shooting is used and optimized, yielding extremely high quality prints.

Compression

Superfine, Fine, Normal

Number of Recording Pixels

Still Images

･ Large : 4000 x 3000 pixels
･ Medium 1 : 3264 x 2448 pixels
･ Medium 2 : 2592 x 1944 pixels
･ Medium 3 : 1600 x 1200 pixels
･ Small : 640 x 480 pixels
･ Widescreen : 4000 x 2248 pixels
･ RAW : 4000 x 3000 pixels

Movies

･ Standard, Color Accent, Color Swap

640 x 480 pixels (30 frames/sec.)
640 x 480 pixels (30 frames/sec. LP)
320 x 240 pixels (30 frames/sec.)
Recording can continue until the memory card is full (can record up to a maximum of 4 GB at one time)

･ High Resolution (can record up to a maximum of 4 GB at one time)

1024 x 768 pixels (15 frames/sec.)
Recording can continue until the memory card is full (can record up to a maximum of 4 GB at one time)

･ Compact (Maximum recording length per clip: 3 min.)

160 x 120 pixels (15 frames/sec.)

･ Time Lapse (can record for 2 hours)

640 x 480 pixels (1 frame/sec. (shooting interval: 1 sec.), 0.5 frame/sec. (shooting interval: 2 sec.)) (15 frames/sec. during playback)


Using super high-speed memory cards (SDC-512 MSH recommended).


Even if the clip size has not reached 4 GB, recording will stop at the moment the clip length reaches 1 hour. Depending on the volume and data writing speed of the memory card, recording will stop after one hour of continuous recording even if the recorded data volume has not reached 4 GB.

Audio

Quantization Bit Rate: 16 bit

Sampling Rate

･ Sound Memos, Movie (Compact): 11.025 kHz
･ Movie (other than Compact): 44.100 kHz
･ Sound Recorder: 11.025 kHz, 22.050 kHz, 44.100 kHz

Playback Modes

Single (histogram displayable), Index (9 thumbnail images)/Magnified (approx. 10x max. in LCD monitor, forward or reverse selection through magnified images possible), Red-Eye Correction, My Category, Jump (it is possible to jump to every tenth or hundredth image, to the first image of each shooting date, to movies or to the first image in each category or folder.), Slide Show, My Colors, Sound memos (it is possible to record and playback up to 1 min.), Movie (editing/slowmotion playback possible), Sound recorder (up to 2 hours of recording/playback of sound only), Resize

Direct Print

PictBridge, Canon Direct print, Bubble Jet Direct

My Camera Settings

Start-up image, start-up sound, operation sound, self-timer sound, and shutter sound

Interface

USB 2.0 Hi-Speed (mini-B), PTP (Picture Transfer Protocol)
Audio/Video output (NTSC or PAL selectable, monaural audio)

Communication Settings

MTP, PTP

Software

･ »ZoomBrowser EX (for Windows OS)
･ »ImageBrowser (for Mac OS)
Please read »System Requirements in advance.

Power Source

･ Battery Pack NB-2LH (Rechargeable lithiumion battery)
･ AC Adapter Kit ACK-DC20 (sold separately)

Battery Capacity (Battery Pack NB-2LH Fully Charged)

･ LCD Monitor On : Approx. 240 images (Based on the CIPA standard)
･ LCD Monitor Off : Approx. 600 images
･ Playback Time : Approx. 7 hours



Test Conditions

･ Shooting

Normal temperature (23±2C/73F±3.6F), normal relative humidity (50%±20%), alternating wide angle end and telephoto end shots at 30 second intervals with the flash fired once every two shots and the camera power turned off after every tenth shot. Power is left off for a sufficient amount of time, then the power is turned back on and the testing procedure is repeated.

･ Playback

Normal temperature (23C±2C/73F±3.6F), normal relative humidity (50%±20%), continuous playback at 3 seconds per image.

Operating Temperatures

0–40C (32–104F)

Operation Humidity

10–90 %

Dimensions (excluding protrusions)

106.4 x 71.9 x 42.5 mm (4.2 x 2.8 x 1.7 in.)

Weight (camera body only)

Approx. 320 g (11.3 oz.)