Canon’s PowerShot G9 was announced in August 2007 alongside the EOS 40D and a raft of new compacts. There was no G8 – Canon skipped direct to the G9 which makes it the successor the last year’s G7. It comes just 11 months later and like previous PowerShot G Series models, is targeted at higher-end enthusiasts and even pros looking for a serious compact digital camera.

The new PowerShot G9 takes the retro-styled body and 6x optically-stabilised lens of its predecessor and makes a number of improvements. Most obviously the resolution has increased from 10 to 12.1 Megapixels, the screen enlarged from 2.5 to 3in (along with a small boost in detail), and there’s now support for RAW recording.

Support for RAW can hardly be described a new feature though as it was present on earlier PowerShot G models, but unforgivably removed on the G7. Canon’s sensibly responded to a raft of complaints though and reinstated it here. As such the G9 is the only non-DSLR in Canon’s current range with RAW facilities.

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