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I've had the Canon G9 since it was released. Since the camera has 2 custom positions (C1 and C2), you could store 2 separate custom color profiles. Makes it a bit easier to compare plus you don't have to keep re-entering your parameters. To use this, setup your custom color profile, then go to the last item in the camera MENU tab and save to either C1 or C2.

The Gs are not “trash” cameras even today - they are pretty bullet-proof compacts that have more than enough megapixels and flexible enough setting modes to produce great stills results, even for publication. The reality is the race for “more” has been fuelled by manufacturers keen to keep selling and has actually become meaningless for most practical applications. I have a couple of different Gs that I bought from new a decade or more ago - I wouldn’t part with them and on many occasions they are more convenient than the SLR/mirrorless while still enabling excellent results to be obtained.

I bought my G9 new in 2008 and it is still in mint condition and has given me 100% reliability ever since. It slips in my pocket easily and is still really nice to use. Can't compete in many ways, obviously, with my Fuji X-T5 or X-H2 but I still use it quite regularly. By the way, I was directed to your site by Tom Calton who spoke highly of you, and it is a good recommendation if this nice little video is representative of your work. I enjoyed this.

I picked up a G10 a few months ago in prime condition and i love it. Its a bit rubbish at night but during the day the colours it produces are amazing. I personally shoot JPG only in positive film profile which i think looks amazing. Its a great pocket camera and in my view one of the best digicams to buy given its professional features if you want them. They are also amazingly well built.

Someone give this man his nobel prize

i just grab an used Panasonic Lumix LX7 with a great condition for $160 and watching your video makes me feel trying to make the fake Fujifilm looks, and you know what i'm really suprised at how good this old camera with just 10MP and a fake Fuji color looks, and lucky for me that LX7 got 2 customized profile (C1 & C2) so i can just save the recipe and used it whenever i want to. I follow most of your recipe and added some tweaks: Contrast -2 Sharpness -1 Saturation 0 Noise Reduction -2 White Balance: Cloudy +1 Red +2 Blue

I still have my Canon G10, which has way too many megapickles for its sensor size. But... it produces similar results to the G9 SOOC, and I've found myself reaching for it occasionally in recent months. Mostly because folks like you have inspired me to pick it up again. Awesome to see your results from the G9!

Canon Powershot G9 = trash???🤨

You are the gem! Really! Like your videos and bit of a gag in them! BTW Powershot G9 is my first own digital cam so after your video I decided to give it a second go in 2023! Bow!

Just recently got back into amateur photography after a significant hiatus, where as before I chased “the new big thing” I’ve gone back to the old stuff, also a switch from my familiar Nikon to Canon. picked up an EOS 500, 5D and more recently a G7 for everyday carry, must admit the other two hardly come out with me now, loving the G7 and a huge thanks to you for this video as I’ve got my images looking just how I want them 👍🏻

Great video George. Thanks for sharing. Just an FYI, I tried these settings on my Canon S90 and I got very similar results. (The S90 has the same sensor and processor as the G11)

Love when you make G9 videos, now I'm going look at other fuji recipes see if portra 400 works 😈 I've been enjoying turning off the display and using the lil ovf.

I have a G9 and a G10. I’ll try this with both cameras. The two cameras are pretty close to identical but the 10 has a little bit wider lens.

you can get these for a pretty good deal. I found a guy selling 2 of these online for 300,- i bid 150 to buy 1 of them. He said that he wanted to sell everything at once, but that for 150 i could buy everything of him. One of the cameras came new in the box and was never used before, the other one was used but taken care of perfectly. I sold the used one for 150 and kept all the extra accessoires for myself.

the powershot G9 works surprisingly well if you're trying to emulate a dispo look

Man, you nailed the settings to give the film look in digital, is working wonderful with my Canon S90, thank you.

The G9 has a more 'filmlike' color to it than the "Fujifilm 400" X-Pro 1 IMO, the G9 looks like Kodak Gold 200 to me which is FAR more iconic than Fujis 400 which was a bit 'meh' to me IRL film. The real deal Fuji 400 was not "pretty" film, it was good stuff but it has a slight blue tending tint cold color to it. Kodak Gold 200 has a "golden" hue summer vibe to it which is massively more iconic to me, I still have hundreds of prints from the Kodak 200 made in the 80s and 90s and mixed in are some Fuji 400 and you can tell immediately which ones. The Fuji was/is probably more accurate to life but that shouldn't be the goal I think, or for me it wouldn't be at any rate. The Gold 200 slight red/yellow tendency look is "nicer" than the boosted blue/green of the Fuji in terms of "retro style" even though it's a bit less accurate, what the Kodak does 'badly' is green/blue which nets you washed out sky blue and muted green without 'pop' but in return it gives you golden sunlight and earth/sand tones that you can almost crunch your teeth on. To be a bit less poetic etc, Fuji 200 was OK, same tint but far less terribad than the 400, Kodak Gold was THE film then, specifically the 200. Where I bought film you'd only really get the Fuji if the Kodak was sold out, or you needed 400 for the speed, which I did when shooting horse riding stuff. For some reason back then it felt "cool" to be shooting 400ASA and Fuji was "more pro" somehow, but now all these years later I much prefer the Kodak look because it's a more relaxed informal 'vibe' to me.

I find it interesting that just on first glance G9 photos don't look that different than the X-Pro photos. I know that if you blow them up and start pixel peeping and all that jazz, the files will start to fall apart but for simple photos that you don't plan on using for "professional" work this seems to be perfectly fine.

Thanks, I ordered one for 70 euro so I have a nice compact to have with me. Despite the numerous DSLR's I have laying around. This is gonna be fun

I'll have to see about doing something like this on my PowerShot G12. I haven't touched my G12 since I bought a Canon EOS R8 this January, although I've had my G12 for 12 years (bought in 2012). I've had pictures from it feature on my social media, and I love the aesthetic it produces straight out-of-camera.

Thanks for the info. I will give it a try on my G11 to see how it translates over.

Fun but useful videos! So long as Fuji effects are mentioned I might as well point out that the free Darktable photo app has a Velvia setting. It produce color very close to your "sorta Fuji" samples.

Nice one. I have two G9's. Great little cam's.. Good thing about the G9 is it's lens is 35mm at its widest aperture.. Not 28mm like the later model's.. Also the Nikon p7000 p7100, are great for monochrome. Thanks for the menu recipes.. 👍

Great video! The X-Pro 1 is "modern" with higher contrast and poppy colors. The G9 has a warmer look in the highlights with lower contrast. Both are nice. The G9 just looks so film-like. I have the G11 that I always keep in my Jeep. CCD sensors will always be my favorite for street photography. I just wish the G11 was a little more shaper but that might be my fault not nailing the focus and always shooting in F2.8 ha.

Surprisingly I can do the same settings adjument on the Samsung EX1 (or TL500, depending your region)

I legit just got one in the mail today, going to love taking pics with it

I got the g10 in a pawnshop before to find out your videos about it. Its cool to see the potencial it has, im gonna be trying the settings.

Thank you, for the free presets...i like it btw😊

I just bought a used olympus pen e-pm1, it's actually my first real camera besides a 110 I had as a child and disposables I used here and there. I would like to achieve the preset you have but do not know how to find the menus for these settings, where are they?

Bad ass! I actually i started collecting these a few months ago locally. Just got a G12,G15,G15,G16. The G15’s were like new. I was Waiting patiently to see who was gonna start the hype first. Great video. I love these lil guys. I use them as my daily’s along with my xpro when i need a little bit of zoom. P.s. awesome monty python clip 😜

Just tried them on my old 7mp Canon ixus 70/ SD1000. Has same setup on colours and they work great. Thankyou!

The G9 has a kind of predetermined breaking point - a cable connection in the lens breaks far too early. I had bought a G10 and thought that the known problem had been solved. But shortly after the warranty period ended, it too was defective and the repair would have been so expensive that I preferred to buy a new camera: The Sony RX10 is still with me to this day without any problems.

Before Fujifilm came out with the X-pro1 I was really tempted to buy a Canon G11... The only thing that stopped me is the inability to shoot low light

was looking forward to another g9 video and you did it… will you make another one? because after watching your videos i have decided to buy the g9😂❤

Currently I can suggest the Canon G7 Mark III or Ricoh GR III.

Excellent video I just applied it on my canon a710is and it works very well thank you I hope one day you will make another similar video ✌🏻

Hi mate. I have a question. I got the opportunity to get either the G9 or G7 ... The G7 its cheaper, but I been Watching a lot of videos about the G9 and I love it ... Its there any significant changes between models???

Thanks to your last video about the G9, I bought one in great condition for €65 and I love taking photos with it. This video has increased my curiosity to shoot even more. Please do more on this camera, I think it is a forgotten gem.

This camera is literally excellent … I have it and it is one of my companion for family moment (and I have the x100f , ricoh gr iii, fuji xf10, LX100 …) but this camera is never too far. Love the Colors and the way I set them to my taste and that’s the most important thing So for web publishing it’s more than you will ever need and for prints I print some A3 photo with no complaint. As I live in a sunny island the ND filter become handy. Really nice camera, well let’s say companion

I saw another youtuber passionately describe the Canon G7 Mark II as being quite filmlike because of its imperfections. I wonder how different it is then the g9.

HOW DO YOU TRANSFER PHOTOS ONTO A MAC. I just bought a used G9 and I can't seem to find the right method to get photos onto my computer. This camera is using a MMC card (not SD) and USB won't work, EOS Utility app won't work - I'm stuck! How are you getting photos onto your computer?

Wow! Thanks a lot again! Ill try that on my g12😮🔥

Hey George! I came across your previous G9 video and since I was feeling quite silly that day, decided to get one of my own for relatively cheap (Thanks algorithm I guess) ! It works fantastic, I love the noise and the CA it gives photos. Truly dreamlike. One question I have is, how'd you go about translating a FujixWeekly recipe into a camera setting on the G9? I've been shooting Fuji cameras since early last year and can't ever live without some semblance of in-camera colour profiles (Spoiled by SOOC JPEGS and Film sim!) I'd like to try out other film sims on this baby, any tips would be appreciated! Thanks! Love your vids. 😁😁

So I have an old Canon Powershot SX40 something or other… I used this camera for years. I’ve had no use for it since I got my Sony ZV-e10, especially since the powershot doesn’t even shoot RAW. I’m actually pretty stoked to take that bad boy out again after watching this video. It’s not as compact as the camera you’re using here, but it could be useful to take on long trips just in case my ZV-e10 batteries run out.

Great video, I have two of those. The first bought in 2007 and the second "Nos" many years later. Use them both from time to time and enjoy them!

I had a G9 before my X100. Its a great camera. Amazing B&W shots to be had with this camera

It looks cool, though the film setting felt very warm-going-into-yellow for me. But that could be what Fuji was going for with their films at the time

i just got a Canon G10 few months ago. Happy to see more your video on Canon G9 trick or more we don't know ! Thanks so much

Does it have a CCD sensor? I always think the CCD sensor images had a film like look about it. I still think CCD is better than the cheaper and universally used CMOS sensor.

Can you also cook some decent b&w SOOC with this oldie?

Helpful videos! I subscribed 😊

Awesome!) George, with this video you inspired me to buy a G9 and today I'm going to a neighboring city to get it! Thank you!)

My nephew has one. I had a g12. Loved it. my favourite and most used digital camera I have had.

Very cool! Picked up a G16 for free in my local Buy Nothing group on FB. Gonna give these settings a shot. Thanks for sharing.

In daylight, my G9 produces lovely images. Its size and lens make it a perfect travel camera. And the built-in flash is backlit fill-in magic. Craigslist: $70.

Hello, what is the Symbol With the Camera and the Triangel above and how to i fix the (?) to 1340?

I still love my CHDK PowerShot. It was how I got into using raw files.

Can you try something similar with a Sony camera?

I'll try the same settings on my ixus 70 (aka sd1000)! Thanks George

Love you man!

i have bought this camera after your last video about G9 and it is one of my favorites purchases

Love how it says kinda a Fuji copy and I’m like wtf how !!! Literally looks nothing like it and then I’m like wait these don’t look anything like Fuji superia either looks like your everyday Fuji digital image to much magenta or too much green in the highlights and shadows .. just looks bad

I did it with a Canon Powershot D30 waterproof. It's works great too. Thanks

I bought that camera new. Took nice pics in daylight for its time and sensor size. High iso was soooo bad. lol

But still, it makes better photos of dusk and dawn clouds, than my $500 phone.

Still very happy with Olympus MR-30 SZ

Ended up buying this camera off the couple mint that's unlike new condition. Had to charge the battery when I got it. Got the charger and little carry case and an s16 gig SD card in it. I took some pictures and the picture qualities very crisp but in watching a lot of KZfaq videos and I guess some person bought this camera new or used to brought it to a photography class and the photographer teacher ended up buying one for cheap and ended up going out and taking some capturing pictures and landscape pictures and they just came out. Unbelievable. He was very surprised on this camera said it's probably his best compact camera that he would recommend

Have the G3 5 and 6 and love them.

what's the g funk track at 1:41 ?

Thanks for the video. I have never owned or used the Canon G9, but I have owned and used the Canon G5, G11, and G15. I also own and use the Fuji X-Pro1 and X-Pro2. I agree with your comparisons between their jpeg images.

Any chance you have presets for a G12? I tried your settings but the images came out way vibrant instead of a bit muted...

I have a G11, think I need to dig out the battery and play with that again.

Great video! G9 jpegs are quite yellow looking!

Hey I just got a used mint condition g9 and have done a bunch of looking on how to add lenses but I can't figure it out if anyone knows anything it's much appreciated

Set this up on my G9 and took it out this morning,loving the results it gives

Is it possible to get similar effects and "filmy feels" with a g9x? it looks easier to buy one of those, nowadays.

Hi mate. When I choose the RAW OPTION it doesnt let me change the filter settings to make the custm jpegs ( it shots raw plus jpeg but the jpgs looks just like the raws because it doesnt let me change the filter settings)

awesome work georgey...looks decent on my canon s90 also....i didnt know fuji settings would work on the profiles..will take some shots in the future and tag u on Insta..much tanx

What you guys think about Canon G5? Can you get similar looking photos with that camera?

wich SD card is good for this old machine? Think newest are just too fast? Please an honest answer, thnx

same settings are available on S95, too ;)

does anyone knows what kind of battery does this camera use? I got one, but it doesn't come with the battery tho

i have the G9 and S95 and setup up both to this custom settings. Thanks!

Does this work with the G10? It seems to have 2 custom settings-- C1 & C2. Thanks!

Can someone suggest, the photos on the canon g10 camera will be much different from the g9, I really like this color and this grain that the camera gives.

Good video. Makes me want a... XPro1 😅

i'm a complete beginner so i have no knowledge whatsoever so bare with me! but the canon g9 is my first camera and i'm really overwhelmed! could you explain how you even got the custom settings? and where your dial is at? please dumb it down for me as much as you can as i have no idea what i'm doing lol

Hhm I think you came closer to more of a Kodak film imo, judging by the photos. Your G9 pics are missing magenta, they have more yellow. I think that probably has to do with the fact that the G9 is probably missing the WB colour shift.

Seems like you just need to kick up the contrast in sun light and it’s right there

I had a canon powershot sx200is which has the same 12 megapixels as the g9 and it also has the custom color setting. So I’m able to make a filmlike shots except for 1 major problem, that camera don’t have an option to shoot RAW files

why don't you post any canon g9 images on your instagram?

I have found the best replicative film performance out of my Nikon P7000. It is an absolute hidden gem as far as these digital cameras go.

This camera or the em5 you recommend a while ago

Thanks a lot. I applied the settings on my S95. Let's see about the results ... 🙋‍♂️

Are you able to adjust all the same settings on the g10?

Great info! How about the iso setting ? Where should I set it at ?

I like what you were able to do but I think I still prefer the Fuji colors but it makes sense the Fuji camera is newer

How do I get the the screen where I can change the color settings and such? Just bought a g9

I have a Canon Powershot G11 that I took along on a recent trip to London and Paris, along with Canon S95 and a Canon G7XII. Took sooo many photos with this kit and just love how they turned out! #OldCamerasRock #OldNotDead