Photos from Muscat, Oman, taken with the G9

[Paulo Bizarro]

Here are some photos taken just a couple of days ago, in the so-called Mutrah Corniche and Souk area of Muscat. Once inside the narrow souk alleyways, ISO 400 and f/2.8 was the norm. Some shots inside the shops were at ISO 800.

I can say that I was favourably impressed with the detail at ISO 800, after a bit of noise reduction. Way better than my benchmark for high speed film, the good old Fuji Provia 400F. I think that coming from slide film, I do not worry too much with noise, and thus I am able to simply enjoy the great camera that the G9 is.

Links are to my website, as usual:

http://www.paulobizarro.com/foto.asp?id=1297&t=35

(this photo represents more than 50% crop of the original image, so sometimes a lot of megapixels are actually useful!).

http://www.paulobizarro.com/foto.asp?id=1296&t=35

(fancy a scent? This one is ISO 100, so I suppose IS is useful).

http://www.paulobizarro.com/foto.asp?id=1295&t=35

(ISO 400, but the colours are still beautifully preserved).

http://www.paulobizarro.com/foto.asp?id=1294&t=35

(ISO 800, to be able to capture the incense burner inside the shop. Also, the faster shutter speed has frozen the smoke. I have applied a bit of noise reduction, using Canon's Adaptive Noise Control, which works quite well).

I know that 800x600 pixel JPEGs are not representative of image quality, but I believe that the G9 delivers pretty good results, for such a carry-friendly camera. RAW is certainly worth it, if you are a serious photographer and want to get the best out of the camera. I am still processing with Canon's software, because the ACR update does not run with my version of Elements. I know that many bash this software, but I think that the RAW files I start with do not need that much amount of post-processing to get them right. Will probably update in the future to ACR, but that implies buying Elements 6.

Also, quite often the question is not "what camera", but rather "how to use the camera that I have"? I have photographed in these places before with Panasonic LX2 and Ricoh GRD, and each one is capable of a fine job, if you are willing to put in the effort.

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Here are some photos taken just a couple of days ago, in the so-called Mutrah Corniche and Souk area of Muscat. Once inside the narrow souk alleyways, ISO 400 and f/2.8 was the norm. Some shots inside the shops were at ISO 800.

I can say that I was favourably impressed with the detail at ISO 800, after a bit of noise reduction. Way better than my benchmark for high speed film, the good old Fuji Provia 400F. I think that coming from slide film, I do not worry too much with noise, and thus I am able to simply enjoy the great camera that the G9 is.

Links are to my website, as usual:

http://www.paulobizarro.com/foto.asp?id=1297&t=35

(this photo represents more than 50% crop of the original image, so sometimes a lot of megapixels are actually useful!).

http://www.paulobizarro.com/foto.asp?id=1296&t=35

(fancy a scent? This one is ISO 100, so I suppose IS is useful).

http://www.paulobizarro.com/foto.asp?id=1295&t=35

(ISO 400, but the colours are still beautifully preserved).

http://www.paulobizarro.com/foto.asp?id=1294&t=35

(ISO 800, to be able to capture the incense burner inside the shop. Also, the faster shutter speed has frozen the smoke. I have applied a bit of noise reduction, using Canon's Adaptive Noise Control, which works quite well).

I know that 800x600 pixel JPEGs are not representative of image quality, but I believe that the G9 delivers pretty good results, for such a carry-friendly camera. RAW is certainly worth it, if you are a serious photographer and want to get the best out of the camera. I am still processing with Canon's software, because the ACR update does not run with my version of Elements. I know that many bash this software, but I think that the RAW files I start with do not need that much amount of post-processing to get them right. Will probably update in the future to ACR, but that implies buying Elements 6.

Also, quite often the question is not "what camera", but rather "how to use the camera that I have"? I have photographed in these places before with Panasonic LX2 and Ricoh GRD, and each one is capable of a fine job, if you are willing to put in the effort.
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Very nice Paulo--I plan to look at all the photos in the gallery, but I enjoyed the ones I've seen (started through the gallery).  I bought the G9 as a supplementary camera (to 5D) in September but haven't shot too much 'serious' with it.  I did add a Voigtlander 35mm VF to it also.  The more images I see from people that can get the most from it, the more I like it.  I haven't had a small camera since the original G1 and finally decided the G9 might be the right one.  I did also consider the other 2 cameras you mentioned-I was wondering if you replaced them with the G9--or just added it.  

I wondered if you knew that you could use the Adobe dng creator and then most likely use it with your version of Elements (I expect that it deals with dng) for RAW if you choose.  Then--you would not have to update unless you choose.

Diane