Canon Digital Pocket Cameras

Can I shoot smaller pictures than 4000×3000 pixels with the powershot g9? I don’t mean taking the pictures and then resizing them on my computer….I mean taking a picture that is smaller automatically with the camera. I need smaller shots and/or smaller dpi.
It might be picasa changing the dpi because of its settings (I’ve just heard this). How can I change the settings in picasa to the correct dpi?

Of course you can. You obviously haven’t looked in your User Guide (pages 78-79).

However, it’s never a good idea to shoot at a lower resolution. Always shoot at the highest and then resize (a copy) if needed.

Because why bother getting a 12MP camera and then only shoot in 8MP, 5MP or 2MP? (which is what the G9 allows you to do). It doesn’t make sense.

I want a pocket sized camera to augment my dslr, that has some of the abilities, namely shutter and aperture priority. My Girlfriend has an older canon compact that has this, a A520 and I’ve looked on ebay at older cameras, namely the Sony DSC-V1 and DSC-V3, but I’d prefer a newer camera.

I really don’t want to spend loads, the guy in my local camera shop recommended a Sigma DP2, but I’d rather spend that on a lense for my main camera. I want a snapper with some creative headroom. My photography most takes place in some of the more chance-y areas of town, so theft is very likely, so again, cost is a consideration.
Any ideas? Recommendations?

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/compare.asp

Use this features search to find what you are looking for. If you select aperture and shutter priority and whatever else you want it will bring up the cameras that fit that criteria. Very useful and helpful.

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/compare_post.asp

This is a search I did selecting shutter and aperture priority, plus manual focus, aperture range f/2.8 or greater, compact, image stabilization and built-in flash. Just as an example.

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thinking of buying one

It is good in the sense it gives you more control than the typical point and shoot.. i.e. control of shutter and aperture, plus Canon FINALLY put RAW capture back into a point and shoot.

BUT

It is STILL a point and shoot… with all the cons that go with it, mainly the tiny sensor size. This will NEVER give the all around results of even a 6 MP DSLR. High ISO performance of the G9 is still bad, and even with control over aperture, you will not be able to create the kind of shallow depth of field that you can with a SLR.

Sorry, but no tiny sensor point and shoot with an equally tiny lens is ever going to equal a DSLR… it is just plain old physics. Get it if you want, it is better than most point and shoots, but you are STILL buying a point and shoot.

Personally I would rather spend MUCH less on a typical point and shoot for sticking in a pocket, and spend the rest of my money on a good DSLR.

steve