Originally posted by jgredline While I am sure that the E900 is a fine camera, I do not see how you can say it is better than a G9? I have the Fuji s9100 and the s100fs top of the line Fuji P&S and those two Fuji's at best are on par with the G9. Noise wise the s100FS is leaps and bounds ahead of any P&S but at ISO 400 or below, the G9 more than holds its own.
Some HIGH ISO FUJI S100FS samples here.
Fuji S100fs - Fujifilm - Digital Cameras (Point and Shoot) - Steves-digicams.com Forums That is the problem: the G9 holds more than its own on ISO 400. The E900 holds more than its own all the way up to ISO 800. Don't forget it has the same sensor as the S9000, which has its inheritance from the sensor used in the now legendary F10/20/30 series. And, in fact: the sensor used in the S100FS is more or less the same (it is bigger but has also more pixels - you get some, you loose some.)
I only had the chance to use the G9 for a while, but from what I've seen, it's not up par.
Anyway, just the other day I did some test shots (like I said, I just had it a couple of weeks), and while it exhibits some noise at ISO 400, it is nowhere near a problem. At ISO 800 it exhibits quite some noise, but even then I find it to be very useable. Moreover: dynamic range is simply fabulous (for a point & shoot.)
Just a little example on ISO 400 (if it's good, then EXIF should be embedded):
And a 100% crop of the same image:
Spot the noise. There is some, but for me it's not an isue in any way, more so because the noise has a very filmlike grain appearance...